Continuous Improvement Engineer

Position Summary The Continuous Improvement Engineer is responsible for driving operational excellence across Rangen Group’s feed production facilities by improving safety, quality, throughput, and manufacturing efficiency. This role partners with plant & senior leadership, operators, and cross-functional teams to identify waste, stabilize processes, and standardize best practices using data-driven problem solving and Lean methodologies. The role serves as a facilitator and coach—enabling teams to solve problems, sustain improvements, and strengthen Rangen’s culture of continuous improvement across livestock, pet and aquaculture feed operations. What You’ll Do Spend significant time on the production floor engaging operators and identifying improvement opportunities at the source. Participate in daily Gemba walks with plant leadership to assess SQDCP performance and drive immediate countermeasures. Model Lean behaviors and drive cultural adoption through hands-on presence, enthusiasm, and coaching. Lead and facilitate kaizen events focused on SMED, waste elimination, material flow, and equipment reliability. Reinforce and support 5S, Standard Work, Problem Solving, Leader Standard Work, and Daily Management routines. Conduct time studies, process mapping, and bottleneck analysis across feed manufacturing processes. Drive improvements in throughput, labor utilization, equipment uptime and cost performance. Support implementation and follow-up on daily SQDCP boards. Identify top SQDCP gaps and convert them into structured CI projects using PDCA, A3s, and root-cause analysis. Integrate safety and feed quality into all improvement activities. Support Quality Engineering, CAPA, and deviation investigations. Analyze production data including downtime, scrap trends, production variance, and throughput performance. Track CI actions, verify cost savings, and maintain accurate project documentation. Facilitate CI workshops, process improvement events, and on-site operator training sessions. Participate periodically in cross-plant kaizens and best practices sharing. Serve as a local technical resource for feed manufacturing processes. Document processes and support standardization efforts. Travel to support multi-site improvement initiatives. Other role responsibilities and projects assigned. What You’ll Bring Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering or equivalent experience. Lean and data-driven problem-solving experience. Strong cross-functional collaboration skills. Comfort working on the production floor with operators and supervisors. Willingness to travel up to 50-70% (initially up to 75%). What Makes You a Great Fit Feed manufacturing or industrial operations experience. Servant-leader mindset and strong coaching ability. Advanced analytical skills: ability to collect and analyze data and problem-solve. Strong written and verbal communication skills. Proficiency in Microsoft Suite Products (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Teams, etc.). #J-18808-Ljbffr