Continuous Improvement Engineer

About Jensen Infrastructure

A position at Jensen Infrastructure isn't your ordinary job. You'll work in an exciting and diverse environment and meet interesting people. We offer serious job opportunities to those who are looking to build a career in a stable and growing environment.

Founded in 1968, Jensen Infrastructure has grown to be one of the largest independently owned precast concrete manufacturing companies in the United States. We design and manufacture standard and custom precast concrete products to meet small to large-scale infrastructure demands. Proudly made in the USA, Jensen Infrastructure products are used in electric, gas and water utilities, telecommunications, highway construction, retaining walls, stormwater detention and infiltration, rainwater harvesting, onsite wastewater, sewage applications, agriculture, landscaping, and more.

Come join the Jensen Infrastructure team and start building for your future now! To learn more about Jensen Infrastructure, visitwww.jensenInfrastructure.com (http : / / www.jensenprecast.com / ) .

Why make Jensen Infrastructure your career choice?

The culture - everybody matters!

Jensen Infrastructure pays a competitive wage with annual pay increases.

We offer a comprehensive and affordable health plan including medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance for you and your family.

Also, there's a healthy 401(k) match to boost your long-term savings.

Added Bonus : $500 employee referral program.

Position Summary

QMC Cranes is a part of the Jensen Infrastructure family of companies. Founded in 1977, QMC Cranes designs and manufactures truck mounted cranes for the Infrastructure concrete, electrical utility, and oil and gas industries.

The primary responsibilities of this role are to develop and implement continuous improvement activities throughout the operation. The selected candidate will also be responsible to various teams through events, provide analyses and feedback on key metrics, projects, budgets, and timelines. While this is an individual contributor position, we're looking for that engineer eager to grow a career in an exciting company, doing exciting stuff.

Principle Accountabilities

Reviews department productivity and partners with operations to develop action plans to improve performance

Directs or conducts studies to ascertain the best sequence of operations or workflow.

Coordinate and drive a structured process to close follow-up actions from assessments and audits.

Plan and facilitate achievement of cost savings objectives through various Lean and Six Sigma projects and initiatives.

Collect and analyze production data, develop and track KPI's at the Plant level for improvement opportunities.

Create continuous improvement suggestion system and ensure it's used daily and actionable items are implemented quickly.

Execute continuous improvement ideas visibly and functionally with display boards to meet KPI goals.

Qualifications

Position Requirements

The ideal candidate will possess the following skills and abilities :

Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Engineering or related field; or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the key accountabilities of the job required

Minimum of 3-5 years' experience in process improvement preferably in the manufacturing arena and demonstrated experience helping an organization bring newly developed products to market.

Superior analytical and problem-solving skills. Attention to detail. Ability to multitask.

Strong interpersonal skills, including collaboration and communication. Willingness to work in a Team environment.

Experience leading and participating in CI events with firm understanding of kaizen tools (Such as value stream maps, fishbone diagrams, PDCA, and SMED)

Lean Six Sigma certification (or the ability to acquire green belt certification within six months)

The ability to work with a high degree autonomy in a rapidly changing and evolving environment

Equal Opportunity Employer

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