Continuous Improvement Technician

Eaton’s CPDI OPS Operations division is currently seeking a Continuous Improvement Technician. At our Raleigh, NC location they engineer, manufacturer, and ship prodcuts related to electrical power distribution to 6 different segments. Some of those include Utilties, Institutions, Aerospace, and Residential. The Continuous Improvement Technician role offers a 40-hour paid work week with hours being 6:00am-2:30pm Monday-Friday. With full time employment you are offered Benefits (Medical, Dental, & Vision), 401K percent match plan, and vacation.

The hourly rate for this position is $24.00 per hour.

Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

What You’ll Do

This position assists plant level Continuous Improvement programs, policies, procedures and systems are developed, implemented and sustained. This includes assisting in the scheduling of Kaizen and rapid improvement (RIE) events to drive improvements in the front-office and shop processes that will impact employee safety, productivity, product delivery performance, and cost and factory margins.

In This Function You Will

• Lead and support implementation of Continuous Improvement Framework
• Own and lead site 5S program, consistent of
• Tracking
• 5S checklists
• Open Items
• Co- Lead and support ELSS and OpA action items
• Assist with RIE/Kaizen events comprised of multi-functional team members
• Own Ideas Program tracking for the facility
• Assist in meeting all plant Continuous Improvement objectives
• Productivity improvements, cost out savings targets
• Provides a wide variety of administrative and staff support services. Will assist in the preparation of the current/future Value Stream Map creation
• Assist in Continuous Improvement (CI) training for existing employees and new hires during onboarding
• Help sustain CI culture in the plant
• Assisting with plant layouts as needed
• Assisting in lean material flow projects
• The implementation of visual controls throughout the facility such as but not limited to
• Floor marking
• Labeling
• Color coding
• Shadow boards
• Continuous Improvement boards
• Tier boards/ productivity metrics
• Establish and Update workstation risk assessment
• Own the Leader Process Audit and Gemba audit completion and action item tracking
• Conduct time studies and line balancing analysis
• Assist with standard work creation and deployment
  
  

Qualifications

BASIC QUALIFICATION:

• Must have High School diploma or GED from accredited institution
• Minimum 1 year of manufacturing experience is required
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without corporate sponsorship now and within the future.
• Relocation assistance is not available for this position. Only candidates in the immediate geographical area (50 mile radius) will be considered. Active Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation.
  
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Interpersonal skills
• Leadership skills
• Presentation skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Experience using SAP
  
  
  

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