Arcwood Environmental · 12 hours ago
Operational Excellence Engineer
Orange, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
10+ years expArcwood Environmental is a leader in industrial waste management, dedicated to creating a cleaner, safer world. As an Operational Excellence Engineer, you will drive operational excellence initiatives to improve cost and productivity, ensuring adherence to safety and efficiency standards across the organization.
Environmental Services
Responsibilities
Prioritizes health and safety by adhering to policies, processes, and maintaining safe practices at all times
Actively reviews practices, workflows and systems to identify opportunities and advises on appropriate interventions for process improvements that impact production and business results; champions waste eliminations and reductions
Designs, develops, and implements effective solutions to improve operational efficiency and reduce costs, including creating and updating process documentation and workflows, and ensuring they are sustained by the business
Drives improvement projects across various departments, utilizing standardized OPEX tools and methods to enhance performance and maximize EBITDA
Facilitates change management by engaging with cross-functional teams to foster a culture of continuous improvement and provides training and support to employees at all levels to encourage the adoption of new processes and tools
Promotes a safety-first culture by incorporating health and safety considerations into all process improvements
Incorporates data analysis and problem solving through lean manufacturing methodologies, DMAIC, Value Stream Maps, 5-Why, Ishikawa diagrams, FMEAs and/or Kaizen to investigate issues and performance drivers to establish robust action plans
Drives knowledge exchange with technology experts (plant resources, engineering solutions, internal/external consultant groups, sister plants, etc.) to increase awareness of potential improvement opportunities
Encourages innovative thinking and explores new technologies or methodologies that could further enhance operational excellence within the Company
Trains and coaches employees on operational excellence principles and methodologies
Monitors the effectiveness of implemented initiatives and makes necessary adjustments
Creates and presents reports on FPP initiatives and their impact to leadership
Utilizes project management principles to complete oversight and management of capital, plant and cost reduction projects
Conducts root cause analysis and implements corrective actions for process-related concerns
Reduces use of assumptions and expands use of support data for effective decision-making
Takes on additional duties as assigned to suport the team and organization
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in engineering
10+ years of proven experience in engineering, maintenance, reliability, project management, Six Sigma/LEAN, productivity or continuous improvement roles
Preferred
Six Sigma Black Belt certification
Benefits
Choice of medical, dental, and vision plans
Flexible spending or health savings accounts
Employee and dependent life insurance
Short and long-term disability
401(k) savings plan with 7% company match
Tuition reimbursement
Company
Arcwood Environmental
At Arcwood, we deliver a full suite of comprehensive environmental services.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase