Continuous Improvement Engineer - Madisonville, KY

Requisition
5719
-Posted
08/07/2026

- Filtration and Life Sciences

- Filtration BU

- Filtration Americas

- Madisonville
- Posting Country (1)

You have a choice of where you want to work! We invite you along on our journey to Purify and Protect, with Every Fiber, for a Sustainable World
. We aim to attract, retain, and energize passionate people,
like you
, by investing in your professional development and providing opportunities for personal growth.
Do your values align with ours? Accountability, Growth mindset, One team,Care and a fair and inclusive work environment for everyone, everywhere!
We strive to meet the highest standards of corporate citizenship by protecting the health and safety of our team
, safeguarding the environment, and creating a long-lasting, positive impact on the communities where we do business.
Are you with us?!?

The Continuous Improvement (CI) Manager is responsible for driving operational excellence through Lean manufacturing, Six Sigma methodologies, waste elimination, and process standardization. This role ensures sustainable improvements in safety, quality, delivery, cost, and employee engagement while building a culture of continuous improvement throughout the organization.

Serve as a visible, hands-on coach by maintaining a strong presence on the production floor, actively engaging with employees at all levels to identify improvement opportunities, reinforce Lean principles, develop problem-solving capabilities, and foster a culture of continuous improvement through daily collaboration and mentorship.

• Adhere to OSHA regulations, ISO 1400, QS9000 standards and policies.
• Adhere to all safety policies and contribute to the improvement of the safety culture at the plant through active participation in safety activities and teams.
• Must follow Ahlstrom’s manufacturing and hygiene processes, procedures and policies, as applicable, to the position’s areas of responsibility, in order to meet and maintain the safety, quality, and regulatory compliance requirements for each grade of paper.
• Deploy continuous improvement activities and gains by identifying the roadmap and project plan.
• Achieve results through the deployment of continuous improvement activities according to the roadmap.
• Act as the first line of contact with Plant Management on impact metric commitments (safety, quality, delivery, cost, cash, people).
• Align continuous improvement activities with vision and site(s) strategic plans through annual business plan process.
• Establish and maintain network to ensure in-depth knowledge of practical examples and best practices both internally and externally.
• Developing, mentoring identified candidates for project-based leadership.
• Drive and coordinate the ongoing implementation of the continuous improvement program and initiatives, ensuring standardization and planning expectations are met.
• Report all necessary weekly and monthly reports-of-progress, KPI’s etc. to plant management.
• Enter and maintain teams/projects in Ahlstrom reporting tool.
• Collect and report continuous improvement savings In Ahlstrom reporting tool.
• Continue to streamline business processes to increase efficiency and minimize cost.
• Oversee the infrastructure for team support, meeting rooms, data sharing access to templates, team boards, machine boards, etc.
• Actively lead and participate in the continuous improvement processes by incorporating methodologies into operations and business systems.
• Support teams by ensuring that they have the materials needed, barriers to success are removed, and results are documented.
• Perform regular audits to ensure teams remain on track, utilizing the methodology and staying focused on targeted issues.
• Created and provide training as required for all levels of employees on continuous improvement methodologies.
• Obtain regular feedback from teams, crews, and management to identify problems and to develop action plans to resolve issues.
• Actively participate in capital projects through payback calculations, project audits, and project implementation.
• Identifies training needs and develops plans to address needs.
• Must have knowledge of Ahlstrom Information security when handling…