Principal Engineer, Continuous Improvement

Job description

Overview

The Principal Engineer, Continuous Improvement enjoys data mining, identifying improvement opportunities, leading teams to identify root cause and implement and sustaining improvements.

Responsibilities

- Lead projects of cross functional global teams through the DMAIC cycle to identify non-value added steps and waste in the process and identify and evaluate opportunities for improvement.

- Help manage company productivity program and support sites in achieving their yearly goals.

- Drive a culture of data-based decision making in both transactional and manufacturing processes.

- Analyze data to discover trends and issues and identify predictive and preventative actions to improve reliability and reduce variation in a process.

- Help establish a structure and culture of continuous improvement across the global corporation

- Provide training on data analysis, lean and Six Sigma tools.

- Implement a structure to sustain improvements and embed the new processes into the current workflow.

- Lead and assists in defining, setting and implementation performance improvement strategies at locations.

- Collaborate with and influence senior management on areas of improvement and translate mgmt. expectations into project deliverables.

- Assist and lead digitalization and automation efforts globally that will assist in predictive maintenance etc.

- Drive the standardization, implementation and communication of organizational best practices

- Drive the implementation of Organizational Management at sites and the implementation of Leading and Lagging KPIs.

Qualifications

Required Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

- Lean Manufacturing training and implementation of Lean Tools in both Manufacturing and Transactional environments

- Lean Six Sigma training and certification (Green Belt, preferred Black Belt, Master Black Belt, or Lean Master Black Belt)

- Strong statistical background and skilled at data analysis

- Working knowledge of MiniTab (SAP and Power BI preferred)

- Ability to interface and collaborate with senior mgmt. on opportunities and project status

- Broad and deep knowledge of Quality theories/tools that can be implemented in a Chemical Industry

- Ownership mentality, passionate about improving our processes and cost efficiency

- Strong interpersonal written and verbal communication skills to communicate within the team and with customers

Required Years’ Experience:

- 10+ years of work experience in a manufacturing environment practicing Lean Six Sigma tools and Data Analysis

Required Education:

- A Bachelor’s degree in science, engineering or a related technical discipline

Travel Requirements:

- Domestic and International travel. 25-50% of time