Continuous Improvement Specialist - Long Beach, United States - Doncasters

Doncasters

Verified Company

Long Beach, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

Did you know that every time you take a flight, drive somewhere or every time you have electricity at the touch of a button, there's a chance that Doncaster's played a part in making that happen?

Doncasters is a leading international manufacturer of specialist superalloys and high - precision alloy components made for the most demanding conditions with manufacturing facilities in Europe, USA Mexico, China, and India.

Our site Superalloys of Long beach, based in California specialises in the production of high-performance vacuum refined superalloys serving the aerospace, Industrial Gas Turbine, and automotive market.

Long beach employees around 110 employees and is always growing Long Beach is situated in the sunny California, close to the beautiful beaches and national parks in LA

As a key member of the manufacturing operations team, the CI Specialist is responsible for leading and working with cross-functional teams to rapidly deliver product yield improvements across all manufacturing processes.

This hands-on position will entail all aspects of process engineering and Lean Manufacturing in order to increase product yield.

The position is also key to provide process improvement support in production delivery, quality, productivity, and other continuous improvement initiatives across the site.

The individual must deliver tangible improvements across the following spectrum:

Safety

Safety must be paramount to any change in processes

Quality

Root Cause Corrective Action to improve product yield and quality
Advocate and generate procedures and instructions to standardize process improvements
Produce SPC and KPIs to monitor and analyze trends in yield as it relates to process and product quality

Delivery

Increase product yield
Implement methods of waste reduction
Improve refractory performance
Improve of mold performance
Reduce of scrap rates

Cost

Increase product yield

and productivity across all elements of the business

Leadership & accountability

Personal ownership and delivery of improvement projects
Strong team player and facilitator of 5S/6S and SMED/Kaizen activities
Excellent planning and organizational skills
Excellent personal motivation and multitasking ability
Positive and proactive approach, root cause and DMAICfocus
Excellent reporting and communication
Strong interpersonal skills

Experience and Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field
Minimum of 3 years of experience leading Continuous Improvement programs and projects
Six Sigma Green Belt preferred
Technical skills in Lean Manufacturing tools
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Must be selfmotivated with good organizational skills requiring little supervision
Proficient in Solidworks or AutoCAD

Equal opportunities:

Pay:
$80, $100,000.00 per year

Benefits: