Continuous Improvement Specialist

5 days ago

Baldwin Park, United States Umanist Staffing Full time

**Job Description: Continuous Improvement Specialist**

**Looking for**: someone who has strong project management skills in a manufacturing environment, and ideally someone with some engineering experience or exposure (for example, as an operator, field service tech, engineering tech, etc).

Hours: 8 am-5 pm (can provide flexibility if needed) Worksite Type: fully onsite

**Position Summary**:
An experienced & hands-on lean/six sigma professional who will lead and drive continuous improvement activities. Reporting to the Director of Operations, this position is responsible for analyzing, developing, driving, and tracking cost reductions, working capital improvements, employee training, deploying Visual Management, leading Kaizen improvement events, and promoting a lean culture across the US Business Unit. This individual must possess a willingness and desire to work directly with his/her peers (and their direct reports) in the business unit to define and set a strategy for CIP efforts.

**Essential Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Lead the coordination and achievement of business goals pertaining to Operational Excellence cost and efficiency improvements.
- Aid the business in working capital goal setting/budgeting and coordinate improvement activities (Kaizen implementation & sustainment).
- Lead visual management implementation and sustainment as key tools to drive change in W/C and OpEx improvements.
- Train team members in the understanding and deployment of Lean, Six Sigma, and Continuous Improvement practices.
- Establish cost out targets, budgets, objectives, Kaizen event timetables, policies, capital requirements, material and labor requirements and other key metrics to track and evaluate current and new projects.
- Responsible for participation in the development and implementation of the business’ strategy and readiness to support current and future business objectives.
- Preparation and presentation of strategic plans in support of long-range/short range objectives; help establish budgets and strategies, event timetables, policies, capital requirements, material, and labor requirements in the areas pertaining to lean implementation, OpEx cost savings, and W/C improvements.

**Education**:

- Bachelor’s Degree in an Engineering (Aerospace/Mechanical/Manufacturing) discipline preferred.
- Master’s degree in operations/industrial management and/or Lean Operations preferred.
- Master or Six Sigma Blackbelt

**Experience**:

- Individuals must have been successful in roles that might include Operations, Quality, Manufacturing Engineering, and/or Supply Chain Management. Most importantly, they must be ready for the next significant promotion, which might not be available at their present company and must be comfortable in a highly matrixed environment.
- At least 2-5 years of experience in a similar role with a history of responsible career progression in the Commercial, Private, and or Military Aviation / MRO industry.
- Demonstrated history of successful change implementation and implementing of operational excellence improvements such as lean manufacturing, demand flow, six sigma, tooling equivalency, and comprehensive regulatory and quality improvement programs.
- Strong communications, interpersonal, leadership, & organizational skills.
- Familiar with manufacturing, machining, test, and calibration environment.

**Must have**:
Project Management skills, ability to manage a project and deadline.

**Nice to have**:
Prefers that someone has a CI or engineering background for the automation project, their previous CI specialist had an engineering background bc he would bring ideas and collaborate with the consultant - a level of understanding of how machines operate

Will not operate any equipment or machines. All machine operation will be completed by operators. This person is just ensuring that things happen on schedule. But with engineering expertise, may be able to make things more efficient.

**Job Type**: Contract

Pay: $40.00 - $43.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

**Benefits**:

- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Day shift

Application Question(s):

- What is your work authorization?
- Are you comfortable working on W2?
- What is your Current location?
- What is your pay rate expectations?
- How many years of experience do you have as a Continuous Improvement Specialist

Work Location: In person

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