Celanese

Principal Engineer, Continuous Improvement

Irving, TX - Full Time

Position Overview 

The Principal Engineer, Continuous Improvement enjoys data mining, identifying improvement opportunities, leading teams to identify root cause and implement and sustaining improvements.   

Responsibilities 

  • Lead projects of cross functional global teams through the DMAIC cycle to identify non-value added steps and waste in the process and identify and evaluate opportunities for improvement. 
  • Help manage company productivity program and support sites in achieving their yearly goals. 
  • Drive a culture of data-based decision making in both transactional and manufacturing processes. 
  • Analyze data to discover trends and issues and identify predictive and preventative actions to improve reliability and reduce variation in a process. 
  • Help establish a structure and culture of continuous improvement across the global corporation 
  • Provide training on data analysis, lean and Six Sigma tools. 
  • Implement a structure to sustain improvements and embed the new processes into the current workflow. 
  • Lead and assists in defining, setting and implementation performance improvement strategies at locations. 
  • Collaborate with and influence senior management on areas of improvement and translate mgmt. expectations into project deliverables. 
  • Assist and lead digitalization and automation efforts globally that will assist in predictive maintenance etc. 
  • Drive the standardization, implementation and communication of organizational best practices 
  • Drive the implementation of Organizational Management at sites and the implementation of Leading and Lagging KPIs. 

Qualifications 

Required Knowledge/Skills/Abilities: 

  • Lean Manufacturing training and implementation of Lean Tools in both Manufacturing and Transactional environments 
  • Lean Six Sigma training and certification (Green Belt, preferred Black Belt, Master Black Belt, or Lean Master Black Belt) 
  • Strong statistical background and skilled at data analysis 
  • Working knowledge of MiniTab (SAP and Power BI preferred) 
  • Ability to interface and collaborate with senior mgmt. on opportunities and project status 
  • Broad and deep knowledge of Quality theories/tools that can be implemented in a Chemical Industry 
  • Ownership mentality, passionate about improving our processes and cost efficiency 
  • Strong interpersonal written and verbal communication skills to communicate within the team and with customers 

 Required Years’ Experience: 

  • 10+ years of work experience in a manufacturing environment practicing Lean Six Sigma tools and Data Analysis 

 Required Education: 

  • A Bachelor’s degree in science, engineering or a related technical discipline 

Travel Requirements: 

  • Domestic and International travel. 25-50% of time 

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