Lean Manufacturing Engineer

Analyze manufacturing processes and identify waste, bottlenecks, and inefficiencies.

Implement Lean Manufacturing tools such as 5S, Kaizen, Value Stream Mapping (VSM), Kanban, SMED, and Visual Management.

Conduct time studies, line balancing, and process-capacity analysis.

Improve productivity, throughput, cycle time, and overall equipment utilization.

Identify and reduce waste, downtime, defects, rework, and material losses.

Lead continuous improvement and process-optimization projects.

Use Root Cause Analysis, 5 Why, Fishbone, and PDCA to solve process problems.

Develop and standardize work instructions, SOPs, and process documentation.

Monitor and report Lean and manufacturing KPIs.

Collaborate with Production, Quality, Maintenance, Supply Chain, and Engineering teams.

Support layout optimization, material-flow improvements, and workstation design.

Assist with new product introduction and process development.

Train production employees on Lean principles, standard work, and improvement methods.

Conduct process audits and track implementation of improvement actions.

Prepare project reports and present improvement results to management.