Lean Manufacturing Specialist jobs in Fayetteville, NC

Education & Experience

• Four-year degree from an accredited University in Engineering – ME, IE, CHE or Manufacturing Engineer or Engineer of Applied Science REQUIRED and three (3) to five (5) years’ experience in a manufacturing environment.
• A complete understanding of quality management systems and tools, including SPC, Pareto charts, Histograms, brainstorming, and Six Sigma concepts and applications.

Functional Responsibilities

• Identifies, develops, and manages process improvement projects specifically aimed at improving operational efficiencies (waste, productivity, costs). This includes the ongoing development and training of required methods and procedures.
• Trouble Shoots daily production and process problems, communicates with Operations Manager, Quality Manager, Supervisors and Operators regarding run problems, investigates root causes and recommends and implements corrective actions.
• Works in conjunction with manufacturing and maintenance personnel to ensure consistent operation of equipment to prescribed conditions, once developed. Identifies any/all the following: set-up and run parameters; maintenance intervals; and/or material specifications.
• Develops supporting set-up, run and change over documentation and facilitates all training.
• Writes, performs, analyzes, and reports on validations to support process standardization.
• Develops project justifications, ROI analysis and proper project/capital requests consistent with company policy.
• Takes lead on management and implementation of safety initiatives. Always operates with safety considerations as paramount.
• Assists Manufacturing in preparing standard operating conditions with the appropriate input from the machine operators, supervisors and technical personnel.
• Determines the need for and justifies capital projects such as source equipment and components by completing and routing Allocation for capital form.
• Assists Sales and Product Engineer in the development of customer specifications.
• Acquires knowledge of procedures, work instructions, and associated forms as required by the Supervisor.
• Assist in assuring Work Instructions and Quality system requirements (SQF) are complying.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

• Strong mechanical/electrical and process knowledge understanding.
• Strong PC knowledge for business software including Microsoft Office 365 products including Teams and PowerBi. CAD experience preferred but not required.
• Knowledge and understanding of all manufacturing processes.
• Good communication skills – written, verbal and interpersonal.
• Ability to work independently or as a team member.