Staff Continuous Improvement Engineer

Work Flexibility: Onsite

Join a manufacturing team focused on optimizing production performance operational efficiency and lean transformation. As a Staff Continuous Improvement Engineer you will evaluate value streams lead improvement initiatives and partner with cross-functional teams to enhance manufacturing processes productivity and flow across a regulated medical device environment. This role combines hands-on execution with strategic continuous improvement planning to support operational excellence.

What You Will Do

• Lead and facilitate value stream mapping workshops and continuous improvement events to identify waste and improve operational performance.
• Develop and implement future-state manufacturing processes that improve flow efficiency and resource utilization.
• Analyze production performance and execute initiatives that improve productivity throughput and operational effectiveness.
• Monitor and improve key lean manufacturing metrics including lead time changeover time inventory levels and process flow.
• Design and optimize material and product flow systems between manufacturing work cells.
• Partner with Finance to quantify track and validate cost savings generated through continuous improvement projects.
• Investigate process issues perform root cause analysis and implement sustainable corrective actions.
• Deliver lean manufacturing training mentor employees on continuous improvement principles and support adoption of standardized processes.

What You Will Need

Required:

• Bachelors degree required.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in continuous improvement manufacturing engineering industrial engineering operations or a related field.
• Minimum 4 years of experience leading or supporting process improvement productivity or operational excellence initiatives.
• Experience using lean manufacturing tools and methodologies in a manufacturing environment.

Preferred:

• Bachelors degree in Engineering.
• Lean Manufacturing Certification.
• Experience working in a highly regulated industry such as medical device pharmaceutical aerospace or similar.
• Experience leading value stream mapping waste reduction and continuous improvement initiatives.

United States of America Pay Ranges:

$89300 - $148800 USD Annual

Travel Percentage: 10%

Stryker Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race ethnicity color religion sex gender identity sexual orientation national origin disability or protected veteran status. Stryker is an EO employer M/F/Veteran/Disability.

Stryker Corporation will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about discussed or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge (b) in furtherance of an investigation proceeding hearing or action including an investigation conducted by the employer or (c) consistent with the contractors legal duty to furnish information.