Continuous Improvement Engineer

Who We Want-

• Dedicated achievers. People who thrive in a fast-paced environment and will stop at nothing to ensure a project is complete and meets regulations and expectations.
• Great teammates. Partners who listen to ideas, share thoughts and work together to move the business forward.
• Analytical problem solvers. People who go beyond just fixing to identify root causes, evaluate optimal solutions, and recommend comprehensive upgrades to prevent future issues.
• Effective communicators. People who can interpret information clearly and accurately to concisely communicate results and recommendations to stakeholders, senior management, and their teams.
  
  

What You Will Do-

As a Staff Continuous Improvement Engineer, you will be responsible for evaluating and improving value streams at Stryker's site. You will design lean systems, influence cross-functional teams, and execute improvement initiatives to continuously drive top performance from our production system.

This role is a Staff Continuous Improvement Engineer position in the Kalamazoo manufacturing site at Stryker Instruments. Stryker is one of the world’s leading medical technology companies and is dedicated to improving patient outcomes and making healthcare better. Our products are used in operating rooms throughout the world, consisting of surgical power tools, batteries, and procedure-specific accessories.

Additional responsibilities:

• Lead value stream mapping workshops and kaizen events
• Oversee future state implementation
• Evaluate & drive productivity improvements
• Monitor & improve lean metrics (lead time, changeover time, inventory levels, etc.)
• Design flow systems between work cells
• Partner with Finance associates to quantify CI cost reductions
• Personally execute improvements
• Coach others in Lean concepts
• Work closely and collaboratively with members of other teams in a fast-paced environment
• Identify root causes of issues, determine potential solutions, and evaluate them against requirements
• Follow the company’s standards for process development, quality and safety
  
  

What You Will Need-

• Bachelor's Degree required
• 4+ years of relevant work experience required
• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering - highly preferred
• Certification in lean manufacturing - preferred
• Experience working in a highly regulated industry - preferred
• Ability to identify waste, formulate action plans and drive improvement - preferred
  
  

Physical requirements:

• May involve prolonged periods of sitting or standing, as appropriate
• May be required to reach, push, or pull in order to accomplish job accountabilities
• Requires use of safety glasses in designated areas
• Closed-toe/closed-heel shoes must be worn on the production floor
  
  

Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program. Financial benefits include: Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance. Stryker offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually. Depending on customer requirements employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role.