Continuous Improvement Engineer
Chicago , IL
Job#
DTS022019-04
Industry: Manufacturing
Position Type: Full-time
Summary:
Continuous Improvement Engineer will lead and facilitate Kaizen events. Provide lean training and serve as a continuous improvement subject matter expert.
Description:
Responsibilities:
- Facilitate and lead Kaizen events in an industrial environment from start through completion. Provide training and support to the lean teams throughout the entire process
- Problem solving using quantifiable measures.
- Lean thinking to eliminate waste and identify improvements.
- Provide lean training and develop training modules.
- Coach lean practioners to develop lean and continuous improvement skills to be able to facilitate Kaizen events.
- Support and develop lean operating systems for continuous improvements.
- Benchmark improvements
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree
- Minimum of 2 years of lean, six sigma, Kaizen or continuous improvement experience
- Strong communication
- Strong problem solving skills
- Intermediate knowledge of MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Lean Certified
- Six Sigma Green Belt
- Six Sigma Black Belt
- Value Stream Mapping
- 5S
- Visual Management