Continuous Improvement Engineer II

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Date: Oct 28, 2024

Location: St. Paul – Minnesota, US, 55127

Company: Heraeus

Heraeus Medevio

Location White Bear Lake

Permanent

Full Time

What you'll get to do every day:

Demonstrating leadership in conveying operational excellence principles, develop and implement global operational excellence standards as well as defining and implementing continuous improvement activities for various operational or business areas.

Actively supporting the embedding of HPS Operational Excellence principles into the product and process development activities as well as in on-going operations.

As a member of the CI Team, participating in the definition of HPS Global Operational Excellence standards.

Rolling-out HPS Operational Excellence standards in coordination with the operational leaders.

Training, mentoring, and coaching the engineering and operations teams in regards to the principles and methods of HPS Operational Excellence.

Identifying, evaluating, supporting prioritization, and implementing operational improvement opportunities by utilizing lean principles and/or 6-sigma methodology, in conjunction with operational leaders.

Conducting cost/benefit analysis for changes to processes and/or equipment as part of the identification, evaluation, and prioritization support of operational improvement opportunities.

Supporting the optimization of process flows, line layouts, staffing and work-station design to improve product scalability and accommodate changes in product volume.

Leading value stream mapping exercises to identify waste and area for improvement.
Other duties as assigned.

What we're looking for from you:

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field; Industrial, Manufacturing or Mechanical preferred
2+ years of relevant experience, or 4+ years of experience in lieu of degree

Good understanding of lean fundamentals and/or 6-sigma principles; Green Belt preferred

Basic problem-solving skills
Strong interpersonal, leadership skills and self-motivation – change agent
Ability to train, mentor and coach
Demonstrated experience with lean and/or 6-sigma (Six Sigma training and field experience preferred)
Prior manufacturing process improvement accomplishments
Strong project management skills
Experience with business process reengineering is a plus
Experience in working in international and intercultural environment is a plus
Good technical understanding, good financials understanding
Hands-on attitude

Nearest Major Market: Minneapolis

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