Continuous Improvement Engineer

Overview

POSITION SUMMARY : Develop Continual Improvement and Capacity Improvement Projects including new equipment specification, procurement and installation, process quality, productivity and other projects targeting improved quality, cost and delivery. Ensure processes, work instructions, tooling and equipment, and continual improvement processes are in place and available to manufacturing supervisors and technicians prior to beginning work to effectively improve quality, cost and delivery.

Responsibilities

• Plan, track, update, and report on process, Kaizen, and continual improvement projects to ensure design schedules, build schedules, installation schedules, acceptance, and commissioning schedules are met.
• Plan, support, coordinate, and implement capital and Kaizen projects in the manufacturing areas.
• Monitor and provide engineering support to ensure customer products are manufactured and processes are operating economically and in control per management goals and quality expectations. Analyze deviations, develop and implement corrective actions.
• Prepare supporting documentation such as layouts, conceptualization, justification, and quotations for labor, standard tooling, specialty tooling, and equipment to support the business unit requirements.
• Develop equipment and tooling justifications, quotation requests, acceptance criteria, and purchasing documentation. Review quotations, support vendor selections, and ensure tooling and equipment received meets acceptance criteria, quality expectations, and is installed and commissioned per schedule.
• Manufacturing prototypes as required utilizing the principals of concurrent engineering.
• Develop, gain approval for, and implement capability improvement projects involving process control, equipment, capacity and productivity targeting quality, cost and delivery performance.
• Write work instructions and assist in training of work instructions.
• Develop specifications for new equipment, TPM requirements, and operating work instructions.
• Perform, monitor, and audit tooling and equipment. Monitor, audit, and track TPM documentation and performance.
• Support equipment installation and moves, process description, and operational / performance qualification activities for manufacturing equipment and manufacturing processes. Generate all related documentation in compliance with internal requirements.
• Assist production supervisors in trouble-shooting process and quality problems. Perform root cause analysis, develop and implement countermeasures based on PDCA process.
• Analyze plant layout and process flows to propose, justify, and implement improvements for improved manufacturing flow.
• Assess and measure labor content to set process standards and evaluate variances.
• Assist business areas in the creation of time-based Standard Work for all task and activity.
• Collaborate with other departments to develop technical solutions to manufacturing problems, finding solutions that are thorough, practical, and consistent with organization objectives.
• Apply statistical tools to complex problems and teach statistical tools to others as required.
• Play a leadership role in the Plant Safety Program.
• Further the goals and positive, professional image of Hyosung HICO.
• Know Hyosung HICO's Quality, Safety and Environmental Policies and be able to fully discuss their importance and how they impact work.

Note : THE DESCRIPTION ABOVE REPRESENTS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ESSENTIAL DUTIES OF THE JOB BUT DOES NOT EXCLUDE OTHER OCCASIONAL WORK ASSIGNMENTS NOT MENTIONED.

Non-Essential Functions

Education / Skills / Experience / Training

Hyosung HICO, Ltd., is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer. It has been and will continue to be a fundamental policy of Hyosung HICO, Ltd., not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, gender, gender identity, pregnancy, marital status, partnership status, domestic violence victim status, sexual orientation, age, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, veteran or military status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, caregiver status, unemployment status or any other characteristic prohibited by federal, state and / or local laws.

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