Process Improvement Engineer

Description

Golden State Foods is a distinguished leader in the food service industry, offering an extensive array of products and services to a diverse clientele. Rooted in the values of quality service and integrity, we are dedicated to creating a supportive and inclusive atmosphere where employees can advance, innovate, and contribute to our ongoing success.

Golden State Foods is a distinguished leader in the food service industry, offering an extensive array of products and services to a diverse clientele. Rooted in the values of quality service and integrity, we are dedicated to creating a supportive and inclusive atmosphere where employees can advance, innovate, and contribute to our ongoing success.

The Sr. Continuous Improvement Engineer is responsible for using expertise and experience to lead daily management systems and loss elimination processes that enable stable, reliable production of high quality products.

• · Own the centerline management Daily Management System for the line
• · Develop, strengthen and sustain capability of the team to follow centerline Daily Management Systems with excellence
• · Assist in leading the Shift Hand-Off, Shift Operational Review, Daily Operational Review, and Weekly Operational Review to understand losses, coach, build capability, etc.
• · Ensure team daily management addresses centerline/Q-factor outages and quality issues
• · Engage and add value in Daily Management Systems and Equipment health checks with the line leader and team leaders to coach standards management
• · Eliminate and prevent barriers for the line around quality related standard execution
• · Own all quality measures on the scorecard for the line and execute gap analysis / action planning process
• · Ensure set-up / changeovers are executed per the standards and own ongoing improvement/loss elimination of the procedures
• · Work with the project resources to ensure all the impacts to quality and centerline management are managed
• · Engage and work with the teams and incoming material quality system owners to ensure materials issues are addressed and root caused appropriately
• · Own the food safety program for the line
• · Own master sanitization for the line
• · Communication - ensure the teams are receiving the right information for quality, standards, and centerline management

• · Tour Leadership (Coaching team on standards execution)
• · Coach the teams on keeping the line at base condition
• · Department level system ownership (could also own a site level system)
• · Be a coach for the teams on the use of GPS (IWS) tools to solve problems (Why Why, Basic Problem Solving, etc.)
• · Escalate issues that need further attention properly
• · Demonstrate the GSF Creed and Values

• Education/Certification:
• Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering:
  Chemical, Mechanical or Electrical preferred.
• Experience:
• · 2 years of relevant work experience in a manufacturing environment implementing Continuous Improvement tools; OR in a continuous improvement role.
• · Food Manufacturing (preferred)
• · Six Sigma Certification (preferred)
• Language
  
  Skills:
• · High level of reading comprehension
• · Ability to write detailed correspondence and documentation
• · Ability to use effective problem solving skills
• Mathematical
  
  Skills:
• · Ability to utilize complex mathematical formulas and ability to relate scientific theory to real world work processes
• Physical Requirements:
• · Ability to wear personal protective equipment and/or clothing
• · Stand/walk 8 or more hours per day
• · Constantly twist/turn and talk/hear
• · Frequently squat, bend, reach, handle/finger, grip/grasp and use fine motor tasks
• · Occasionally lift up to 25 lbs from floor to shoulder…