Manufacturing Excellence Lead

POSITION TITLE: BCOS Manufacturing Excellence Lead

 

REPORTING TO: Cell Lead

 

LOCATION: St Albans, VT

About the role: 

The role of the Manufacturing Excellence Lead is to eliminate process losses on equipment or areas, to support the line team to create process standards, and to coach using standard tools to perform problem-solving. The MXL is responsible for implementing and/or maintaining, and continuously improving, the daily management systems (DMSs) they own in their area, typically the centerline (CL) and changeover (CO) DMS.

SHIFT HOURS:  Monday - Friday 7:00am - 4:00pm with flexibility

The duties and responsibilities described are not a comprehensive list and that additional tasks may be assigned to the employee from time to time; or the scope of the job may change as necessitated by business demands. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

Key Responsibilities Include: 

• Role model high standards in safety, GMP/housekeeping, and decision-making.

• Actively participating in line daily direction setting (DDS) meetings and in the execution of the daily plan, including reporting on the following results for the previous 24 hours: Centerline (CL) completion and compliance; Changeover (CO) adherence to plan and critiques

• Identifying, prioritizing, and eliminating process losses.
• Building the process capability and control.
• Providing feedback to design and leading smart standardization deployment.
• Defining equipment standards
• Leading the change management (CM) and validation processes.
• Leading and building the capability of process failure technical troubleshooting.
• Leading the process of benchmarking and reapplication.
• Designing, implementing, and maintaining systems to collect and analyze data for critical product and process parameters.
• Using this data to identify process losses.
• Working with line management to prioritize improvement opportunities.
• Eliminating or reducing (prioritized) losses through making process or work system changes.
• Participating in the daily direction setting (DDS) process – report results, flag issues, and request resources.
• Owning critical daily management systems (DMSs), e.g., Run-to-Target (RTT) and centerlines.
• Using reliability engineering and data analysis tools to drive centerline and loss elimination.
• Standardizing equipment and work processes; owning the change management (CM) system for a designated process; updating process control strategies and operating procedures, as changes occur.
• Sharing and reapplying learnings across processes, modules, and sites.
• Preparing and giving training on process/equipment changes.
• Developing through participating in corporate and external training.
• Taking part in planned stops and rapid changeovers (RCO) flowing to the line, as needed.
• Standardizing and improving rapid changeovers (RCO).
• Spend 80% of the time on the floor.
• Become a technical expert for a designated process.
• Qualify in all basic operating roles.
• Coach and collaborate with the line teams, and with the site and regional equipment or process owners.

• Day shift with potential call-in, off-shift, night and weekend support, or flow to shift coverage as the business requires. 

 

About you:

 

• High school diploma or equivalent; a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Industrial Manufacturing) or a related field is essential to ensure a deep understanding of the technical aspects of the role.
• At least 3-5 years of experience in a Manufacturing environment
• Certification in Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma or similar process improvement methodology, preferred
• Demonstrated success in driving CI projects, particularly in a high-volume production environment
• Knowledge of regulatory and safet