Lean Continuous Improvement Engineer

HellermannTyton North America

📍Milwaukee, WI
Posted May 22, 2026

Job Overview

Position

Lean Continuous Improvement Engineer

Company

HellermannTyton North America

Location

Milwaukee, WI

Work Type

On-site

Job ID

li-4417504884

Job Description

Job Summary
The Lean Continuous Improvement Engineer is responsible for driving continuous improvement efforts on the manufacturing floor for HellermannTyton. This role is responsible for analyzing current production processes, identifying areas for improvement, and implementing strategies to enhance efficiency, quality, and safety. The engineer will work closely with various departments including plant leadership and hourly production personnel.

Essential Functions:

  • Apply strong data analysis techniques to improve overall plant efficiencies and solve complex problems.

  • Understand processing capabilities and tolerances (plastics).

  • Analyze work standards to improve labor utilization.

  • Reorganize work flow to improve processes.

  • Analyzes manufacturing process flows and floor layout for the enhancements of safety, quality, cost reduction, and throughput

  • Leads Root Cause Analysis for non-conformances and Corrective Actions

Other Functions

  • Identify and develop the improvement of equipment, processes, and methods.

  • Improve the efficiency of overall manufacturing operations.

  • Other ideas as assigned.

Success in this role will require

  • Proficient use of MES and ERP systems.

  • Understanding of product costing.

  • Apply engineering principles and concepts to the real world.

  • Critical Thinking skills.

  • Change Management Skills/experience.

  • Ability to see others points of view.

What You'll Bring

  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

  • 2+ Years of professional experience

  • Project Management Skills

  • Green Belt Certification (preferred)

  • Must have a valid driver's license, with an acceptable driving record, along with adequate insurance

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills

By applying for a position with HellermannTyton, you understand that should you be made an offer, it will be contingent on your undergoing and successfully completing a background check through the use of our 3rd party supplier. Background checks may include some or all of the following based on the nature of the position: SSN/SIN validation, education verification, employment verification, criminal check, driving history, and drug test. You will be notified during the hiring process of which checks are required by the position.

HellermannTyton Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.

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Practice Questions

💡Technical Questions (3)
  • 1.How would you approach analyzing a plastic manufacturing process that is experiencing high scrap rates and non-conformances?
  • 2.Can you explain your methodology for analyzing and improving labor utilization on the manufacturing floor?
  • 3.Describe how you use MES and ERP systems to drive continuous improvement and understand product costing.
🎯Behavioral Questions (3)
  • 1.Tell me about a time you had to lead a continuous improvement initiative that met resistance from hourly production personnel.
  • 2.Describe a situation where you used root cause analysis to solve a complex manufacturing problem.
  • 3.Give an example of a time you had to balance multiple priorities, such as safety, quality, and throughput, during a floor layout redesign.
🧩Situational Questions (2)
  • 1.You notice a production line is consistently missing its throughput targets, but the shift supervisor insists the line is fully optimized and blames the equipment. How do you handle this?
  • 2.If asked to reduce the manufacturing cost of a plastic cable tie by 10% without sacrificing quality, what initial steps would you take?

Resume Keywords

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Continuous ImprovementRoot Cause AnalysisLabor UtilizationProcess FlowMES/ERPPlastics ManufacturingCorrective ActionChange ManagementProduct CostingGreen Belt

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