Engineer, Continuous Improvement

Overview

This role is an Onsite Role: This role requires full-time presence at our Oxford, NC office.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate continual improvements in Business Results and Site KPIs (Safety, Quality, Delivery, Productivity, Cost, Morale)
• Lead, facilitate, and coach continuous improvement teams to find root cause and resulting action items using a variety of root cause problem solving techniques with the goal of improving efficiency, productivity, downtime, and scrap issues.
• Develop, document, and maintain process for best practice sharing and reapplication.
• Develop a departmental metrics system / scorecard based on the cascade from Site level Business Results & KPIs
• Manage scorecards for the designated Business Unit as well as resulting gap analysis data to develop actions in the team’s periodic meetings.
• Participate in Rapid Improvement Events (RIEs), Kaizens, or Blitz activities as required utilizing Lean Manufacturing tools.
• Any additional projects as assigned by leadership.

Qualifications

• BS Engineering or related discipline and 1+ years of experience.
• Must possess a bias for action.
• Must be a self-motivator with significant attention to detail.
• Analytical and process driven to convert top level data into executable action plans.
• Process development and implementation to enable data granularity for critical business KPIs.
• Capable of working in cross-functional environment within the Site.
• Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Office with advanced level skills in Microsoft Excel.
• Must have excellent organizational, administrative, and communication skills (verbal and written).
• Must be flexible within a team-based environment.
• Must be capable of working flexible and extended hours.

Shift hours

Shift hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm

Pay

The base pay range for this position is $75,000 - $90,000 / year; however base pay offered may vary depending on skills, experience, job-related knowledge, and geographic location. Certain positions may also be eligible for short-term incentives as part of total compensation.

Benefits

• Employees (and their families) are eligible for medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• Employees are covered by the company-paid basic life insurance policy and company-paid short-term disability insurance (the benefit commences upon hire and allows for a portion of base salary for up to 26 weeks if you are disabled).
• Other benefits offered to employees include but are not limited to the following: long-term disability, supplemental life insurances, flexible spending accounts, critical illness insurance, group legal, identity theft protection, etc.
• Employees are also able to enroll in our 401k Retirement Savings Plan.
• Employees will also receive 3 weeks of vacation, pro-rated based on date of hire for the 1st year of employment and twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Vacation will depend on role.