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Eaton · 4 days ago

Continuous Improvement Engineer

South Milwaukee, WI

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

$86K/yr - $126K/yr

3+ years exp

Eaton is a company that focuses on creating an environment where creativity, invention, and discovery become reality. The Continuous Improvement Engineer is responsible for driving and implementing continuous improvement initiatives at the plant, leading kaizen events, and transforming operational processes to enhance efficiency.

Electric Vehicle

No H1B

Responsibilities

Drive the continuous improvement roadmap at the facility through leading kaizen and business process improvement events. Ensure 30/60/90 follow ups are prepared, and event results are sustained

Create and improve standard work documentation for the production line as well as manufacturing documentation

Support the daily accountability tier process and support improving visual controls

Own the 5S+ program and improve the overall 5S+ program at the plant

Proactively identify opportunities to improve efficiency and implement cost reduction projects

Champion the continuous improvement ideas framework and own the tracking of the program. Engage manufacturing and other plant stakeholders in the process

Lead the plant continuous improvement council

Leverage problem solving tools to identify root causes of issues and identify corrective actions to improve operations

Participate in the plant’s operations and CI assessments and support improving the plants results. Coordinate action item status updates and completion

Support data collection, analysis, and reporting for ongoing improvement initiatives. Perform time studies to gather data for production

Collaborate with manufacturing engineers and operations on implementing lean principles

Champion and sustain the CI culture at the plant and CI tools such as leader standard work, gemba walks, processs checks, and visual controls