Operational Excellence Engineer

Job Category:

Manufacturing/Operations

Job Family:

Process Excellence

Job Description:

This individual is responsible to deliver results for the Operational Excellence efforts at the plant level.

This role’s primary focus is on plant processes to drive process standardization, executional discipline, and equipment standardization through driving projects that focus on plant opportunities that reduce variation/eliminate waste leading to plant savings, increase capacity, reduce operational risk, and improve quality and safety.

Duties include executing projects with quantifiable impacts through planning, organizing, training, coaching, troubleshooting, evaluation, monitoring, technical support, and utilization of the appropriate tools and methods.

The role will perform a variety of tasks in the overall space that leverages lean and six sigma disciplines where applicable and is focused heavily on utilizing the right tools with the right people at the right times.

Someone successful in this role will be self-driven and motivated while executing with a wide degree of latitude in creative behaviors and influential leadership with a bias for Gemba and hands-on action.

The role will execute lean training and implementation (including but not limited to Structured Problem Solving (A3), Daily Management System, Process Controls, Standard Work, SMED, etc.) as well as other training and development related activities.

This role is 100% on-site at our Shippensburg, Pennsylvania manufacturing facility.

Relocation Benefits: Receive a $10,000 relocation bonus PLUS a generous relocation package if relocating more than 50 miles for this position.

What you’ll do:


* Champion the Ops Excellence Culture and program for your plant – Train, coach, evaluate and reinforce Continuous Improvement principles with leaders, partners and team members.


* Lead efforts in improving cost and quality initiatives by utilizing Six Sigma tools.

Execute Lean and DMAIC problem-solving projects positively impacting plant KPIs.


* Work with Plant Leadership in identifying and communicating customer requirements, input specifications, and process capability.

Updating process controls to reflect best practices.


* Maintain cross functional working relationships with Quality, Safety, Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, etc.

Collaborates with the plant team to identify Operational Excellence activities based on plant needs, opportunities, and challenges.


* Be knowledgeable of various government regulations that must be complied with, i.e., OSHA, USDA, FDA, EPA, EEOC, OFCCP, etc.


* Execute and own program initiatives for the plant including Problem Identification/Problem Solving Activities – Root Cause Analysis, Critical Processes, Lean, DMAIC, Digital Standard Work (Dozuki) and Process Optimization, Centerline, 5S.


* Help drive and analyze plant level metrics that support plant Critical Processes and KPIs.

Monitors applicable results and pe...