Continuous Improvement Practitioner - Industrial Engineering Manager

About this role:

The Continuous Improvement Practitioner / Industrial Engineering Manager leads the site's continuous-improvement program and industrial engineering agenda. This role drives Lean deployment, kaizen events and productivity projects while owning labor standards, line balancing and capacity modeling for the plant.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leads the site continuous-improvement program, including Lean deployment and kaizen roadmap.
• Facilitates kaizen events, value stream mapping and problem-solving workshops.
• Owns labor standards, line balancing, capacity models and plant layout strategy.
• Leads productivity, cost-reduction and waste-elimination projects with measurable savings.
• Coaches leaders and teams on Lean tools, standard work and daily management.
• Builds capability through training and certification of practitioners across the site.
• Tracks and reports improvement pipeline, savings and KPI impact.
• Partners with Operations, Quality, Materials and Engineering to prioritize improvements.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree
• 7+ years of industrial engineering and/or continuous-improvement experience in manufacturing.
• 7+ years of experience leading Lean deployments, kaizen events and value stream mapping.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Lean / Six Sigma certification.
• Strong command of time studies, line balancing, labor standards and capacity modeling.
• Track record of delivering measurable productivity and cost-reduction results.
• Ability to coach and influence leaders and cross-functional teams without direct authority.
• Strong data-analysis skills and structured problem-solving (8D, A3, DMAIC).
• Experience in high-growth or fast-paced manufacturing environments.
• Proficiency with simulation and analytics tools (FlexSim, Minitab, Power BI, AutoCad).