Continuous Improvement Engineer

PSC Industries
Continuous Improvement Engineer – Fort Smith, Arkansas
www.pscindustries.com

PSC Industries is seeking a Continuous Improvement Engineer for its Fort Smith, AR facility. Success in this position would produce measurable improvements to tact time, material flow, lower costs, and overall site metrics.

General Description:

• Lead C.I.P. Cost Analysis Review Team. Cost Reduction Program. Meet yearly cost savings goal. Involve employees with cost savings projects.
• Collect information and data to report detailed information regarding facility’s production efficiencies. Initiate Capital Appropriation Requests (CAR) to maintain and improve performance of existing equipment including new equipment purchases.
• Conduct LEAN APPLICATION projects (including Kaizen events, Kanban systems, 5S, Process Flow, Production Smoothing, etc.). These events will include basic levels of training for the whole facility.
• Perform thorough analyses and propose improvements to process, plant, and labor utilization to increase efficiencies, continuously improve process reliability, and control of production costs.
• Facility & Warehouse layout review and improvements for best possible flow.
• Support customer needs.
• Process submitted improvements and packaging proposals.
• Conduct Time Studies
• Program CNC machines
• Create tooling layouts
• 5S advocacy
• Order specialty tooling
• Support Sales, Quality and Manufacturing goals.
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• Prefer Industrial or Manufacturing Engineering degree but will consider combination of experience and education.
• AutoCAD experience required.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office programs (Outlook, Word, Excel, Power Point).
• Good written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings.
• Detail oriented.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Background that includes exposure to Lean Mfg., Kanban, Kaizen, 5-S, and Six Sigma methodology.