Continuous Improvement Engineer

About the role

The Continuous Improvement (CI) Engineer will drive targeted, measurable, and sustainable improvements across all operations and support functions. Responsibilities include co-owning strategy and tactical development and execution for site initiatives, coaching lean capabilities within the organization, and working as an individual contributor, team facilitator, and/or coach.

Responsibilities

• Formally and informally coaching others to identify and take action to reduce waste
• Forming, facilitating, leading & participating on cross-functional teams
• Using and coaching data-based decision making and problem-solving processes
• Facilitating, leading & participating in lean conversion actions
• Developing Lean muscle across the organization
• Working cross-functionally as a problem-solver and team builder
• Organizing Kaizen events, workshops and associated logistics
• Projecting a positive, solution-seeking attitude in all business interactions
• Working well in team environments, both as individual contributor and leader
• Motivating others to engage, support, and share our vision
• Communicating effectively across various levels within the organization
• Adapting and staying flexible within multiple business environments, audiences and priorities
• Sharing best practice with local CI staff, leadership and Dover Enterprise teams
• Documenting and developing process and system documentation as appropriate
• Writing business cases, capital expenditure requests and assessing financial impact of sustained CI action
• Leading / Co-Leading facility and operations upgrades or enhancements
• Other responsibilities as assigned

Qualifications

• 2+ years of Continuous Improvement Experience or a relevant bachelor's degree and/or equivalent combination of education and experience that meet the expectations of the job
• Able to speak the language of LEAN / Continuous Improvement
• 2+ years of experience with facilitating and leading methodology such as : Continuous process improvement, Lean, Personnel Qualification Standard, Tiger Teams, Daily Management/Management for Daily Improvement, Key Process Indicators, Flow, Job Safety Analysis, Training w/in Industry, Standard Work, Standard Operating Procedure, Point of Use, Pull Replenishment
• Proven hands-on understanding and experience in use and coaching of TPS/Lean Fundamentals (5S, SW, PSP, Kaizen, DM, VSM, TPI, Poka-Yoke, etc...)
• Experienced leading / facilitating Kaizens through a Lean OPEX conversion
• Cross functional experience in any of Operations / Material Flow / Supply Chain Mgmt. / Customer Support / Accounting / Product Development
• 2+ years Project Management experience
• Experience as a people leader and/or facilitator
• Strong Computer & MS Office Skills