Continuous Improvement (TPS) Engineer

Job Description

Job Title:

Continuous Improvement (TPS) Engineer

About our company:

The Raymond Corporation is a division of the Toyota Industries Corporation. We empower you to do great work in a company with 100 years of success, innovation, and growth. Our Associates are the foundation of our continued success. If you're innovative and enjoy the thrill of making things happen - share our vision and grow with us.

About the position:

We're looking for a Continuous Improvement (TPS) Engineer to design, develop, implement and maintain programs or TPS systems that have functional impact to the operations team. This Engineer is accountable to develop, implement and sustain process improvement initiatives utilizing Toyota Production System (TPS) methodologies to deliver long-term, breakthrough results in the areas of safety, quality, and productivity. You will be responsible for driving process improvement initiatives for current methods/processes and implement plans for improvement throughout the organization. You will:

• Use established procedures and work under immediate supervision to perform assigned tasks.
• Complete work that consists of both routine and somewhat more difficult assignments, which require independent evaluation, original thinking, or ingenuity.
• Provide technical information to others and may have limited responsibility for direction of others.
• Apply Toyota Production System (TPS) tools such as A3, material and information flow charts, standardized work charts and combination tables, line balancing charts (Yamazumi), 5S, lead-time maps, Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), PDCA.
• Perform diverse assignments that include capturing current state activity, completing appropriate analysis, problem definition, and countermeasure proposal and implementation to improve key performance indicators related to manufacturing performance and material flow.
• Perform work that will be varied and may be somewhat difficult in character, but usually involves limited responsibility.
• Create close working relationships with each business area, execute daily continuous improvement and enable each business area to achieve its target performance objectives.
• Be a change agent: challenge organizational leaders to drive continuous improvements; remove organizational barriers to continuous improvement processes.

About the schedule:

This position is 1st shift

About you:

• Bachelor's Degree in an applicable engineering field, Industrial Engineering preferred.
• Ability to plan, organize, carry out technical activities, as well as communicating effectively in various sizes of groups, both orally and in writing.
• Knows the fundamental concepts, practices, and procedures of TPS/Lean based manufacturing.
• Ability to work within a fast-paced manufacturing environment so that acceptable and defined levels of performance are maintained.
• Should have a basis of industrial engineering coursework completed and possess the ability to put those skills to work on real world problems and solutions in a cross-functional team environment with experience specific to TPS/Lean in a manufacturing environment.
• Plans, coordinates and/or conducts highly complex continuous improvement projects or project segments leveraging TPS methodologies that typically have multi-department impact.

It would be great if you had:

Experience using Power Apps, Power BI, and Visio

About the total compensation package:

Salary - Salary ranges from $61,290.00 - $78,475.00 per year

Relocation - This position may qualify for relocation.

Benefits - We recognize the value of a comprehensive benefits program for our employees and work tirelessly to make sure our package meets the needs of our employees and their families. Eligible employees can elect and participate in a variety of benefits including:

• Medical and Rx Plan options
• Dental and Vision Plan options
• 10 paid holiday days
• Vacation on day 1
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) for medical and dependent care
• Life Insurance and AD D
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• Accident, Critical Illness, and Indemnity Insurance
• ID Theft Protection
• Comprehensive 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• Profit Sharing Plan based on annual profitability
• Long-Term Care Insurance
• Vacation, Sick, Volunteer Time
• Company Paid Holidays
• Tuition Aid Program