Manufacturing Excellence Engineer

Job Title:

Manufacturing Excellence Engineer

Job Category:
Engineering

Time Type:
Full time

Minimum Clearance Required to Start:
None

Employee Type:
Regular

Percentage of

Travel Required:

Up to 25%

Type of Travel:
Local

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The Manufacturing Excellence Engineer is the site-level practitioner responsible for deploying and sustaining the enterprise Operational Excellence (Manufacturing Excellence) framework at their assigned manufacturing facility. This role translates enterprise Manufacturing Excellence strategy — set by the VP, Manufacturing Excellence and corporate Manufacturing Excellence team — into hands‑on execution: running Kaizen and Rapid Improvement Events, leading Lean and Six Sigma projects, and coaching site personnel and supervisors in daily continuous improvement practice.

This is a senior level individual contributor role (more than 10 years of relevant experience) who is comfortable working directly on the production floor, facilitating improvement events with hourly and salaried teams, and serving as the site’s go‑to resource for Lean, Six Sigma, and event‑based improvement methodology.

This role is the execution backbone of the enterprise Manufacturing Excellence organization — the practitioner who turns framework and strategy into results on a specific production floor. It is well suited to a mid-career Lean/Six Sigma professional who wants to build deep, hands‑on site expertise as a path toward future Manufacturing Excellence leadership roles.

• Deploy the enterprise Manufacturing Excellence framework at the site level, following corporate standard work, assessment methodology, and maturity model rather than developing a site‑specific approach.

• Support site leadership in preparing for and responding to Manufacturing Excellence maturity assessments and audits, ensuring the site’s standard work and visual management are current and defensible.

• Maintain site-level Manufacturing Excellence metrics and report progress to site leadership and the corporate Manufacturing Excellence team on a regular cadence.

• Serve as the primary liaison between the site and the enterprise Manufacturing Excellence organization, escalating barriers to deployment and sharing site-level lessons learned back to the broader network.

• Plan, facilitate, and close out Kaizen events and Rapid Improvement Events at the site, from chartering through results tracking and sustainment.

• Lead Six Sigma (DMAIC) improvement projects addressing site-level quality, cost, and delivery gaps, applying appropriate statistical tools and rigor.

• Apply core Lean tools — value stream mapping, 5S, standard work, visual management, error‑proofing (poka‑yoke), SMED — to specific production lines and processes.

• Coach and develop site supervisors, engineers, and hourly team members in Lean and Six Sigma fundamentals, building local capability rather than creating dependency on the Manufacturing Excellence function.

• Support site‑level pilots of smart factory and digital manufacturing tools (MES/MOM, digital work instructions, IIoT‑connected equipment) as directed by the enterprise technology roadmap.

• Partner with site engineering and IT/OT resources to ensure new technology deployments are integrated into standard work rather than operating as standalone tools.

• Provide floor‑level feedback on the practical usability and adoption of new manufacturing technology, informing the enterprise Manufacturing Excellence team’s broader rollout decisions.

• Serve as a site‑level resource for structured problem‑solving (e.g., 8D, containment/root cause/corrective action) when…