Continuous Improvement Engineer Jobs

Bringing our love of food to families for five generations! Blount Fine Foods is a family-owned and operated manufacturer, marketer, and developer of premium fresh prepared foods. We are an engaging team, bringing restaurant-quality products to America including single-serve grab-n-go fresh soups, mac & cheese, and entrées in grocery stores across the country, as well as for hot bars and restaurants. Help us create the finest food experiences including those with specialty certifications that include organic, gluten-free, and low sodium, among others. Join a proven team for growth, success, and a satisfying career!

Summary: Plans, directs and coordinates manufacturing processes in an industrial plant. Develops, evaluates and improves manufacturing methods, using knowledge of product design, materials and parts, fabrication processes, tooling and production equipment capabilities, assembly methods and quality control standards. Analyzes work force utilization, space requirements, workflow and design layout of equipment and workspace for maximum efficiency. Estimates production times, staffing requirements and related costs. Applies statistical methods to estimate future manufacturing requirements.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work closely with Plant Manager and other department heads in the planning, coordination, control and analysis of overall manufacturing processes.
  • Provide current state data and proposals for continuous improvement.
• Provide current state data and proposals for continuous improvement.

• Provide ongoing data of all selected production processes.

• Continuous analysis of plant staffing, resources and capital requirements to meet or exceed Production standards and goals.
• Plant optimization including yield, capacity, quality and cost reduction projects
• Environmental and Safety improvements.
• Represent manufacturing/engineering on cross-functional teams.
• Establish, tracking, and modification of all process standards and costs.
• Key responsibilities include lead process improvement initiatives that would include: process experimentation, process design, process optimization, process control, and process definition and documentation to reduce waste to achieve continuous improvement and ultimately lead to quantum leap cost reductions.
• Provide tactical support and process improvement techniques (Lean/Six Sigma) for manufacturing processes to resolve quality/operational issues to ensure superior customer satisfaction in product quality and delivery
  
  • Initiate cost reduction projects to reduce operating costs
  • Institute process controls to ensure robustness of processes
• Prepare, maintain, and analyze detailed layouts of processes and related equipment.
• Evaluate and solve production problems.
• Confer with management, engineering and other staff regarding manufacturing capabilities, production schedules, and other considerations to facilitate production processes.
• Plant process troubleshooting.
• Support prototyping activities of new product development.
• Institute process controls to ensure robustness of processes
• Work closely with Supervisor and lead position to ensure its success as well as overall success of Production team.
• Will lead manufacturing initiatives to improve safety, reduce cycle times, improve productivity, create and find capacity, improve process reliability, and improve customer satisfaction with respect to on time delivery, yields, and quality. Will champion sustainability of continuous improvement.
• Initiate cost reduction projects to reduce operating costs
• Manage the successful transition of new products and technology into the production arena.
• Apply statistical methods and perform product/process analysis for cost reduction, quality improvement, and improved efficiency.
• Process support on major capital projects.

Competencies:

Project Management: ability to organize and manage multiple products through manufacturing process.

• Ability to work with vendors, customers and employees.
• Quality orientation and high attention to detail.
• Ability to perform problem analysis and problem resolution
• Ability to maintain safe work environment.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Experience & Qualifications:

• Experience in Lean Six Sigma, TPM and/or 5S is a plus
• Degree in Supply Chain/Logistics, Operations, Business Management, Mechanical or Industrial Engineering and Food Science preferred
• Specific and demonstrated experience implementing Operational Equipment Efficiency (OEE) throughout a large organization
• Bachelor's degree and minimum 5 years related experience required, or equivalent combination school/work experience.
• Significant experience in Enterprise-wide Lean manufacturing implementation with demonstrated positive impact to the organization

Our Total Compensation Package Includes:

• Discounts on Blount products at Company retail location.
• Life Insurance and Short-Term Disability.
• Discretionary Annual Bonus Program.
• Medical, dental and vision benefits.
• Education Assistance Program.
• 401k with Company match.
• Paid time off including vacation, sick time and holidays.