Continuous Improvement Engineer

Location:

Pinch A Penny Suncoast Chemicals Plant; 15400 62nd St North. Clearwater, FL. 33760

You want Benefits? You’ve got it! Our generous benefits package includes:

Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription Drug coverage with Flexible Spending Accounts and Wellness Programs
401 (k) with generous company match

Eligible for Paid Time Off and 8 paid holidays (

NOTE:

PTO increases with tenure!)100% employer paid Life Insurance and Long-Term Disability Insurance Paid Parental Leave Fully Funded Tuition Education Programs Employee Stock Purchase Plan Excellent career advancement and training opportunities to support your career growth

Employee Discounts and much more!

What to Expect?

The Continuous Improvement Engineer is responsible for organizing, planning, implementation, and follow-through of continuous improvement initiatives. Correspondingly, this position coordinates and leads a wide range of activities that are designed to improve on-time delivery, productivity, quality, cost, safety, organization, communication, and environmental performance. Additionally, this position supports Production Supervisors, Area Leads, and Plant Managers by championing lean and 5S events in manufacturing.

A pillar in our leadership team, the Continuous Improvement Engineer must have excellent communication and leadership qualities, very organized and detail oriented, flexible, and able to work in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

On a daily basis our Continuous Improvement Engineer:

Champion Continuous improvement initiatives and drive waste reductions utilizing Lean principles (JIT, Autonomation, Value Stream Mapping, Cycle Time vs TAKT Time, Kaizen, 5S, Standard Work, Line/Cell Design, Single Piece Flow, Material Flow, Visual Management, Root Cause Analysis and Problem Solving, etc.)Develop Value Stream maps of key processes and product flows. Define the current condition of the facility(ies) to identify opportunities and create a target condition, with action plans to improve operational and financial results.

Complete value stream mapping, identify opportunities, and lead efforts in process reengineering and process improvements in various plants.

Facilitate successful kaizen, problem solving, and rapid improvement process events with both internal and external consultants, customers, and suppliers. This includes providing support to sustain all follow-throughs required to sustain the improvements initiated during those events, especially those concentrated on local improvement.

Coordinate, plan, and execute 5S checklists, as well as assisting in internal audit procedures.

Coordinate, assist, and deliver team-based Continuous Improvement (CI) training to support heightened performance by being knowledgeable of each department and CI concepts, principles, and practices.

Assist department leaders in team skill and knowledge development to support meeting management goals, project aims, improvements, result measurements, and problem solving.

Coordinate with resource departments to fabricate, install, and implement improvements.

Remain committed and up-to-date on CI manufacturing principles and techniques.

Demonstrated experience in flow principles, Kanban, and plan for every part (PFEP)
Expertise in value stream mapping and associated improvement methodologies

Experience evaluating TAKT time vs. cycle time, determining work area constraints (i.e. cycle time constraint, periodic work constraints, downtime constraints).Strong interpersonal skills requiring the ability to resolve conflicting interests and obtain cooperation.

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills: able to develop and use structured approaches to identify root causes and recommend resolutions.

Demonstrated experience in project leadership and project management skills, with ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously to meet objectives and key deadlines.

Continually monitor company safety procedures and policies with a focus in maintenance and production.

Ensure a safe work environment by enforcing company policy on Safety, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), housekeeping, material handling and operation standards.

Assist with review and…