Find Jobs
Find Jobs Near You – Available Work in Your Location
Skip to job details
C
Celanese
Principal Engineer, Continuous Improvement
Career Insights for Lean Manufacturing Engineer
See where this job fits in the broader career landscape. Knowing your career path helps you see what's possible from here.
Scorecard
Based on Texas data
Review key factors to help you decide if this role fits your goals. How is this calculated?
What they do
A Lean Manufacturing Engineer develops LEAN work methodology within a manufacturing environment, optimizes machining processes to reach optimum product quality, efficiency and process repeatability at the lowest cost. Leads and deploys best practices in the manufacturing process by supporting continuous improvement in various manufacturing processes by reducing the tooling costs and improving the flow of material and setting up cycle times.
$95,806 / year median in Texas
+14% projected growth
Job Description
Principal Engineer, Continuous Improvement Celanese - 3.7 Irving, TX Job Details Full-time 11 hours ago Qualifications Statistics Customer communication Production data analysis Quality control statistical data analysis Six Sigma methodology implementation Minitab Quality standards in production Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Quality improvement programs in engineering Manufacturing company experience Implementing lean manufacturing processes Cross-functional communication Statistical analysis tools Full Job Description Position Overview The Principal Engineer, Continuous Improvement enjoys data mining, identifying improvement opportunities, leading teams to identify root cause and implement and sustaining improvements. Responsibilities Lead projects of cross functional global teams through the DMAIC cycle to identify non-value added steps and waste in the process and identify and evaluate opportunities for improvement. Help manage company productivity program and support sites in achieving their yearly goals. Drive a culture of data-based decision making in both transactional and manufacturing processes. Analyze data to discover trends and issues and identify predictive and preventative actions to improve reliability and reduce variation in a process. Help establish a structure and culture of continuous improvement across the global corporation Provide training on data analysis, lean and Six Sigma tools. Implement a structure to sustain improvements and embed the new processes into the current workflow. Lead and assists in defining, setting and implementation performance improvement strategies at locations. Collaborate with and influence senior management on areas of improvement and translate mgmt. expectations into project deliverables. Assist and lead digitalization and automation efforts globally that will assist in predictive maintenance etc. Drive the standardization, implementation and communication of organizational best practices Drive the implementation of Organizational Management at sites and the implementation of Leading and Lagging KPIs.