Continuous Improvement Engineer

Job Summary

Responsible for leading and coordinating the development and implementation of continuous  improvement initiatives in production areas, operational and general areas of the company, contributing individually to the implementation of strategic projects, identifying business opportunities to improve quality, reduce costs, and productivity, primary focus on the application of Lean Manufacturing tools and methods, Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, Gemba, Six Sigma, etc., to improve efficiency, reduce waste, and implement a culture of operational excellence.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning of continuous improvement projects, identify areas of opportunity, generate initiatives for continuous improvement, feasibility studies, technical development, documentation, and project management and implementation.
• Leading in the implementation of projects in different areas of the company using continuous improvement tools to optimize manufacturing processes by the analysis and defining of methods to propose effective actions to achieve the optimization of the operation and company.
• Evaluate, monitor, analyze, implement and improve production indicators (KPIs, OEE, productivity, scrap), documentation and implementation of action to improve the production process and management system.
• Develop programs and training instructions to employees, propose visual aids create forms and records to analyze data and implement improvement actions to validate new materials, machinery and existing processes for continuous improvement.
• Develop and implement staff training and development programs in continuous improvement methodologies, mentoring and developing individuals, areas, and departments in the implementation of process and systems improvements.