Continuous Improvement Engineer

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Position Summary / Overview
 

QNITY has an exciting opportunity for a Continuous Improvement Engineer, CMPT business located in Newark Delaware. 

This role will drive continuous and step-change improvements in the manufacturing plant across EH&S, Quality, Productivity, and Reliability.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leading and implementing continuous improvement initiatives to optimize yield, processes and increase efficiencies.
• Identifying improvement opportunities through data analysis and process mapping and proposing solutions to solve them.
• Developing and maintaining key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the effectiveness of improvement efforts.
• Creating dashboards in Power BI and JMP script to efficiently query, analyze, and visualize data, and enabling rapid insights and decision-making.
• Creating process documentation, standard operating procedures, work instructions, and training material to ensure sustainability of the improvements.
• Providing guidance, training, and coaching to employees and teams on continuous improvement methods and tools, such as Lean Six Sigma.
• Building strong relationships and collaborating with other departments and stakeholders to drive a culture of continuous improvement.
• Performing root cause analysis and developing corrective actions for issues and quality problems that arise during production.
• Conducting time and motion studies or value stream mapping to identify areas of waste and inefficiency.
• Developing and implementing standard work processes and procedures to ensure consistency and reduce variability.
• Analyzing and optimizing production line layouts, material handling, and staffing levels to improve throughput and product quality.
• Work with cross-functional teams to develop and implement cost reduction initiatives.
• Manage and lead Kaizen events for process improvement projects.
   

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree is required; a degree in engineering or related discipline is preferred. 
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant industry experience (manufacturing, reliability, engineering, etc.)
• Proficiency in PowerBI and/or JMP script
• The ability to solve problems and prioritize and execute multiple tasks simultaneously is needed.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to lead through influence; able to take a "hands-on" approach with operators, technicians, and engineers to drive change and get results.
   

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Green belt project leader certification and relevant lean practitioner certification

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