Continous Improvement Engineer - Kilifi at Sanergy

About the role:

Sanergy is seeking to hire a Continuous Improvement (CI) Engineer to join the Operational Excellence team and take lead of Continuous Improvement projects.The role will be based in our facility in Kilifi

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop plans, schedules, and budgets for Continuous Improvement Projects
• Develop systems to increase the execution of tasks as per the Operational Maturity Matrix
• Use the Problem-solving toolkit or Lean Six Sigma or TPM Toolkit to find solutions to problems
• Implement corrective and preventive actions assigned to you
• Provide recommendations and lead projects on;
•    Improving cycle efficiencies
•    Reducing costs of poor quality
•    Improving mechanization, automation, and energy sustainability 
•    Improving maintenance
• Develop and implement structures for Continuous Improvement projects built around DMAIC
• Develop structures to measure and analyse plant effectiveness
• Develop structures to measure and analyse plant capacity and utilization
• Analyse and report on;
•    Adherence to timelines for continuous improvement projects
•    Adherence to timelines for short and medium-term corrective actions 
•    Process cycle efficiencies 
•    ZLosses due to lack of mechanization, automation, and energy sustainability 
• Analyse and implement ICT tools to more efficiently implement and sustain the Factory Management Systems (Efficiencies, costs, utilization, etc)
• Developing and implementing systems to automate data collection
• Implement lean manufacturing to continually improve the production process
• Facilitate the deployment of new and changed processes to provide improved results
• Work closely with support teams to analyse the impact of all issues and propose preventive actions
• Host Kaizen workshops
• Facilitate the deployment of new and changed processes to provide improved results
• Lead collaboration with existing vendors
• Build relationships with new vendors. Work with the internal teams to ensure new vendors are added to the system
• Develop plans and schedules for the next 1 month for all Continuous Improvement projects
• Take initiative to understand why variances in work plans exist and propose as well as implement solutions to ensure things go back on track
• Develop quarterly goals for the role 
• Convert ambiguous tasks into tangible and actionable steps with clear outcomes. 
• Coach the teammates on continuous improvement methodologies through workshops
• Actively participate in problem-solving sessions unrelated to your work i.e. CAPA scrums and give input on innovative ideas to improve operations.
• Take lead and ownership with regard to improvement projects. Be ready to take and act on the feedback in a timely manner.

Qualifications and Experience

1. Bachelor degree in Engineering
2. Advanced degree preferred
3. Six Sigma certification is desirable
4. 2-3 years experience working in a similar role