Continuous Improvement Specialist

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Company: TriMas Corporation

Location: Simi Valley, CA 93065

Description:

Continuous Improvement Specialist

Company: RSA Engineered Products, LLC

Primary Location: 110 West Cochran Street, Unit A, Simi Valley, CA 93065 USA

Employment Type: Salaried | Full-Time

Function: Engineering

Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled
Main Duties & Responsibilities
Company:

RSA provides flight-critical components and assemblies for the commercial,defense and business jet markets. RSA designs and produces custom-engineeredhigh pressure/high-temperature ducting assemblies for each customer's specificperformance requirements. RSA's Peri-SealTM is one of the mostsought-after connectors in the aerospace industry. Additionally, RSA designsand produces flexible joints and hoses, ozone converters and many complexassemblies to meet stringent customer needs.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

Summary of job duties is to plan, organize, facilitate and direct continuousimprovement functions for various business Value Streams. Analyze, designand/or improve manufacturing and/or office processes while working closely withengineering.

Essential duties and responsibilities:

Facilitates strategic initiatives that will aid in improvement orimplementation of new systems, processes, services or cost-effective solutions.
Conducts work on complex projectsrequiring the origination, scope, validation and application of new and uniqueapproaches.
Lead and facilitate various Kaizen events (i.e. VSM, TPI, PSK,SMED, SWfF, PCK, 3P, and FFV), and drive identification, implementation andmonitoring of improvements.
Lead, facilitate and coach continuous improvement teams to find root causesand/or actionable items using lean manufacturing tools.
Develop and manage Site CI Roadmap to monitor and track success in terms ofstated goals.
Lead DM cadence to identify trends, and use 80/20 principles to leadimprovement initiatives to support customer and business requirements. Workwith each function to implement dashboards and KPI's to drive operationalexcellence.
Partner with various business functions to implement 5S and Visual Factorybest-practices throughout the facility.
Other activities and projects as assigned.

Thepay scale for this position ranges from $100,000-$130,000 annually.

Qualifications
MinimumEducation and Experience:

Bachelor's degree in engineering or business

6 years working in a leanmanufacturing environment, preferably in the aerospace industry

Proficient in all Microsoft applications, understanding lean manufacturingconcepts and 5S, and previous participation in various Kaizen events.Supervisory experience is preferred.

Essential Physical/ Mental Abilities Required:

Must be able to read, write and speak English, individual is required to sitfor long periods of time, occasionally required to walk, stoop, use hands tofinger (keyboard), talk and hear. The employee will occasionally liftand/or move up to 15 pounds.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individual with disabilities toperform the essential functions.

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