Continuous Improvement Manager bei Doncasters Group

Are you passionate about making an impact on the manufacturing process by increasing yield, quality, and efficiency? At Doncasters we have an exciting opportunity for a Continuous Improvement Manager to join our team in Oxford, Alabama.

Did you know that every time you take a flight, drive somewhere or every time you have electricity at the touch of a button, there’s a chance that Doncaster’s played a part in making that happen?

Doncasters is a leading international manufacturer of specialist superalloys and high – precision alloy components made for the most demanding conditions with manufacturing facilities in Europe, USA Mexico, China, and India. Doncasters Structural Castings of Oxford, Southern Tool, is a leading manufacturer of vacuum and air melt investment castings in Nickel and Cobalt based superalloys.

Our facility specialises in small to medium sized castings for customers worldwide in aerospace, industrial gas turbine and commercial markets. Some of the products at Southern Tool include, nozzles, heatshields, seal segments, torque bars and many more that keep the world in motion! Southern Tool is one of our larger sites employing around 210 employees, situated in Alabama it is a very commutable and accessible site to reach.

What we can offer you:

• An interesting and varied field to work in.
• An environment where you can learn and grow through constant development opportunities.
• PTO
• Competitive 401K
• Competitive medical insurance

The Role

The Continuous Improvement Manager will be assigned projects and tasks to support manufacturing and operations process improvement activities. The role will support the Operations and Manufacturing team to increase throughput, yield, quality, efficiency, and other key KPI’s. The Continuous Improvement manager will support implementation of lean methodologies throughout the site.

• Facilitate implementation of the Doncasters Production System and Kaizen events
• Working and collaborating with shop floor operators and hourly employees.
• Performing data collection and time-studies.
• Building visual factory tools and shop aids, shadow-boards, dashboards, floor markings, etc.
• Optimizing work cells and workflow.
• Designing and fabricating shop-floor tools.
• Training employees on lean principles
• Support analytical problem solving and mistake-proofing corrective actions.
• Communicate progress of projects regularly with Department Manager and other key team members and stake-holders
• Other duties as assigned by Department Manager.

Interested?

If you have any of the below skills, we would love to talk to you about your next career move:

• Bachelor’s degree in an Engineering discipline (Industrial, Manufacturing, or Mechanical) or equivalent years of work experience.
• Minimum of 3 years work experience in manufacturing environment.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and PC applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Excellent communication skills.
• Green or Black belt training and/or certification Preferred.

Doncasters Values:

We foster a winning mindset that enables everyone to be both safe and able to fulfil their potential. We strive for excellence, commitment, integrity and team work in the pursuit of our goals. 

Equal opportunities

Doncasters is committed to achieving workforce diversity and we pride ourselves on creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, national origin, race, age, gender, disability- physical or hidden, sexual orientation, veteran status, or religious belief. We provide a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We encourage all applicants to reach out if they require any support or assistance to enable them to thrive throughout our recruitment process; we want to ensure that your beautiful mind makes industrious motion, Please contact [email protected]