SPX CIX Engineer

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** SPX CIX Engineer
**** Chesterfield, MI, United States
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** STANLEY(R) Engineered Fastening is the global leader in precision fastening and assembly solutions, with a history spanning nearly 100 years. Our portfolio features industry-leading brands such as Avdel(R), Integra(TM), Nelson(R), Optima(R), POP(R), and Tucker(R). We empower engineers in Automotive, Aerospace, and Industrial sectors with innovative products that ensure efficiency, reliability, and quality in manufacturing processes. We pride ourselves on fostering a culture of innovation and creativity.

Our skilled team develops, manufactures, and distributes cutting-edge fastening and joining solutions to meet modern engineering and manufacturing challenges
** The Job:
** As a SPX CIX Engineer, you'll be part of our team working as an onsite employee. You'll be part of a dynamic team and be involved with site-based transformation activities where they will be responsible for the delivery of discrete manufacturing improvement work streams. This will involve shop floor-based improvement activities and training/coaching of various operations teams. This position may support multiple manufacturing sites across North America to ensure the right processes are in place to ensure maximum efficiency in manufacturing operations.

This is a high-exposure position interacting with multiple businesses, leaderships, and teams to promote continuous learning, and potential career advancement. You'll get to:
· Be a key member of a transformation team within the Industrial business unit to drive continuous improvement and site transformation
· Assume responsibility for an operational improvement workstream(s) that will require the development of a workstream charter, a detailed work plan, and the identification of operational and financial KPIs to measure the progress of the improvement actions
· Ability to review/assess operational data and implement action plans to close gaps
· Ability to understand operational KPI's to determine appropriate responses to close gaps
· Identify opportunities for process improvement, savings and waste reduction based on field observations, analysis of data from various sources and systems, and optimization models to: streamlining material flow, optimize plants & production cells layout, enhance machines & equipment efficiency (OEE), improve labor productivity, quality and yield, waste & scraps reduction, and more.
· Drive operational improvement through the implementation of Lean standard tools and concepts such as Flow, Standard Work, 5S, Visual Management, SMED, Poka-Yoke, PDCA, TPM, etc.
· Recommend methods for improving worker efficiency, such as restructuring job duties, reorganizing workflow, relocating workstations and equipment and purchase of equipment / systems.
· Design and lead the Implementation of Lean standard tools and concepts within the production floor and operations such as 5S, Visual-Management, Standard Work, Kaizen events program, SMED, Flow, Poka-Yoke, PDCA, etc.
· Coach shop floor-based personnel including makers, supervisors, and managers in new ways of working
· Providing key stakeholders with both written and verbal updates on the progress of their workstream(s) and the escalation of any risks and issues while being a change agent.
· Support codification of any newly developed approaches, methodologies, and results
· Lead and participate in Kaizens and Gemba process to solve complex manufacturing problems through a…