Continuous Improvement Engineer

Full-time - Entry Level

Horse Cave, KY

Food Manufacturing

About the position

Great things are happening at the Sister Schubert's Horse Cave Campus and as we continue to grow the T. Marzetti Company is looking to hire a Continuous Improvement Engineer who will grow with us on our journey towards world class operational excellence. The position of Continuous Improvement Engineer is responsible for promoting and driving continuous improvement activities throughout the Sister Schubert's - Horse Cave, KY and Sister Schubert's - Luverne, AL plants. The CI Engineer is responsible for evaluating existing processes and configuring manufacturing systems to reduce cost, improve productivity and develop best practices within the production process.

Responsibilities

• Work respectfully with all team members to ensure the Safety, Quality, production and support of our products and goals on a daily basis.
• Maintain highest standard of Safety for all functions on an ongoing basis and ensure compliance for self and others to OSHA standards.
• Lead and promote a strong Food Safety Culture within the facility.
• Manage and coordinate projects and process improvements.
• Facilitate root cause analysis processes to determine metrics, troubleshoot manufacturing/business and distribution issues.
• Apply continuous improvement methods such as Six Sigma and Lean to improve execution.
• Develop best practices, routines and innovative solutions to improve production rates and quality of output.
• Maintain reliable and safe manufacturing systems while improving production rates, efficiencies, yields, costs and changeovers.
• Evaluate and improve processes in manufacturing systems with the use of statistical controls.
• Assist with incident investigations and help develop corrective actions.
• Provide training, direction, development, evaluation, coaching and leadership and mentoring to subordinates.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related discipline.
• 1-3 years of relevant experience.
• Lean manufacturing, six sigma green belt certified preferred.
• Strong understanding of Lean/Continuous Improvement concepts, principles, and practices required.
• Must have excellent planning, negotiation and organizational skills and the ability to independently manage workload.
• Analytical thinker with interpersonal skills.
• Positive leadership and self-motivation skills.
• Strong organizational abilities, capable of multi-tasking.
• Working knowledge of manufacturing equipment, mechanical processes and proven troubleshooting skills.
• Must be proficient in the use of Microsoft Office programs and have excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Nice-to-haves

• Lean/Continuous Improvement experience in a manufacturing environment preferred.