Core Skills and Qualifications:The ideal candidate must possess all of the following: - Bachelor's Degree in Operations, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering or Industrial Engineering or other manufacturing related field with two (2) years of continuous improvement experience in a manufacturing environment, OR
- High school diploma or equivalent with five (5) years of continuous improvement experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Strong understanding and demonstrated experience in the areas of Continuous Improvement, Operational Excellence, Lean principals, statistics and data analysis.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills necessary in order to persuade and influence decision making of individuals, groups, or work teams.
- Experience using Microsoft Office, including the ability to create basic reports, documents, presentations and spreadsheets in MS Word, MS Excel, and MS PowerPoint.
- Ability to apply improvement concepts to continuous, non-discreet, manufacturing processes.
- Ability to solve practical problems in situations where only limited standardization exists.
- Ability to plan, organize, and prioritize work load, and respond to changing business demands
- Ability to learn and understand materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of products.
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
- Experienced in optimizing the performance of one or more of the following:
- Factory systems and line process inputs
- Information flow
- Raw materials flow, conveyance, blending, and drying systems
- Continuous process operations
- Quality systems for defect elimination
- EHS systems for a safe working environment
- Operational systems for waste elimination
Preferred Skills and Qualifications: - SAP Experience
- Paper converting, chemical/plastics processing and packaging industrial experience
- Lean manufacturing experience
- Lean / 6 Sigma Certification, American Society for Quality Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence or American Society for Quality Certified Quality Engineer
- Experience with the following methodologies and practices: FMEA, Kaizen, Lean tools, 5S, Visual Factory Aids, SMED concepts, VSM, VOC and Poke Yoke
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Benefits: Dart Container full-time employees enjoy great benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k) with company matching contributions, paid vacation, paid holidays, short-term disability, tuition assistance, product discounts and more.
