Continuous Improvement (CI) Engineer

How You Will Help

• Identify improvement opportunities through data collection and observation within the plant and office.  Build and maintain funnel of events.
• Facilitate and coach Kaizen events, providing guidance to cross-functional team members before, during, and after improvement activities.
• Partner with functional leaders and frontline teams to support improvements in daily management metrics. 
• Collaborate with Production, Quality, Engineering, Maintenance, and Supply Chain teams to implement improvements.
• Track, analyze, and report key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Support corrective and preventive actions resulting from audits, customer issues, or internal findings.
• Assist with equipment-related improvement and maintenance initiatives.
• Participate in the company-wide CI network to learn best practices, tools, and methodologies and contribute to continuous improvement knowledge sharing.

What You Will Bring

• Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) in Engineering or a related technical field.
• 2–4 years of experience in a manufacturing environment, with exposure to continuous improvement concepts (Kaizen, Rapid Improvement Events).
• Working knowledge of CI tools such as 5S-Visual management, Value Stream Mapping, Problem Solving, Daily Management, Standard Work, and Kanban.
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills with the ability to analyze information, evaluate results, make data-driven decisions, and translate into actionable improvements.
• Communicate the CI strategy and roadmap with all levels of the organization.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with operators, supervisors, engineers, and leadership.
• Exposure to project management or quality management systems.
• Familiarity with ERP systems and basic statistical tools.
• Experience supporting change management initiatives.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship now or in the future.