Job Description
Location: Beltsville, MD
Duration: 12 months+ contract
Continuous Improvement Coordinator
Job Details:
Client is seeking a Continuous Improvement (CI) Coordinator to support our Operational Excellence (OPEX) initiatives across a dynamic manufacturing environment. This role provides hands‑on exposure to Lean principles, manufacturing processes, and cross‑functional collaboration while helping drive a culture of continuous improvement.
Job Responsibilities
Position Overview:
In this position you will be supporting the site’s continuous improvement efforts. The successful person in this role will support continuous improvement action items from kaizen events, improve shop floor productivity by the implementation of Lean Manufacturing Tools, basic Problem Solving activities and collect inspection data to create statistical process charts.
In this function you will:
- Work closely with CI manager, operations team, and Quality team
- Learn new technologies and implement process changes
- Collect data and use it to create statistical process charts
- Reinforce training from kaizen events
- Follow up on identified action items
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Beltsville, MD |
| Job Type | Contractor, Full-time |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Salary | $35–$40 Per Hour |
| Year Founded | 1999 |
| Headquarters | North Andover, MA, US |
| Website | http://www.americancontractgroup.com/ |
Qualifications
Qualifications:
Required (Basic) Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field, complete or currently in progress from an accredited institution
- Must be authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship now or in the future
- Industrial Engineering experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Experience in high-volume, discrete manufacturing, consumer products, automotive or similar industries preferred.
Technical Skills
- Strong knowledge of Lean Manufacturing principles and continuous improvement methodologies.
- Experience with Six Sigma tools and statistical analysis.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Power BI, and data analysis tools.
- Knowledge of time studies, work measurement, line balancing, and capacity analysis.
- Familiarity with AutoCAD or facility layout software preferred
Competencies:
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent project management and organizational abilities.
- Effective communication and presentation skills.
- Ability to influence teams and drive change in a manufacturing environment.
- Results-oriented mindset with a focus on continuous improvement.
- Strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills.
- Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Labor productivity improvement
- Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
- Cost savings and cost avoidance
- Throughput and capacity increases
- Scrap and rework reduction
- On-time project completion
- Safety and quality performance improvements
About Company
American Contract Group is a staffing firm that specializes in offering contract, and contract-to-hire, and full-time staffing solutions for various companies throughout the United States of America.
Our executive management team has over 35 years of industry experience, which provides the expertise to compete in today's business environment. We have incorporated our philosophy of high standards and ethics, excellent industry credentials, and a strong work ethic to create specialized business solutions for all our clients and job seekers alike.
Our primary focus at American Contract Group is to provide staffing services within the engineering or technical fields. If you are a client with a staffing need or a job seeker in need of employment, American Contract Group would like to be your primary staffing source.
Skills
- Continuous Improvement
- Lean Manufacturing
- Six Sigma
- Manufacturing Engineering
- Industrial Engineering
Skills
- Continuous Improvementunmatched
- Lean Manufacturingunmatched
- Manufacturingunmatched
- Manufacturing/Industrial Processesunmatched
- Operational Expenditure (OPEX)unmatched
- Operational Supportunmatched
- Organizational Skillsunmatched
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