Process Improvement Engineer - CCOS2 - Plant Management

Title: Continuous Improvement Engineer 

Location: Oswego, IL

Reports to: Process Improvement Manager

Purpose: Identify and implement manufacturing opportunities including productivity, capacity, and cost improvement through the lean and continuous improvement methodologies.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Co-Pilot the Griffith Production System (GPS) program implementation with Plant Management Team and ensure the health and progress of program through workshop facilitation, coaching, and assessments. 
• Comprehensively identify and understand site losses and cost-loss linkage and set up manufacturing database, for productivity, efficiency, capacity, quality, and safety. Work with site team to achieve loss elimination through GPS/Lean activities. 
• Lead and implement improvements initiatives through Lean methodology and technology to improve productivity, capacity, and/or quality where necessary. 
• Define and build critical capability for the site in different layers with 6-18 months outlook and play as major coach of site GPS capability building, build different layers of capability through daily problem-solving, and team activities (autonomous maintenance and preventive maintenance). 
• Coach and engage plant management team, pillar team and frontline associates on full involvement in continuous improvement activities, enhancing fully involvement culture of lean and GPS.  
• Facilitator on plant GPE management to achieve business target, opportunity identification, progress management and reporting. 
• Lead or co-pilot with project team to ensure successful implementation of sites digital project. Provide coaching and training to engage frontline associates fully participate in digital transformation. 
• Early involve in project design phase to embed lean design thinking mindset at the beginning stage for future expansion/Capital project. 
• Other tasks assigned by line manager. 

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering or equivalent required. 
• Food industry experience preferred. 
• Lean Six Sigma Green or accredited Lean certification is required.  
• 5+ years of continuous improvement or Lean production management experience preferred. 
• Experience in at least in one or more of the following: 
• Lean principles such as Value Stream Mapping, Just-In-Time, Demand Flow, Single Piece Flow, 5S, 8 waste, Visual Management, Total Productive Maintenance, Continuous Improvement Process, Kaizen, SPC, Six Sigma and Communication Tools, Problem Solving, RCA. 
• MS computer skills (excel, word, power point and outlook) required. 
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written. 
• Interpersonal skills to interact with diverse groups of individuals and different levels. 
• TPM/Kaizen facilitation skills preferred. 
• Must be able to travel up to 10%. 
• No relocation assistance is offered, and the organization will not provide or support a Work Visa.  

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