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ASC Engineered Solutions · 1 month ago

Sr. Continuous Improvement Engineer

Oak Brook, IL

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$120K/yr - $150K/yr

10+ years exp

ASC Engineered Solutions is a unified company focused on improving customer experience and delivering service excellence. The Sr. Continuous Improvement Engineer will drive all functions of the business to exceed safety, quality, delivery, cost, and efficiency goals while implementing lean principles throughout the organization.

ManufacturingMechanical EngineeringProduct DesignSales

No H1B

Responsibilities

Work with all the functional teams to document critical processes and build the ASC (FF) Business System along an ISO certification path

Engage with leadership at HQ to set specific targets to functionally and strategically achieve improvements in Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost and Innovation metrics based on gap analysis of actual vs target

Collaborate with local teams to deploy a lean strategy to achieve business objectives and financial targets

Implement lean and continuous improvement initiatives including Problem Solving, Transactional Process Improvement, Value Steam Mapping, 5S, Daily Management and other lean tools and principles in alignment with the ASC (FF) Business System

Drive the kaizen event and continuous improvement funnel from identification of opportunities to full implementation of improvements

Support building strong location teams by mentoring and coaching, and providing formal and informal lean training at all levels

Support technology innovation throughout the network

Engage in the company wide network of CI practitioners to accelerate best practice sharing, process and tool development

Qualification

Lean implementationContinuous improvementKaizen eventsValue Stream Mapping5SManufacturing experienceProblem SolvingCoachingFormal trainingMentoring

Required

Bachelor's degree (B.S.) in Engineering or other technical field

Minimum 10 years in manufacturing and/or distribution with 3 years in Lean/CI implementation focus, including experience leading/facilitating kaizen events and bringing transformational change to a medium or larger sized manufacturing site (distribution experience helpful)

Subject matter expertise and practical lean deployment experience with tools like Problem Solving, VSM, Daily Management, 5S, Standard Work, Kanban, Poke Yoke, and others

Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship both now and within the future