Continuous Improvement Engineer
- Fort Atkinson, WI, United States
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Job details
- Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering with 2–3 years of experience, or associate degree in Mechanical Design Technology with 5–7 years of experience.
- Posting language
- English
Original job description
Reporting directly to the Continuous Improvement Manager, the Continuous Improvement Engineer is responsible for supporting the identification and implementation of cost savings opportunities throughout the business. This individual will analyze production processes and product designs, identify improvement areas, and implement strategies to reduce product costs. This position will work closely with Manufacturing Engineering and Product Engineering, as well as other teams throughout the organization.
Full Time - Onsite - Exempt Position
What You’ll Do
- Identify and implement cost, efficiency, and productivity improvements across manufacturing processes and product designs.
- Use Lean tools to improve workflow, layouts, cycle times, throughput, and labor utilization.
- Improve product designs for manufacturability and assembly.
- Support VA/VE initiatives and track savings from engineering improvements.
- Train team members on new or improved processes.
What We’re Looking For
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering with 2–3 years of experience, or associate degree in Mechanical Design Technology with 5–7 years of experience.
- Experience with Lean manufacturing and processes such as sheet metal fabrication, welding, stamping, and machining.
- Experience with solid modeling, sheet metal design, and electro-mechanical systems.
- Familiarity with ERP systems and BOMs.
- Strong communication, project management, and Microsoft Office skills.
- Creo/ProE, FEA, and Lean/Six Sigma Green Belt experience preferred.
Are our values a match?
- No one succeeds alone.
- Be productive with purpose.
- Innovate-Wild ideas are highly encouraged.
- Understand the world through your customer’s eyes
- Run it like you own it-because you do!
Ready to build something great? Apply today! Spacesaver is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. If you are a person with disabilities needing assistance with the application process, please email hrdepartment@spacesaver.com or call 800-255-8170.
More about this job
Skills
- Process improvement
- Production processes
- Manufacturing processes
- Workflow
- Assembly
- Lean manufacturing
- Welding
- Machining
- Mechanical systems
- ERP
- Communication skills
- Project management
- Microsoft Office
- PTC Creo
- FEA
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt