Summary:
Our award winning client is currently looking for a Continuous Improvement Engineer to work in their food manufacturing plant at their location in Central Valley, CA.
Responsibilities:
Reporting directly to the Continuous Improvement Manager
Responsible for developing plans, schedules, and budgets for projects to improve existing food manufacturing processes
Ability to identify and eliminate unnecessary complexity within processes
Identifying opportunities to increase efficiency
Develop SOPs and various manufacturing processes across the organization
Assist in building a Daily Management System platform for plants for Operator, Supervisor, and plant leadership levels
Required Skills and Experience:
Accredited Lean/Six Sigma Green Belt, preferably Black Belt
Minimum 5-7 years proven continuous improvement analytical experience from a similar role, including project management and business analysis with an excellent understanding of continuous improvement concepts including Six Sigma, Lean, value stream mapping
Ability to set-up, facilitate and lead service improvement sessions with a range of business stakeholders (incl. experience of process/value stream mapping)
Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office, including Project, Visio, Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint
Taking accountability for ideas from inception to delivery, in an environment that requires robust metrics to confirm success
Experience of designing or implementing a framework of continuous improvement in a multijurisdictional organization
Experience of hands-on implementation of continuous improvement programs and Lean solutions
Experience of designing remediation plans to address productivity and efficiency issues, and track record of following through to ensure closure
Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group of employees and subject matter experts
Strong analytical, project and product management skills, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret business needs and translate them into operational requirements
Experience of the whole project life cycle, able to operate in the initial conceptual design stage, in the depths of system testing, and at each stage in between