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Continuous Improvement Engineer

James Hardie
Plant City, USA
Junior · 2+ years experience
Onsite
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What You’ll Do

  • Process Improvement and Mechanical Problem Solving
  • Spend ample time with operators and supervisors on the line to understand the finishing process, end to end. Identify bottlenecks, downtime trends, excess handling, quality losses, and opportunities to improve performance.
  • Apply mechanical knowledge, time studies, line balancing, process mapping, and loss analysis to improve throughput, labor effectiveness, equipment reliability, and operational efficiency while protecting safety and product quality.
  • Partner with Operations, Maintenance, Quality, Engineering, and Controls teams to troubleshoot equipment and process interactions. Develop solutions for better efficiency
  • Lead structured problem solving using PDCA, A3, 5 Whys, Pareto analysis, and Lean Six Sigma tools. Verify effectiveness through performance reviews and sustainment checks before standardizing improvements.
  • Monitor the line progress and prioritize losses with plant leadership and validate benefits with Finance. Lean and HMOS Deployment
  • Support deployment and sustainment of HMOS principles through 5S, visual management, operator standard work, leader standard work, daily management systems, and effective tier meetings.
  • Coach employees and supervisors to identify abnormalities, assign ownership, escalate barriers, track actions, and close gaps to improve accountability and operational discipline.
  • Facilitate Kaizen events and CI activities focused on productivity, quality, flow, setup reduction, workplace organization, and waste elimination. Engage employees closest to the work in developing and sustaining solutions.
  • Maintain a structured improvement pipeline with defined problem statements, baseline data, ownership, milestones, and expected benefits. Review progress and sustainment with plant leadership.
  • Partner with the James Hardie CIMS and HMOS network to benchmark performance and share best practices. Operational Training and Standardized Work
  • Develop, update, and maintain SOPs, standardized work documents, visual job aids, and training materials.
  • Deliver hands-on training and coaching on equipment operation, process controls, quality requirements, changeovers, troubleshooting, and Lean principles. Reinforce both the task and the purpose behind the standard.
  • Partner with supervisors, HR, and training resources to identify skill gaps, support all training.
  • Verify employee proficiency and maintain qualification records and coordinate retraining when standards, equipment, or processes change.
  • Evaluate training effectiveness through audits, recurring error trends, quality metrics, and operational results. Capital Projects, Process Audits and Sustainment
  • Manage assigned capital projects from concept through startup.
  • Coordinate equipment modifications and process changes while ensuring compliance with change management procedures, all zero harm standards, and approval processes.
  • Develop project handoff requirements including operating procedures, maintenance plans, spare parts recommendations, training materials, acceptance criteria, and startup support.
  • Participate in audits, compliance reviews, and quality investigations. Implement, track, and sustain corrective actions while maintaining accurate documentation and improvement records. People, Collaboration and Execution
  • Lead cross-functional initiatives through collaboration, influence, and structured problem solving.
  • Balance multiple priorities including CI projects, operational support, technical problem solving, and training initiatives. Monitor progress, communicate risks, and ensure commitments are achieved.
  • Promote a culture of safety, quality, CI, and employee development while supporting plant objectives and operational excellence. Perform additional duties and special projects as assigned.

What You’ll Bring

  • Required At least 2 years of manufacturing engineering, process improvement, mechanical/process troubleshooting, or closely related experience, with demonstrated improvements in safety, quality, throughput, reliability, or cost. Practical experience in a continuous or automated manufacturing environment, with solid mechanical knowledge and the ability to understand equipment interactions and end to end line flow. Demonstrated application of Lean and structured problem solving, including leading improvement activities and sustaining changes through standard work. Demonstrated ability to build effective working relationships, facilitate teams, coach employees, and influence change without relying on formal authority. Experience developing work instructions or training materials and providing hands-on instruction; ability to analyze operating data and communicate findings clearly. Preferred Experience with HMOS or a comparable Lean operating system, capital projects, commissioning, and controlled equipment or process changes. Lean Six Sigma certification; experience with skills matrices, qualification assessments, document control, or training systems. Bilingual English/Spanish skills are beneficial. Proficient in Lean, including Kaizen (continuous improvement design and facilitation) Excellent communication skills; comfortable in front of all levels of the organization, as well as external customers. Strong leadership, negotiation and conflict management skills. Experience using process improvement tools. Capable of working independently under ambiguous and/or changing conditions. Demonstrated ability to function independently in a high-impact position, with deadline and resource constraints. Demonstrated ability to coordinate across disciplines and integrate all aspects of business as they impact development projects, including negotiation of scope, roles and responsibilities, specifications, timelines, and resources up, across, and down in the organization. Minimum of 2 years of progressive experience in leading process improvement projects in manufacturing environment Minimum of 2 years of lean, six sigma, TPS, continuous improvement experience; daily management, standard work, visual management, 5S strategy deployment, and problem solving in manufacturing environment Bachelor’s degree preferred. High school diploma required What You’ll Receive: As of the date of this posting, a good faith estimate of the current pay scale for this position is $79,400K to $99,300K. Placement in the range depends on several factors such as experience, skills, geography and internal equity and may change over time. This position qualifies for benefits and you will be eligible to participate in a bonus plan. At James Hardie, we recognize that our success depends on our people. We've worked hard to build a generous and competitive benefits program that demonstrates our commitment to our employees.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Required At least 2 years of manufacturing engineering, process improvement, mechanical/process troubleshooting, or closely related experience, with demonstrated improvements in safety, quality, throughput, reliability, or cost. Practical experience in a continuous or automated manufacturing environment, with solid mechanical knowledge and the ability to understand equipment interactions and end to end line flow. Demonstrated application of Lean and structured problem solving, including leading improvement activities and sustaining changes through standard work. Demonstrated ability to build effective working relationships, facilitate teams, coach employees, and influence change without relying on formal authority. Experience developing work instructions or training materials and providing hands-on instruction; ability to analyze operating data and communicate findings clearly. Preferred Experience with HMOS or a comparable Lean operating system, capital projects, commissioning, and controlled equipment or process changes. Lean Six Sigma certification; experience with skills matrices, qualification assessments, document control, or training systems. Bilingual English/Spanish skills are beneficial. Proficient in Lean, including Kaizen (continuous improvement design and facilitation) Excellent communication skills; comfortable in front of all levels of the organization, as well as external customers. Strong leadership, negotiation and conflict management skills. Experience using process improvement tools. Capable of working independently under ambiguous and/or changing conditions. Demonstrated ability to function independently in a high-impact position, with deadline and resource constraints. Demonstrated ability to coordinate across disciplines and integrate all aspects of business as they impact development projects, including negotiation of scope, roles and responsibilities, specifications, timelines, and resources up, across, and down in the organization. Minimum of 2 years of progressive experience in leading process improvement projects in manufacturing environment Minimum of 2 years of lean, six sigma, TPS, continuous improvement experience; daily management, standard work, visual management, 5S strategy deployment, and problem solving in manufacturing environment Bachelor’s degree preferred. High school diploma required What You’ll Receive: As of the date of this posting, a good faith estimate of the current pay scale for this position is $79,400K to $99,300K. Placement in the range depends on several factors such as experience, skills, geography and internal equity and may change over time. This position qualifies for benefits and you will be eligible to participate in a bonus plan. At James Hardie, we recognize that our success depends on our people. We've worked hard to build a generous and competitive benefits program that demonstrates our commitment to our employees.

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