Improvement Engineer

Kelly Services, Inc. is a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Troy, Mich., providing employment to more than 700,000 employees annually, with skills including office services, accounting, engineering, information technology, law, science, marketing, light industrial, education, health care and home care. Kelly Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

The Our Client has an exciting and challenging opportunity for an Improvement Engineer within their group located in Minneapolis, MN. Our Client offers the most complete portfolio of industry leading products available, along with a team that is second to none. As the global leader in sustainable separation and purification technologies, they help customers across industries and countries make real progress in ways that not only improve productivity, efficiency and profitability, but also reduce waste, energy consumption and environmental impact. With industry-leading products, extensive expertise and experience in a broad range of water treatment applications, our client is leading the discussion about critical issues related to water, food, pharmaceutical and energy resources worldwide.

The Improvement Engineer leads the plant level improvement process by gathering and analyzing data, evaluating improvement opportunities, and implementing improvement projects. The Improvement Engineer assures plant level improvements align with the Plant Specific Technology Plan, thereby closing local performance gaps and increasing Asset Capability (AC). The improvement engineer provides plant level improvement project support, which may include fulfilling roles in the global project execution work process (ex. Global Project Methodology (GPM), Six Sigma, etc.).

Key Responsibilities:

• Assisting the Improvement Leader in identifying key measures using plant performance data analysis 

• Partnering with plant operation personnel to secure process data for identification of technology gaps, improvement opportunities, and project definitions 

• Coaching plant personnel on measurements and daily updates of technology performance/ asset utilization data 

• Identifying plant improvements that are aligned to the Global and Plant Specific Technology Plan objectives 

• Championing Plant Improvement Team and assuring proper set-up and use of global opportunity identification tools (Opportunity Tracking System, Idea Tracker, etc.) 

• Validating improvement opportunities using global tools and assisting in building the Plant Specific Technology Plan 

• Assisting the Improvement Leader to ensure implementation of Business-supported projects as identified in the Plant Specific Technology Plan 

• Assisting the Improvement Leader in collection and analysis of improvement project results data 

• Providing technical plant support in specialized areas including process simulation, modeling, risk analysis, and process optimization 

• Assisting in managing Asset Utilization and project budgets 

• Providing data to validate that projects deliver performance objectives after implementation

Critical Success Factors:

• Using interpersonal techniques to identify and resolve plant personnel/team social issues as per policies 

• Technical knowledge of the mechanical (primary), chemical, and work processes involved in achieving business objectives

Required Qualifications: 

• Minimum 3 years relevant manufacturing related experience (i.e. manufacturing or improvement related roles)

• A minimum requirement for this U.S. - based position is the ability to work legally in the United States on a permanent basis (U.S. citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident or qualifying Asylee / Refugee). 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Six Sigma certification

• 5 or more years relevant manufacturing related experience (i.e. manufacturing or improvement related roles)

• Improvement project experience (i.e. experience identifying improvement projects and driving them to completion)

• Experience leading Yield, Asset Utilization or Safety projects

Education:

• A Bachelors degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering 

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Our Client Offers Offers: 

• Competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits 

• An annual variable pay program that rewards team and individual performance while sharing success across the company

• Employee stock ownership - and the commitment to long-term success that it brings 

• On-going learning opportunities within a diverse, inclusive and rewarding work environment 

• Career experiences that can span different businesses and functions with opportunities for personal and professional growth

• The chance to work within a global company and interact with colleagues from around the world

• Opportunities that spark your imagination and ignite your passion to help others

• Our Client is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer