DescriptionKEY TASKS & RESPONSIBILITES:
- Promotes health safety and environmental regulations by ensuring that standards policies and procedures are adhered to in compliance with corporate federal state and local requirements
- Promotes the quality system through adhering to the elements of and being familiar with the philosophy quality statement quality manual and procedures
- Determine methods for improving worker efficiency and reducing waste of materials and resources
- Establish and improve standard work and systems to monitor and impact ongoing results and KPIs
- Conduct training sessions and facilitate workshops to understand business processes needs and requirements
- Train manufacturing and support personnel on standard work instructions and process
- Collaborate with functional areas to develop and maintain performance metrics and methods
- Investigate evaluate troubleshoot and resolve production issues including material use variances bottleneck and inefficiencies
- Apply continuous improvement methods such as lean manufacturing to enhance manufacturing quality reliability or cost effectiveness
- Determine root causes of failures or quality issues and recommend changes in designs tolerances or processing methods
- Investigate downtime causes and complete appropriate recommendations to prevent reoccurrence
- Working with the Senior Plant Leadership team develop and implement annual process improvement strategy
- Assist process owners in identifying barriers to project success and help to drive changes when needed
- Lead Kiazen events
- Develop and maintain the plant process improvement score card and annual results review with Polyglass USA Inc. Lead Team
- Work with Maintenance R&D and Engineering to develop manufacturing processes and quality control for new equipment
- Performs other duties as required.
SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED:
- Must be a self-starter and work independently.
- Uses logic and reason in dealing with problems.
- Adjusts to changing variables in the workplace.
- Engages others in constructive debate to explore alternative actions.
- Reaches agreements with others while maintaining perspective regarding longer term relationships.
- Communicates effectively and concisely in oral and written messages.
- Anticipates consequences and maintains a big picture approach in decision making.
- Ability to be persistent when accomplishing a task or assignment.
- Works harmoniously and with tact and diplomacy in dealing with a broad range of people.
- Effectively plans and organizes work to get efficient and effective results.
- Accepts the responsibilities and obligations of the job and the consequences of ones actions.
- Acts as a formal or informal leader in the achievement of group targets.
- Operates pro-actively anticipating possible problems opportunities and challenges.
- Manages projects and achieves desired results efficiently and on time.
- Analyzes data and prepares reports.
- Ability to be flexible and manage many assignments or projects at the same time.
- Leads manages and understands timelines and critical paths.
COMPUTER EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS:
- This position requires the ability to work with a personal computer in a Windows environment.
- Requires proficiency in Microsoft Word Excel Outlook and PowerPoint.
- AS-400 or other enterprise-wide system experience preferred.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
- 4 year Engineering Degree Required (Chemical Industrial Mechanical or Electrical)
- Green or Black Belt preferred
WORKING ENVIRONMENT
- Moderate dust.
- Moderate noise.
- Automated and semi-automated manufacturing equipment.
- Hot and cold climates.
- Must be able to work around hot asphalt tanks lines and pumps constantly.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Lifting up to 60 lbs.; assisted lifting up to 120 lbs.
- Visual Acuity (including color perception).
- Good Hearing.