Continuous Improvement Engineering Specialist

Overview

As a Continuous Improvement Engineering Specialist, you will bridge global design, manufacturing, and project management to drive process change from concept to end-of-life. You optimize engineering productivity by supporting NPDI, VAVE, and Sustaining teams, ensuring high-quality, first-time-right execution. You collaborate with international R&D and manufacturing groups to standardize methods and reduce regional variability. This role offers the chance to influence cross-functional workflows, performance reporting, and resource planning in a global setting.

Responsabilità Own improvement process identification, execution, and implementation; enable adoption by engineering teams

Lead Lessons Learned, root cause analysis, and quality reviews after projects

Serve as operational contact for NPDI, VAVE, and Sustaining teams to ensure workflow adherence

Act as global liaison to ensure SOPs and technical methods are consistently applied

Collect feedback from regional groups and propose practical process adjustments

Generate weekly/monthly status reports focused on engineering efficiency and process adherence

Assist PMOs with resource planning by tracking capacity and utilization across active projects

Requisiti fondamentali Strong understanding of NPDI and its intersection with manufacturing (VAVE/Sustaining)

Analytical and communicative; able to manage complex, multi-stakeholder projects

Collaborative, problem-solving mindset with process-adherence discipline

Self-starter with motivation and ability to drive change

Proficient in Microsoft Office

Customer-oriented with written and spoken English

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

2–5 years of role-equivalent experience in a global, cross-functional environment

Engineering/manufacturing experience in the power business preferred

Willingness to travel

strong communication

collaborative teamwork

problem-solving

NPDI

VAVE

Sustaining