Continuous Improvement Engineer

Implement a system to identify and solve problems by engaging all company personnel. Apply all Continuous Improvement / OpEx (Operational Excellence) principles, tools, and techniques to reduce waste, variation, and overburden on people and processes. Support the leadership team in creating employee engagement in the Continuous Improvement process. Lead, prepare, follow up, and close Continuous Improvement projects and/or events. Train all employees in the different tools used for improvement. Quantify the results of improvement events.

Responsible for training and implementing the 5S program as well as Lean Manufacturing techniques throughout the plant.

Develop the annual Improvement Plan through meetings with Area Managers, based on compliance with corporate value creation metrics.

Manage and follow up on the annual Continuous Improvement Plan, reporting monthly results and generating follow-up actions when results do not meet expected targets.

Present monthly results to corporate.

• Improvement projects that generate value creation measurable in financial statements.
• Design layouts according to lean manufacturing techniques and safety standards.
• Solve process problems related to low productivity, scrap, quality issues, etc.
• Perform process capability and installed capacity analysis.
• Responsible for training, implementation, and follow-up of 5S activities.
• Monitor results and follow up on actions to sustain scrap reduction results.

• →Manage, lead, prepare, follow up, and close Rapid Improvement Events (RIE) such as Continuous Flow Creation (CFC), Projects, Kaizen, Kaizen Blitz, TPM implementation, Kanban, Quick Changeover (SMED), among other improvement tools.
• →Train and coach, all organization employees in practical problem solving (CPS). Develop problem solvers.
• →Continuously monitor and report monthly savings results from scrap reduction projects.
• →Implement Tier 1 boards and train associates.
• →Implement Tier 2 boards.
• →Create layouts during improvement events.
• →Create, prepare, and keep updated training support materials used during improvement events.
• →Create Value Stream Analysis (VSA) maps.
• →Create, support, and train in Standard Work (SW & LSW).
• →Develop, train, and follow up on Poka Yoke implementation.
• →Manage and participate in the Management Gemba board.
• →Establish and validate with Finance and applicable leadership the method to measure value-generating project results.
• →Follow up on monthly project results and present validated results to corporate.

• Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Business Management Engineering, or related field.
• AutoCAD, SolidWorks, Microsoft Office.
• Poka Yoke.
• SMED.
• Methods Engineering.

• Minimum 2 years in engineering-related areas such as Maintenance, Production, or Quality.
• Information analysis capability.
• Creativity, complex problem-solving, planning, proactivity, teamwork.