Description: Duties and Responsibilities
Continuous Improvement Primary Function Support CI projects across multiple manufacturing departments focusing on waste elimination, improved flow, and standard work.
Facilitate or participate in root cause analysis using tools such as but not limited to 5 Whys and Pareto charts.
Participate in or lead Kaizen events under the direction of operations or senior CI leadership.
Assist in developing and maintaining process documentation SOPs and visual management tools.
Track the effectiveness of CI initiatives through appropriate KPIs and follow-up activities.
Provide on-floor support to identify and validate improvement opportunities.
Data & Systems Development Secondary Function
Lead the development of systems and mechanisms to accurately collect operational data, including scrap throughput, downtime, and process metrics.
Identify, create, or refine data sources-machine-level data, operator inputs, digital forms, ERPMES fields-that enable reliable downstream reporting.
Work directly with production teams to ensure that data collection processes are practical, sustainable, and accurately represent real manufacturing conditions.
Partner with the IT DataBI team by defining reporting requirements, specifying needed data structures, and clarifying business logic for performance and scrap reporting.
Validate reporting outputs by tracing metrics back to underlying data sources, ensuring alignment between system data and floor reality.
Assist in the deployment and refinement of digital tools used to support CI and operations performance tracking.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Work closely with operators, engineers, planners, supervisors, and quality teams to understand processes and identify improvement opportunities.
Translate operational needs into clear requirements for IT, engineering, or data teams.
Communicate findings and recommendations to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Support training efforts related to CI concepts, data literacy, and new digital tools or processes.
All Employees Shall
Comply with the EH&S Policy and applicable regulatory and company EH&S rules and requirements.
Report to supervision conditions or practices that are either unsafe or that may adversely impact the environment to ensure prompt resolution of potential hazards.
Attend scheduled EH&S training program.
Actively support the organizations efforts to meet or exceed EH&S goals and plans.
Recommend improved EH&S practices.
Must be able to communicate effectively with co-workers, supervisors, and third parties.
This ability to communicate requires the employee to be conversant in English as the majority of our workforce and the third parties that we encounter only speak English.
The incumbent is responsible for complying with the policies in Whelens Employee Handbook.
This Job Description is to serve as a guide. It is intended to be flexible and will continue to evolve over time with business needs and demands and may be updated periodically and at the Companys discretion.
Nothing in this position description changes or is intended to change the employment at-will relationship with the Company. Employment at-will means that an employee or the Company may terminate the employment relationship at any time for any reason or no reason at all with or without notice.
Qualifications and Education
Bachelors degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Operations Management, Data Analytics, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
1-5 years of experience in manufacturing operations, CI, or an analytical/data-oriented role.
Ability to build strong relationships.
Strong curiosity with ability to ask insightful questions.