Principal Engineer, Continuous Improvement

Position Overview 

The Principal Engineer, Continuous Improvement enjoys data mining, identifying improvement opportunities, leading teams to identify root cause and implement and sustaining improvements.

Responsibilities 

• Lead projects of cross functional global teams through the DMAIC cycle to identify non-value added steps and waste in the process and identify and evaluate opportunities for improvement. 
• Help manage company productivity program and support sites in achieving their yearly goals. 
• Drive a culture of data-based decision making in both transactional and manufacturing processes. 
• Analyze data to discover trends and issues and identify predictive and preventative actions to improve reliability and reduce variation in a process. 
• Help establish a structure and culture of continuous improvement across the global corporation 
• Provide training on data analysis, lean and Six Sigma tools. 
• Implement a structure to sustain improvements and embed the new processes into the current workflow. 
• Lead and assists in defining, setting and implementation performance improvement strategies at locations. 
• Collaborate with and influence senior management on areas of improvement and translate mgmt. expectations into project deliverables. 
• Assist and lead digitalization and automation efforts globally that will assist in predictive maintenance etc. 
• Drive the standardization, implementation and communication of organizational best practices 
• Drive the implementation of Organizational Management at sites and the implementation of Leading and Lagging KPIs. 

Qualifications 

Required Knowledge/Skills/Abilities: 

• Lean Manufacturing training and implementation of Lean Tools in both Manufacturing and Transactional environments 
• Lean Six Sigma training and certification (Green Belt, preferred Black Belt, Master Black Belt, or Lean Master Black Belt) 
• Strong statistical background and skilled at data analysis 
• Working knowledge of MiniTab (SAP and Power BI preferred) 
• Ability to interface and collaborate with senior mgmt. on opportunities and project status 
• Broad and deep knowledge of Quality theories/tools that can be implemented in a Chemical Industry 
• Ownership mentality, passionate about improving our processes and cost efficiency 
• Strong interpersonal written and verbal communication skills to communicate within the team and with customers 

Required Years’ Experience: 

• 10+ years of work experience in a manufacturing environment practicing Lean Six Sigma tools and Data Analysis 

Required Education: 

• A Bachelor’s degree in science, engineering or a related technical discipline 

Travel Requirements: 

• Domestic and International travel. 25-50% of time