Job Title: Senior Continuous Improvement Engineer
Location: Waterloo, Iowa
Salary: $80-100K + plus bonus
Job Summary of the Senior Continuous Improvement Engineer: We are looking to hire a Continuous Improvement Engineer for our team. This role will serve as a subject matter expert to lead the implementation and Lean processes. This CI Engineer will serve as a technical resource for our leadership team to consult for guidance and assistance with lean-related concerns.
Qualifications of Senior Continuous Improvement Engineer:
- Identify and leverage best practices in Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement-related processes.
- Assist in development and identify opportunities for improvement across the organization.
- Evaluate and interpret both industry requirements and internal Quality Management Systems (QMS) requirements with the goal of developing robust procedures and instructions.
- Help the site Quality teams and/or senior Quality leadership as subject matter expert to investigate and correct quality issues and establish continuous improvement opportunities.
- Lead and facilitate projects generated from our High-Performance Team Board process.
- Lead and facilitate installation and implementation of ISO-9001 quality management systems.
Responsibilities of the Senior Continuous Improvement Engineer:
· Engineering degree is required. Mechanical Engineering or Manufacturing Engineering preferred.
- Manufacturing Engineering or Process Engineering experience
- 10+ years of experience.
- Expertise in ISO-9000 and internal auditing
- CORE, Lean, or Six-Sigma experience
- Support manufacturing, product, and/or customer quality processes to implement process improvements.
- Utilize knowledge and expertise to provide input and influence the development, application, and maintenance of prevention, root cause corrective action, quality control systems, and protocols.
- Facilitate, communicate, and visualize process flow for stakeholders and teams.
- Builds relationships with various levels of leadership and individual contributors and influences culture by leveraging change management skills.
- Implement projects using demonstrated proactive project management skills and risk mitigation techniques.
- Design and deliver solutions that meet organizational needs and bring value to the organization.
- Lead efforts and development with minimal oversight, set objectives and guide others on execution/approach for achievement of operational results.
- 10% travel
- Engineering degree required.
- Communicates with and to all levels of the organization – clear and concise objectives, identifies and share risks and opportunities, ability to create value statement