Lean Manufacturing Engineer

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Hiab offers a variety of different career possibilities for different backgrounds and ambitions, so whatever your passion is, we may just have the job for you! We want to bring in new expertise and fresh ideas, while providing our existing employees with new and interesting career opportunities. Your talent, experience and passion may just be what we seek or need to shape the future of Hiab and our industry. We offer as well:

• Employees First way of life: all of us should experience Easiness, Empowerment and Excellence every day at work
• Comprehensive benefit package including; health, vision, dental, voluntary life/disability insurance upon first day of employment
• 401k program with 6% company match
• Personal time off and company-paid holidays
• Opportunities for career growth and competitive salary commensurate with experience
• Paid training
• Company mentoring program
• Tuition reimbursement for job-related continued education
• Referral Program
• You may also be provided with a company cell phone, laptop and/or credit card, all to be used for the purpose of conducting company business

Purpose of the position

The Lean Manufacturing Engineer will map, document, and evaluate internal processes in order to identify areas of improvement primarily in operations with a secondary role in safety. This individual will serve as support and back-up for various activities relative to the supporting process, efficiencies, creating operational scale, and technology enhancements. They will work directly with the safety, business and management teams to produce key deliverables such as current and future state process documentation as well as conducting some gap analysis. Employs Lean methodologies and tools in order to accomplish business objectives.

Main tasks and responsibilities

Lean Manufacturing:

• Supports the overall lean six sigma program for the business
• Identifies and implements lean six sigma improvement activities on the shop floor
• Facilitates continuous improvement events and workshops
• Works on projects both individually and cross functionally
• Create and maintain departmental process documentation and standard operating procedures
• Manage the overall logistics associated with the project intake process from idea through project initiation
• Partner with project stakeholders as needed to support project analysis, initiation, and delivery
• Willingness to be creative as the Company develops key processes and best practices
• Trains workforce on the various tools of lean six sigma
• Implements CI/Lean method projects on the shop floor in a wide variety of areas (5S, Visual Management, Standard Work, DMS, etc.) with bottom line impact
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned

EHS:

• Administer Internal Audit Program to Maintain ISO and OSHA compliance
• Maintain all EHS processes and policies to minimize/ eliminate safety risks and occupational hazards associated with work practices
• Supervise the generation of Risk Assessments and track progress throughout the site
• Establish and maintain facility records for occupational and environmental health and safety, including documentation on training and certifications
• Perform periodic safety inspections and compliance audits
• Assess EHS training needs in conjunction with EHS Director and ensure all employees receive necessary and required training.  Coordinate and/or administer training
• Assist in Investigating accidents, incidents, and near misses to determine the cause and recommend changes to work practices, equipment, and work areas to eliminate future safety risks
• Serve as the primary contact for both internal EHS

KPIs:

• Lead time reduction
• Profitability (Cost & Planning efficiency)
• Networking Capital
• Continuous Improvement Ideas Impact (Visual Factory) 
• First time right (Quality metrics)
• Safety (LTI improvements)

What you’ll need to succeed

Education:

• High School diploma or equivalent required
• Business or technical relevant University degree preferred

Working experience:

• 3 to 5 years of practical experience with lean methods/Continuous Improvement in a manufacturing environment
• Background in manufacturing, automation, or other continuous processes
• Able to construct Value Stream Maps (current and future states), identify improvements and lead cross functional teams in developing improvements
• Able to perform business analytics and connect problem solving and continuous improvement activities to a business case
• Experience implementing Lean Manufacturing, 5S and Continuous Improvement concepts

Skills and competencies:

• High potential team player, with service oriented passion, while highly organized and skilled in multitasking, and high quality deliverables
• Superior interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to interface with all levels within the organization and with external vendors
• Skilled at documenting and optimizing business processes, facilitating teams, and preparing communications
• Proficiency in Google Suite, Microsoft Office, project management software required
• Knowledge of Google Drive and share point, and how to use
• Specific expertise with continuous processes and Daily Management
• Ability to lead/train on Root Cause problem solving
• Ability to lead/train on SPC and Six Sigma methods 
• Ability to lead and facilitate cross functional teams
• Excellent organizational skills with a strong ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment

Desired behavior:

• Getting things done 
• Problem solving behavior
• A good communicator with the capability to work both in teams and independently
• High sense of urgency 
• Passionate about driving performance improvements 
• Process oriented with a capability to take the operations to a continuous improvement journey
• Comfortable to present and communicate to all levels in the organization (SLT, local MGT, etc.)

Interested to join?

If you are excited about this opportunity, please submit your Resume/CV today for consideration!

HIAB USA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristic. All employment decisions, including recruitment, hiring, and training, are based on merit, qualifications, and business needs.

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