JB Poindexter (India) Private Limited is the captive shared services unit of the J.B. Poindexter & Co., Inc. The company is wholly owned by J. B. Poindexter & Co., Inc. & is headquartered in Houston, Texas, USA.

Position Summary:

The Continuous Improvement Engineer will mainly support the Regional and Site CI Leaders in USA and in Canada in terms of creating a sustainable, data driven, Continues Improvement culture.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

- Given a video, a Work Order and Work Instructions, be able to provide:

- Time study, identifying the Added, Non-Added Value, and Waste activities.

- Man-Machine chart

- Yamazumi chart (ability of the line/cell to meet Takt time)

- Operator and machine workload

- Identify improvement opportunities and make a proposal

- Spaghetti chart

- SMED

- Develop and keep updated models used for production line balancing, and manpower calculation.

- Assess financial savings to be submitted to Finance for validation

- Mentor team members as they apply Lean methodology and problem-solving tools

- Publish progress reports

- Develop paperless data collection forms (e.g. with Smarsheet or MES)

- Analize data, identify gaps, find root causes and propose solutions (e.g. on Scrap, Efficiency, Utilization, Productivity, Time waste, etc.).

- Support the Regional and Site CI Leaders producing standard work.

Expertise - Must:

- Excel, PowerPoint, Teams

- Problem Solving capabilities

- Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

- 5+ years working experience in manufacturing applying Lean methodologies and problem-solving tools in a Discrete manufacturing environment, including financial calculation of savings, ROI calculation

- Trained in Lean manufacturing Principles (5S, Waste Elimination, Mistake Proofing, PDCA, Problem Solving, Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen, Lead Time Reduction)

- Strong analytical skills

Expertise - Desired:

- Automotive or Aerospace experience

- Power BI proficient

- Smartsheet proficient

- Statistical data analysis tools proficient (e.g. Minitab, JMP)

- Green Belt Six Sigma certification