Sr. Continuous Improvement Engineer

Primary Accountabilities

• Process Design & Development: Support and oversee projects and implementation while leading efforts in improving our existing processes to safely enhance productivity and efficiency within the organization.
• Process Optimization: Analyzing existing processes to identify inefficiencies, bottlenecks, and areas for improvement with a focus on providing solutions, increasing efficiency, reducing costs, and improving product quality.
• Troubleshooting: Acting as the primary technical support for paper and logistics areas. Diagnosing and resolving problems, improving reliability in real-time. Analyze existing workflows and identify areas for improvement, recommending changes to minimize bottlenecks and streamline operations.
• Continuous Improvement: Identifying inefficiencies, bottlenecks using analytical data and problem-solving skills to develop and implement solutions that enhance process reliability. A proactive approach to monitoring process performance and leveraging data driven insight while optimizing operations for sustained organizational growth.
• Documentation: Creating, modifying, and maintaining critical process documentation, including Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Emergency Operating Procedures (EOP), and standard work instructions.
• Compliance: Working with safety, environmental and quality to ensure all processes meet company standards and government regulations.
• Project Management: Developing, leading, and improving new projects, process upgrades, new equipment installations and providing technical and training support for each project.
• Daily Management System: Monitor the performance of processes, using metrics and KPIs to assess their effectiveness and proactively manage continuous improvement daily. Collaborate with the Assistant Superintendents and team members to ensure systems are aligned with process standards while optimizing process improvement initiatives.

Knowledge & Skills Required

• Technical Data Analysis: Ability to collect, analyze, and interpret process data while utilizing data analysis tools, e.g., Pi, Fishbone, 5 Whys, Six Sigma concepts and Excel, Word, PowerPoint for reporting.
• Problem Solving: Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills to address safety and environmental compliance, improve quality, and innovate practical solutions to achieve production goals and reliability.
• Project Management: Strong project management skills for overseeing safety, environmental, quality and production initiatives.
• Workflow Optimization: Streamline the operations by identifying bottlenecks and providing support while implementing strategic solutions. Leveraging data-driven insights to improve safety, environmental and quality compliance while enhancing productivity and further reducing operational costs.
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership: Partner with teams from diverse departments and align project goals with organizational objectives. Communication and conflict resolution skills are essential to bridge gaps between varying functional perspectives, driving project success and operating efficiency.
• Behavior Competencies: Safety, Composure, Managing Diversity, Ethics and Values, Integrity and Trust, Listening, Written Communications, Professional Qualifications, and Learning Mindset.