Continuous Improvement Engineer LV

The Continuous Improvement Engineeris a key position in our Las Vegas NV branch. The position develops and implements continuous improvement principles and processes of a precast concrete manufacturing plant.

Reporting to the General Manager youll primarily work with a team of operational leaders onsite and engage with varies employees supervisors and departments to continuously improve our processes and practices that can be sustainable for long term consistency and growth.

WHAT YOULL BE DOING

The Continuous Improvement Engineer will drive process improvement initiatives across manufacturing operations and may supervise production employees providing day-to-day direction coaching and support to ensure safe efficient and consistent production.

A Highlight of Your Day Will Include..

• Reviews department productivity and partners with operations to develop action plans to improve performance
• Directs or conducts studies to ascertain the best sequence of operations or workflow.
• Coordinate and drive a structured process to close follow-up actions from assessments and audits.
• Plan and facilitate achievement of cost savings objectives through various Lean and Six Sigma projects and initiatives.
• Collect and analyze production data develop and track KPIs at the Plant level for improvement opportunities.
• Create continuous improvement suggestion system and ensure its used daily and actionable items are implemented quickly.
• Execute continuous improvement ideas visibly and functionally with display boards to meet KPI goals.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• Bachelors Degree in Industrial Engineering or related field; or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the key accountabilities of the job required
• Minimum of 3-5 years experience in process improvement preferably in the manufacturing arena and demonstrated experience helping an organization bring newly developed products to market.
• Superior analytical and problem-solving skills. Attention to detail. Ability to multitask.
• Strong interpersonal skills including collaboration and communication. Willingness to work in a Team environment.
• Experience leading and participating in CI events with firm understanding of kaizen tools (Such as value stream maps fishbone diagrams PDCA and SMED)
• Lean Six Sigma certification (or the ability to acquire green belt certification within six months)
• The ability to work with a high degree autonomy in a rapidly changing and evolving environment

ALL ABOUT JENSEN INFRASTRUCTURE

Much like you our founder Don Jensen was looking for a way to support his family so he started his Company in 1968. Since founded weve been supporting communities across Nevada California Arizona Washington Missouri and Hawaii.

Jensen Infrastructure likely has an impact on your daily life. We build culverts to take water away from your neighborhoods underground utility boxes to hold cables and manholes to allow workers access to the sewers deep below the roads we drive on. And thats just a small sample of what we do at Jensen on a daily basis.

When you work at one of Jensens many locations you will enjoy the close relationships and camaraderie of a small company while being part of a larger well-established growing company.

We are committed to ensuring employment practices that promote equal opportunities. Please let us know if you require any reasonable accommodations during your interview process.