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Operational Excellence Engineer

Job in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, 44101, USA
Listing for: Dormont Manufacturing Co
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-07-03
Job specializations:
  • Engineering
    Lean Manufacturing / Six Sigma, Quality Engineering, Manufacturing Engineer, Process Engineer
  • Manufacturing / Production
    Lean Manufacturing / Six Sigma, Quality Engineering, Manufacturing Engineer
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 60000 - 70000 USD Yearly USD 60000.00 70000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position: Operational Excellence Engineer I

PPG is seeking an Operational Excellence Engineer I to support continuous improvement initiatives at our Cleveland coatings manufacturing site. This role partners with crossfunctional teams to improve safety, quality, delivery, cost, and sustainability through structured problem solving, standardization, and datadriven decision making.

This is an entrylevel engineering role designed to build core Operational Excellence and Lean Six Sigma capability while delivering measurable improvements to plant performance.

Key Responsibilities
  • Support and lead continuous improvement projects using Lean, Six Sigma (DMAIC), and root cause analysis methodologies.
  • Analyze manufacturing data to identify performance gaps and improvement opportunities.
  • Support daily management systems, including KPI tracking and performance reviews.
  • Partner with manufacturing, quality, maintenance, supply chain, and EHS teams to improve process reliability and consistency.
  • Develop and sustain standard work and workplace organization practices.
  • Participate in shopfloor observations and improvement activities to identify waste and implement solutions.
  • Support implementation of process changes, including basic risk assessment and change management.
Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Chemical, Industrial, Mechanical, Manufacturing, or related discipline).
  • 0-3 years of experience in manufacturing, engineering, operations, or continuous improvement roles (internship or coop experience accepted).
  • Understanding of Lean, Six Sigma, or continuous improvement concepts.
  • Strong analytical and problemsolving skills.

    Ability to work effectively in a teamoriented manufacturing environment.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Manufacturing experience in chemical, coatings, automotive, or batch process environments.
  • Exposure to continuous improvement tools such as DMAIC, Kaizen, value stream mapping, or 5S.
  • Experience using Excel and/or basic data analysis tools.
  • Interest in pursuing Lean Six Sigma certification.

This role has a salary range $60,000 to $70,000.

PPG bietet allen Kandidaten und Mitarbeitern Chancengleichheit.

Wir bieten die Moglichkeit, Ihre Karriere in einem Umfeld zu entwickeln und zu fordern, das den Mitarbeitern einen erfullenden Arbeitsplatz bietet, eine Umgebung fur kontinuierliches Lernen schafft und die Ideen sowie die Vielfalt anderer wertschatzt. Alle qualifizierten Bewerber werden unabhangig von Geschlecht, Schwangerschaft, Rasse, Hautfarbe, Glauben, Religion, nationaler Herkunft, Alter, Behinderungsstatus, Familienstand, Veteranenstatus, sexueller Orientierung, Geschlechtsidentitat oder
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Die Gehaltsspannen und Leistungen bei PPG können je nach Standort variieren, was es uns ermoglicht, Mitarbeiter in verschiedenen geografischen Markten wettbewerbsfahig zu entlohnen. PPG berucksichtigt bei der Festlegung der Vergutung mehrere Faktoren, darunter, aber nicht beschrankt auf, Fahigkeiten, Erfahrung und Ausbildung, Qualifikationen und Bildung, Lizenzen und Zertifizierungen sowie andere organisatorische Bedurfnisse. Weitere Anreize konnen ebenfalls gelten.

Unsere Mitarbeiter-Benefit-Programme sind darauf ausgelegt, die Gesundheit und das Wohlbefinden unserer Mitarbeiter zu unterstutzen. Jegliche Versicherungsleistungen und Benefits erfolgen gema den Bedingungen der jeweiligen Plane und den zugehorigen verbindlichen Planunterlagen. Die Benefits werden Ihnen wahrend des Einstellungsprozesses von Ihrem Recruiter erlautert.

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