Process Engineer III

Process Engineer III

Objective: Responsible for driving operational excellence through process optimization, waste reduction, and continuous improvement initiatives within a manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and execute operational excellence initiatives focused on improving safety, quality, delivery, cost, and employee engagement across manufacturing operations.
• Identify, evaluate, and implement process improvements that reduce waste, improve flow, increase capacity, enhance labor efficiency, and strengthen overall manufacturing performance.
• Analyze current production processes, material flow, equipment utilization, labor allocation, and process constraints to identify opportunities for cycle time reduction, productivity improvement, and variability reduction.
• Lead Lean and continuous improvement projects using tools such as 5S, Kaizen, Value Stream Mapping, Standard Work, visual management, line balancing, mistake-proofing, SMED, and daily management systems.
• Facilitate cross-functional Kaizen events and improvement workshops, ensuring clear problem definition, data-driven analysis, action planning, execution follow-up, and measurable results.
• Conduct root cause analysis for operational issues, quality deviations, downtime events, scrap, rework, yield loss, and process instability using structured problem-solving methodologies such as 5 Why, fishbone diagrams, Pareto analysis, and A3 thinking.
• Develop, implement, and sustain corrective and preventive actions that address systemic causes and prevent recurrence of operational and quality issues.
• Establish, track, and interpret key performance indicators including OEE, productivity, downtime, scrap, rework, labor efficiency, schedule adherence, throughput, and cost improvement metrics.
• Partner with production, quality, maintenance, supply chain, engineering, and EHS teams to ensure improvements are practical, compliant, sustainable, and aligned with business objectives.
• Coach and train operators, technicians, supervisors, and cross-functional partners on Lean principles, problem-solving methods, standard work, visual management, and continuous improvement behaviors.
• Promote a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and employee involvement by engaging shop floor teams in identifying problems, testing solutions, and sustaining improvements.
• Ensure improvement projects deliver measurable and sustainable results, including cost savings, productivity gains, quality improvements, reduced downtime, improved service levels, and increased operational stability.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in a manufacturing environment preferred.
• Experience in Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma Principals (5S, Kaizen, Value Stream Mapping, Standard Work).
• Demonstrated success implementing measurable process improvements that increased efficiency, reduced waste, and improved quality.
• Strong background in root cause analysis, data-driven problem solving, and statistical process control (SPC).

This position may be available in the following location(s): US - Clearwater, FL

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.