Job Description

Summary : This position is responsible for leading the Continuous Improvement (CI) initiatives. He/she will provide leadership, planning, technical direction, communication, and coaching skills to ensure safe production of high-quality products to meet customer needs in the most cost-effective manner. He/she is responsible for analyzing current business processes, recommending improvements, and implementing new operational efficiency initiatives. They drive the development and implementation of Lean methodology to enhance performance and reduce costs.

Ideal Candidate: The ideal candidate is a motivated self-starter with a strong desire to create a career at MDO and grow within the company. They excel in driving results with minimal supervision. Additionally, they are flexible, capable of detailed data analysis while maintaining a long-term strategic vision. Their career aspirations align with the company’s vision and core values, making them an asset to the team.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include those listed below. Other duties may be assigned. This position is a full time (minimum 40 hours per week) on-site position.

• Plans, directs, and manages department activities to enhance achievement of continuous improvement goals, policies, priorities, and procedures.
• Creates and maintains a culture of continuous improvement by training, educating, and influencing all levels of management and serving as facilitator and champion for process improvement across the Company.
• Provides strategic leadership and tactical planning in multiple, complex, high-visibility process improvement projects.
• Oversee and direct all continuous improvement events aimed at obtaining sustainment.
• Oversee the study of production and office processes to recommend suggestions for improvement.
• Oversee the collection of quality and/or production data.
• Ability to study substantial amounts of data for analysis.
• Collaborate with IT to streamline data collection for enhanced data analysis.
• Collaborate within the Quality department to ensure company remains ISO 9001 certified.
• Ability to lead and/or contribute to an internal audit.
• Work environment will include an equal mix between time spent on floor and office.
• Ability to work independently, in a small group, and with other departments across the facility.
• Well versed in MS Office, Minitab, MS SQL Server

Supervisory Responsibilities: Supervises, coaches, develops, and mentors’ subordinates (1 to 3 CI Engineers).

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• BS in Industrial (and Systems) Engineering, Industrial Engineering Technology, or Manufacturing Engineering
• And/or up to 10 years’ experience

Additional Information

McWane, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Employment is made available to all persons without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, and marital status, disability that does not prohibit performance of essential job functions with reasonable accommodation, Vietnam Era or veteran status. This policy applies to hiring, placement, recruitment, rates of pay or other forms of compensation, benefits, promotions, transfers, layoffs, recalls, Company-sponsored training, terminations, and other employment-related activities.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
McWane is a Federal VEVRAA contractor, and an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all employment practices. McWane will not discriminate against any applicant for employment because of their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, veteran or service member status, marital status, citizenship status (In IL - sex, including same sex, ancestry, order of protection status, physical or mental disability, military status, pregnancy, unfavorable discharge status, genetic information), (In IA - gender identity), (In CA- gender identity or expression, and genetic information) or any other category protected by federal, state or local law.