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Build your Career with an Industry Leader

Fort Dearborn Company is a leader in printed labels for the consumer products industry. Join Fort Dearborn and you will have the opportunity to become part of an organization that is committed to excellence and industry leadership for almost 100 years.

The Continuous Improvement Engineer is responsible for guiding the execution of lean & waste, to exceed the business objectives. This role is fundamental in supporting and leading implementation, productivity improvement, and loss elimination initiatives across the manufacturing site. Success is measured by the ability to actively engage our manufacturing sites to achieve tangible results and to educate teams in waste elimination and Continuous Improvement (CI) using Lean Principles.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement visual management tools to support operational improvement.
• Utilization of CI/Lean tools, processes, and systems.
• Guide Kaizen events, follow up on action items, analyze outcomes and re-evaluate outcomes through hands-on participation.
• Analyze reporting and communication of departmental key metrics related to continuous improvements, safety, and environmental.
• Drive Key Performance Indicators (KPI) by utilizing Lean Principles to analyze systems and create action plans to improve them.
• Understand and apply financial drivers and Key Performance Indicators (KPI).
• Guide team to develop and maintain lean competencies at the sites by coaching and mentoring to build capabilities.
• Work with a wide variety of corporate leadership, department management, site associates, and outside vendors and contractors to drive improvement in Safety, Quality, production efficiency, costs and loss reduction.
• Provide overall support, assistance, direction, and communication to management teams regarding CI initiatives.
• Sharing best practices to drive results and capability to development consistency.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Engineering or other.
• Kaizen event experience is preferred.
• 1-2 years of manufacturing experience with continuous improvement is required.
• Analytical, problem solving, technical troubleshooting skills, self-starter, communication, leadership skills.

Other considerations:

• Hammer Packaging offers a competitive wage and generous benefits package including medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance and 401(k).
• Health Savings Account contributions
• Climate controlled environment
• Vacation time, health incentives and growth opportunities available.

Hammer Packaging, A Fort Dearborn Company welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. Fort Dearborn Company is an equal opportunity employer.

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