Principal Continuous Improvement Engineer

Description

The Medium Voltage Project Engineering Team, responsible for providing engineered-to-order solutions for customer projects at Smyrna & Mt. Juliet manufacturing facilities, seeks a Principal Continuous Improvement Engineer. This position is responsible for leading continuous improvement efforts across a diverse landscape, aligning front-office and back-office people, processes, and technology to transform our Project Engineering domain to gain consistency in practices and customer experience worldwide, while optimizing across operations, specialized support, system-wide governance, and continuous improvement.

• Serve as the Quality champion for their location to analyze order change notification (OCN) data and identity quality initiatives to deliver end-to-end engineering quality and customer satisfaction.
• Provide experience and exposure opportunities to leverage the Electrifier community & sharing of ideas and leveraging best practices by leading the Project Engineering Communities of Practice
• Serve as the primary point of contact within the project execution domain to effectively resolve barriers, implement solutions, and support continuous improvement.
• Work across several lines of business with multiple stakeholders
• Identify constraints to achieving goals and collaborate to find and implement effective solutions
• Exercise judgment within broadly defined practices and policies in selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criterion (based upon SPS principles) for obtaining results
• Develop and maintain excellent working relationships across all levels of the organization
• Align Order Execution processes across all project engineering teams
• Audit/Lead Schneider Production Systems (SPS) Front End activities for team

Requirements

You must submit an online application to be considered for any position with us. This position will be posted until filled.

We are looking for IMPACT Makers; exceptional people who turn sustainability ambitions into actions at the intersection of automation, electrification, and digitization. We celebrate IMPACT Makers and believe everyone has the potential to be one.

• Significant knowledge and experience within Project Engineering with proven success managing large orders, complex projects, and key accounts responsibility
• In-depth understanding of the end-to-end ETO business processes, tools, and applications
• Self-directed, reliable, and results-oriented individual who drives results themselves and through others resulting in tangible positive impacts to Key performance indicators
• Bachelor of Science, preferably within an Engineering based discipline (Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial) but will consider Business, Computer Science, or other related technical fields
• Demonstrate ability to perform root cause analysis and develop action plans to eliminate barriers strategically utilizing problem-solving tools
• Input into our future tools, processes, business transformation projects (SAP, SE Advantage, ACE OE, SEE XP, Central Scheduling/Loading)
• Demonstrated business acumen, time, and priority management skills
• Collaborative, proactive, able to adapt to a dynamic and fast-changing environment
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal skills
• Strong organizational skills including but not limited to the ability to handle multiple demands and assignments in parallel, the ability to prioritize tasks effectively and efficiently
• Utilize Lean skills to address complex process opportunities with simple solutions
• Minimum of 6 years’ experience as an Order/Application Engineer with engineered-to-order products
• Ability to drive process and culture change in a mature organization with success with leading improvement activities and delivering results

Benefits

€36 billion global revenue+13% organic growth150 000+ employees in 100+ countries#1 on the Global 100 World’s most sustainable corporations

Discover the opportunity to join an international, dynamic, and responsible company that fosters the development of all its people around the world. Every day, we empower employees to achieve more and experience exciting careers. Find out how our values and unique position make Schneider Electric the employer of choice.

We offer a competitive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, matching 401(k), stock options, a flexible (hybrid) work schedule, training & development opportunities, and much more.

Training + Development

Interview process

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