Essentra is seeking a Continuous Improvement Engineer to join our operations team at our manufacturing plant in Erie, PA. As the CI Engineer you will be responsible for establishing Continuous Improvement Process culture throughout the site in order to deliver sustainable and increased productivity. As the Continuous Improvement Engineer you will also be responsible for improving the organization's Quality, Cost, Delivery and Safety parameters helping to strengthen Essentra's competitiveness. You will also ensure that all IE activities are maintained to highest levels to deliver world-class performance.
Essentra is a global market leader in plastic injection molded, vinyl dip molded and metal components for our partners in the equipment manufacturing, automotive, industrial electronics, fabrication, medical devices, renewable energy, production machinery, construction and agriculture industries.
What's in it for you:
Competitive compensation
Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
401K +matching
Vacation Time
Responsibilities
Establishing Continuous Improvement Process, which consist of Lean, Six Sigma, and Industrial Engineering.
Implementation and deployment of Lean Manufacturing including creating a plan, coordinate activities including:
Ensuring cooperation and coordination between functions and processes
Monitoring the lean manufacturing implementation plan and report to Site Director
Creating solutions for barriers of implementation plan
Implementation and deployment of CI tools and techniques including defining the tools, setting up CI activity plans, and delivering CI-ECS Savings plan.
Implementation and deployment of Industrial Engineering including creating work/process standards, validate accurate IE standards, and ensure effective application of 5S.
Process Excellence Deployment - Follow the plan for world class lean transformation and focus on KPI creation and improvement.
Who we are looking for:
Bachelor's degree in Industrial/Mechanical Engineering or relevant work experience.
Previous experience leading improvement activities.
Project Management Knowledge.
Lean Six Sigma experience, Green Belt.
Experienced with the following applications: MS Excel, PowerPoint, Solidworks, Visio
Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.
Essentra Components is an Equal Opportunity & E-verify employer.