Project Engineer, Continuous Improvement

Description

American Woodmark is one of the nation's largest cabinet manufacturers. By partnering with major home centers, builders, and dealers, we spark the imagination of homeowners and designers and bring their vision to life. Across our service and distribution centers, our corporate office and manufacturing facilities, you'll always find the same commitment to customer satisfaction, integrity, teamwork, and excellence.

We are on a journey to encourage an inclusive Woodmark and are taking meaningful actions to promote diverse representation across every part of the business. Together, every team member contributes to making American Woodmark a place where people can express who they are through what they do.

POSITION PURPOSE :

The Continuous Improvement Project Engineer is responsible for overall coordination of projects assigned by VICO Engineer to support meeting and / or exceeding established plant goals.

IDEAL CANDIDATE PROFILE :

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to excel at the essential functions assigned. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and ability required.

Experience

• Minimum of 3 years of manufacturing project or process engineering experience; wood related preferred
• Experience in material flows, continuous improvement practices, and process analysis
• Experience in a lean manufacturing environment. Lean Certification is a plus
• Six Sigma training is a plus.

Skills

Education

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS :

SCOPE & EXPECATIONS :

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common business and technical journals and financial reports. Ability to listen and communicate effectively with customers / clients in an effort to respond to common inquires or complaints from customers / clients, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community and public. Ability to develop presentations to be delivered to production team, plant level team, or public groups. Ability to communicate change with caring and candor to impacted team members while also receiving both positive and negative feedback.

Ability to apply basic mathematical concepts like addition, subtraction, multiplication or division to basic manufacturing performance recording or financial performance recording. Ability to read and use a tape measure.

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and walk and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to lift up to 20 pounds.

Typical indoor manufacturing environment. The noise level is usually moderate to high and hearing protection may be required on the production floor. Safety glasses are required on the production floor. Some out-of-town travel is required. Occasional weekend work required.

Some out of town travel is required up to 25%

BENEFITS PACKAGE INCLUDES :

AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

The American Woodmark Corporation does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, age, religion, military and veteran status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, pregnancy, or any other legally-protected characteristic; and it will comply with all applicable state discrimination laws. No person will be denied employment solely because of a disability, provided that the person can perform the essential functions of the position for which the person has applied, either with or without reasonable accommodations.

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