Continuous Improvement Engineer

Job Title:             Continuous Improvement Engineer                         

Department:      Continuous Improvement                                                    

Reports To:         Plant Manager

Status:                  Full-Time/Exempt

Summary:   Leads and/or coordinates projects identified by the Operations Manager using Lean, Six Sigma, and other continuous improvement methodologies.  Leads process improvement activities to ensure functionality, quality, cost, and schedule.  Supports plant initiatives relating to continuous improvement.  Recruits, trains and leads project team members.

Salary Information:

• Minimum Hiring Rate: $75,164/year    Maximum Hiring Rate: $85,000/year
• Monthly Bonus opportunities up to 9% of base monthly pay

Benefits: All full-time positions are eligible for health, dental, vision insurance, tuition reimbursement, and 401k match up to 5%. Please go to this link for more information on our benefits: https://afsifilters.com/opportunities/ 

Supervisory Responsibilities: This job has no supervisory responsibilities. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:   

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.   Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

 While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear.  The employee is required to sit and use hands to finger, handle, or feel.  The employee is required to stand; walk and reach with hands and arms.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

• Education and/or Experience:

Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.  Three to five years of manufacturing experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.  Must have experience with Lean/Six Sigma manufacturing.  Excellent project management, presentation, training, team leadership, and communication skills are a must.

• Language Skills:

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.  Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.   Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

• Mathematical Skills:

Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry.  Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

• Reasoning Ability:

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.  Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

• Computer Skills:

To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.

• Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

Certification in Lean/Six Sigma a plus.

• Other Skills and Abilities: 

• Ability to positively affect others with knowledge of Lean/Six Sigma methodologies; Ability to develop, execute and monitor plans; Ability to interact well within all levels of the organization. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and facilitation abilities.
• Proficiency in data analysis tools and project management software.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

        While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts and fumes or        airborne particles.  The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.