Job ID: 497086

Oldcastle APG, a CRH Company, is the leading provider of outdoor living solutions in North America with an award-winning portfolio that enables customers to Live Well Outside. Inspiring endless possibilities with enduring performance, its collection of premier building products create inviting outdoor spaces where people connect, reflect and recharge. The manufacturer’s signature brands include Belgard® and Echelon® hardscape and masonry materials; Barrette Outdoor Living® and MoistureShield® fencing, decking and railing; Sakrete® and Amerimix® packaged concrete and mortar; Techniseal® sands, jointing technologies and surface protectors; PebbleTec® pool finishes; plus popular brands of landscape and gardening materials.

Job Summary

The continuous improvement engineer is the resource of reference for all manufacturing process routings and provides the link between all facets of operational processes and the information system in place, SAP/MES and all other departments. This role ensures that implementation and integration success is a priority. To execute efficiently and effectively, requires engaging at a deep level across the businesses, working in small teams to build the capabilities, systems, and processes needed to deliver results and then ensure those results will be sustained. The role requires strong coaching to ensure delivering lasting outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Implements operating and production systems; drives and supports implementation of lean improvement activities on the shop floor and along the value stream
• Improves the energy efficiency of manufacturing operations, while enhancing quality systems
• Builds lean manufacturing capabilities in client organizations and to optimizes global networks of manufacturing facilities.
• Analyzes line layouts and employee utilization to increase throughput and efficiencies, eliminates waste and achieves cost savings.
• Partners with local operational teams to understand, define and master the functional routing processes and flow of required work in each BOL plant
• Develops and masters all the lean language and tools of our lean philosophy and acts as the reference for lean continuous/improvement for each business within their area of focus
• Is the ambassador of continuous improvement (CI) by promoting involvement, training and ownership of the tools
• Determines and maintains appropriate routings, Production Versions, VC Tables and processes within established framework, obtains appropriate approvals for values that appropriately reflect production reality
• Creates routings and super routings, production versions in SAP and coordinates and documents links to work centers, cost centers, processes, HMI and other SAP or MES objects
• Coordinates with IT to establish and put dependencies and/or VC tables within structure, when needed
• Ensures coordination and implementation of changes to assigned tasks with all relevant parties - e.g. production, product engineering & maintenance
• Audits and reviews effectiveness tasks, including efficiencies in work center and provides suggestion, obtaining consensus for corrections
• Defines and optimizes the process flow of routings to be performed by optimizing all available resources i.e. people, machine and equipment
• Works with users to update process routing flow documentation and train users on establishing routing processes

Requirements

• BS in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline or relevant experience
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant engineering and continuous improvement experience
• Lean certification is a plus
• Demonstrated understanding and use of OEE measurement
• Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, and other office procedures and terminology
• Current knowledge in process redesign, utilizing Lean transformation tools

What CRH Offers You

• Highly competitive base pay
• Comprehensive medical, dental and disability benefits programs
• Group retirement savings program
• Health and wellness programs
• A diverse and inclusive culture that values opportunity for growth, development, and internal promotion

About CRH

CRH has a long and proud heritage. We are a collection of hundreds of family businesses, regional companies and large enterprises that together form the CRH family. CRH operates in a decentralized, diversified structure that allows you to work in a small company environment while having the career opportunities of large international organization.

If you’re up for a rewarding challenge, we invite you to take the first step and apply today! Once you click apply now, you will be brought to our official employment application. Please complete your online profile and it will be sent to the hiring manager. Our system allows you to view and track your status 24 hours a day. Thank you for your interest!

Oldcastle APG, a CRH Company, is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer.

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