Continuous Improvement Engineer
Southco Inc • United States, United States • Posted June 10, 2026
About the Role
About the role
This position within Southco will have primary responsibility for changing the mindset of lean practices and procedures while completing small improvements with teams. Also responsible for leading/participating in Kaizen events and continuous improvement projects to drive improvement of 5S, cost, quality, inventory, machine running time, productivity, etc.
Compensation: $100,000-$130,000
Annual Broad Based Bonus: 20%
What you will be doing
+ Leads or participates in CI/KZ projects to identify the root causes and define the effective actions to make improvement in productivity, delivery, quality, and cost.
+ Uses Lean tools to identify and implement continuous improvement activities that target reduction of working capital by addressing inventory, over-production, and transportation.
+ Focuses on flow, with key areas such as: flow of material, operations, machines, flow of information and flo...
This position within Southco will have primary responsibility for changing the mindset of lean practices and procedures while completing small improvements with teams. Also responsible for leading/participating in Kaizen events and continuous improvement projects to drive improvement of 5S, cost, quality, inventory, machine running time, productivity, etc.
Compensation: $100,000-$130,000
Annual Broad Based Bonus: 20%
What you will be doing
+ Leads or participates in CI/KZ projects to identify the root causes and define the effective actions to make improvement in productivity, delivery, quality, and cost.
+ Uses Lean tools to identify and implement continuous improvement activities that target reduction of working capital by addressing inventory, over-production, and transportation.
+ Focuses on flow, with key areas such as: flow of material, operations, machines, flow of information and flo...