Continuous Improvement Engineer

Must Have Experience in Complex Manufacturing Operations

• Facilitate cross-functional expert teams to drive breakthrough or Best-in-Class performance in People, Quality, Material Flow, and Cost.
• Identifies key individuals for team membership and secures their approval to become team members.
• Provides basic Six Sigma training to project team members.
• Applies Six Sigma tools and techniques to measure, analyze, improve and control project processes.
• Reports on project progress to Champion and other appropriate leadership levels at least on a monthly basis.
• Prepares detailed plans to track project performance and assure timely completion and achievement of quality and savings goals.
• Identifies barriers to project success and solicits help from champions when needed.
• Attends required training and acquires needed skills.
• Documents improvement process learning and shares best practices with other Black Belts.
• Identifies and brings forward to Champion new project opportunities.
• Accountable to impact on Operational Cost.
• Complies with all Company Safety policies, procedures and rules.

• Bachelor's Degree required (Engineering discipline preferred).
• Must have recent experience in a manufacturing plant preferably in the Automotive industry.
• Strong communication, presentation, and teamwork skills.
• Demonstrated high-level performance.
• Has the initiative to drive change and is motivated to exceed expectations.
• Possess basic statistical knowledge and the ability to apply statistics to product and process improvement projects.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Six Sigma Green Belt certification is preferred.