Operations Excellence Engineer

Company: PTC Alliance
Location: Bloomington
Posted on: January 15, 2021

Job Description:

Operational Excellence Engineer Fairbury IL: Description: PTC-Alliance (PTCA) is a growing, fast-paced, mechanically advanced organization that provides value added solutions to world-wide users of mechanical tubing. This is not an old steel tubing business. PTC-Alliance is a fact-based, solutions oriented company that is growing each day. PTCA is a manufacturer of welded steel & alloy tubing and chrome-plated bar. PTCA has eight plants in PA, OH, IN, IL and MO; and its products are used globally, in products made by its customers such as Caterpillar, John Deere, Jeep, and Honda. Are you interested in taking an immediate position with a learning organization who values operational excellence in quality, service, cost, drives value and innovation? Position Summary: Drive lean thinking mentality via project achievements, training, communicating success. Challenges existing practices and believes that processes can and should be improved. Prioritize efforts with plant leadership team to focus on those projects that deliver the most value to the plant team and production lines. Highly accountable for delivering results. Projects include but not limited to change over reduction, throughput optimization, cost reduction that deliver results in providing a solid platform for growth and strive for excellence. Responsibilities: Facilitates and drives change leveraging interpersonal, professional, and collaborative skills. Ability to work with the plants at all levels using a hands on approach to create value and buy in. Provide leadership / mentoring / training to project teams on the use of improvement tools. Improvement projects include but not limited to change over reduction, throughput optimization, waste reduction, that deliver results in achieving or exceed targets for safety, quality, productivity and cost. Requirements: Bachelor degree (or Higher). 1-2+ years of working in a lean, six sigma or similar OpEx capacity in a manufacturing plant. Understanding of lean principles and root cause analysis (DMAIC, A3, 8 Step problem solving). Working knowledge of Microsoft, Minitab, and other analytical software packages.

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