Lean Engineer

Griffith Foods is a global manufacturer of food products. We provide a wide range of taste and texture components for food industry customers throughout the world. Our products include seasoning blends, dry mixes, coating systems, dough blends, crumbs, flavors, sauces and food bases that are used in an extensive variety of application from snack foods and processed meat and poultry to ready meals. Our customers include food processors, restaurant operators and grocery retailers. While our name may not be familiar to consumers, our products are key components of foods offered by many of the worlds best-known companies.

Learn more about Griffith Foods on https://griffithfoods.com/ime/

The purpose of the role:

Implements the Lean goals in alignment to the regional and corporate strategy for the business.

Their primary goal is to streamline operations, eliminate waste, and optimize workflows to enhance productivity, reduce costs, and improve overall quality and customer satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for leading the advancement of the Griffith Production System (GPS) by working with the site to implement the LEAN production system to eliminate waste, and the LEAN management system to engage leadership in sustaining the tools on the shopfloor.
• Facilitate quick changeover workshops to reduce cleaning times and increase capacity.
• Deliver total productive maintenance training and workshops to establish effective maintenance reliability practices at the manufacturing sites.
• Conducts motion and time studies to identify opportunities and offer solutions that improve worker safety, ergonomics and optimize manufacturing throughput.
• Identifies process constraints and develops solutions to eliminate waste, simplify processes and reduce operating cost.
• Conduct Lean assessments to identify gaps and develop plans to address opportunities to improve assessment maturity.
• Serve as the site supply chain GPE deployment champion, managing the portfolio of GPE improvement projects in the site to deliver process improvement goals and financial benefit targets.
• Ability to define complex problems, collect data, establish facts, and draws valid conclusions dealing with multiple abstract and concrete variables.

Safety Management:

• Develop and maintain safety protocols, policies, and procedures in accordance with regulatory requirements and industry best practices.
• Conduct regular safety audits and inspections to identify potential hazards and risks.
• Collaborate with safety committees and cross-functional teams to address safety concerns and implement corrective actions.
• Provide safety training and educational materials to employees to promote awareness and compliance.
• Coordinate with Global safety team in implementation of safety initiatives in the region.
• Maintain accurate records and documentation related to lean activities, safety inspections, incidents, and corrective actions.
• Scope:
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to implement LEAN production methodologies and management systems, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
• Working Relationships:

Internal:

• Reports to the Senior Manager Manufacturing Operations.
• Works with other functional departments to implement LEAN production methodologies and management systems, ensuring alignment with organizational goals, develop and improve Health & Safety standards.

External:

• Works with consulting firm, Industry experts or trainer specializing in LEAN manufacturing or process improvement.
• Work with suppliers and vendors for equipment or materials necessary for process optimization and improvement projects.
• Work with regulatory bodies or certification agencies for ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulations
• Works with suppliers as for the supply of PPEs, safety equipment, etc.
• Works with vendors for the AMC of all safety related equipments.
• Qualification and Experience:
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or any related degree.
• Lean Six Sigma Green belt or accredited Lean certification is added advantage.
• 3+ years’ experience in continuous improvement (lean manufacturing) function
• Background in engineering and manufacturing environments.
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
• Interpersonal skills to interact with diverse groups of individuals and different levels.
• TPM/Kaizen facilitation skills required.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint required.