Lean Quality and Continuous Improvement Leader

Shape the Future of Manufacturing at Novolex

Join a packaging innovator delivering choice and sustainability across key industries. Our strategy is anchored by three pillars—products, operations, and people—fueling ambitious sustainability progress.

Your Impact

• Architect and deploy lean quality systems that drive performance across the entire production lifecycle.
• Define long-term quality improvement plans and execute near-term gains through kaizen and standard work.
• Lead technical workstreams for proposals and projects:
  • Build/validate PFDs with plant pressure profiles and mechanical design pressure/temperature
  • Complete heat & material balances; develop P&IDs
  • Create process data sheets for major equipment
  • Review vendor quotations and prints; verify process data integrity
  • Confirm relief valve and header sizing
  • Specify process heat exchanger requirements with vendors
  • Conduct safety reviews
• Drive rigorous root cause analysis and corrective actions; support CIR-related quality responses and reporting.
• Maintain complete, audit-ready technical documentation.
• Collaborate with the Manager and GM of Production Equipment to ensure every RFQ component is aligned before application activities begin.
• Serve as the connector between engineering and the Applications Engineer; monitor in-house proposal progress.
• Initiate preventive measures to eliminate quality non-conformances in products, processes, and systems.
• Deliver CRM, Syteline, statistical, and custom reports with actionable insights.

What You’ll Bring

• BS in Engineering (Industrial Engineering preferred).
• 3–5 years leading quality in lean manufacturing, with a track record in rapid CI.
• Expertise in standard work and quality system documentation/management.
• Six Sigma Black Belt preferred; strong Six Sigma practice required.
• Demonstrated use of VSM, visual management, 5S, variation reduction kaizen, material pull, total production maintenance (TPM), and error proofing.
• Advanced SPC knowledge and software proficiency.
• Hands-on leader who partners with plant leaders and hourly teams at assigned sites.
• Strategic perspective with the ability to connect improvements to business outcomes.
• Proficiency across: Continuous Improvement, 5 Why, Food & Beverage Manufacturing, Kaizen, Electrical/Electronic Systems, Lean Manufacturing Principles, Six Sigma Experience, Root Cause Analysis, and Process Development.

Tools & Systems You’ll Touch

• CRM and Syteline for reporting and visibility
• SPC software and statistical toolsets
• Visual management boards and standard work libraries

Why Novolex

• Benefits: Medical, dental, and vision insurance (with Telehealth), plus holistic mental, physical, and financial well-being programs; offerings vary by location.
• Community: Focused Giving supports sustainability and hunger-relief initiatives; we champion local engagement where our teams live and work.
• Growth: Novolex University provides training, industry curricula, a Learning Management System, and tuition reimbursement.