Project Management Continuous Improvement (Liquids), T25, 1st Shift

SC Johnson has been leading with purpose for 140 years, building high-quality products and iconic brands found in homes, schools and businesses in virtually every country worldwide – including OFF!®, Raid®, Glade®, Windex®, Scrubbing Bubbles®, Ziploc®, Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day®, method®, Autan®, Baygon®, Mr Muscle®, Duck®, Lysoform® and more.

The 13,000 people of our global, fifth-generation family company are committed to making the world a better place today and for future generations.

Provides project management leadership and expertise to the maintenance organization. The incumbent will be the liaison between engineering and maintenance. They will collaborate with cross functional areas to gain alignment to drive successful results. Additional responsibilities include conducting problem solving, root cause investigation, and eliminating process variation for improvement across technologies and lines.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for working with site engineering resources to support new product and equipment, launches, cost savings initiatives, and strategic projects.
• Assisting in identifying safety requirements for assignments, validation of estimated time/manpower requirements, auditing task completion, validating materials and tools, supporting technical information requirements such as Management of Change (MOC), and Preventative Maintenance plan review.
• Strong knowledge of SAP and Microsoft applications such as Excel and Project Manager, these items are routinely utilized to support the evaluation and execution of the overall maintenance process and projects.
• Maintain a strong working relationship with our internal customers, collaborate with the planners to ensure maintenance activities are properly documented and prioritized within SAP. This process includes identification of potential line support competency gaps, developing collaborative plans to close any gaps, and validation of standard daily work execution expectations between shifts.  
• Lead process improvement and problem-solving activities for the WCS and production teams. Project complexity will vary from basic process failures and breakdown analysis, through more complex DMAIC activities (Lean Six Sigma, Project leadership certification, etc.).
• Ability to flow to work in coverage situations to support the department and mentoring technicians within WCS to build skillsets.
• Ability to perform required equipment maintenance activities as a core job function supporting project implementation along with supporting flow to work in coverage situations to enable department coverage and mentoring technicians within WCS to build skillsets

Required Skills / Experience / Competencies:

• Technical College certification in a related field of engineering and or maintenance., or Journeyman (HVAC, Electrician, etc.), with a minimum of 7 of qualified experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience in a Technical Field of Study
• Computer skills (MS Office, SAP, etc.)

Preferred Skills / Experience / Competencies:

• Demonstrated high degree of organization, prioritizing, and motivational skills.
• Ability to motivate and work well with cross functional teams to solicit input and develop ownership of key processes.
• Have been primary support or lead projects of 150K or more.
• High level of computer skills and capable of learning new applications.
• Proven track record of safe work with demonstrated safety leadership examples
• Knowledge of SAP systems as it pertains to maintenance and operations a plus.
• Experience with Project Management, leading / supporting cross functional teams
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to conduct effective meetings.
• TPM/Lean knowledge and application, including continual improvement process application.

Job Requirements

• Full-time
• 1st Shift (6am-2pm)
• Ability to complete the essential functions of the job and tolerate the ergonomic stressors of the job.  This includes lifting, up to fifty (50) pounds on a regular basis and up to seventy-five (75) pounds occasionally, standing, sitting, walking, bending, climbing stairs and ladders, kneeling, reaching overhead, pushing, and pulling for up to eight (8) hours daily.
• All of ones’ time is spent in manufacturing working environment

Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned

at any time with or without notice as assigned by the Manager. The job description does not constitute a contract of employment and the position remains at-will.

Inclusion & Diversity

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We’re committed to ongoing efforts that help us attract, hire, and retain diverse talent who want to build a positive, inclusive environment. Read more about our ongoing initiatives at https://jobs.scjohnson.com/inclusion.

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