Continuous Improvement Engineer - Clif Bar

Continuous Improvement Engineer - Clif Bar page is loaded## Continuous Improvement Engineer - Clif Bar locations:
Twin Falls, Idaho, United Statestime type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Todayjob requisition :
R-156693##

Job Description
** Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It Uniquely Yours.
** You help implement the operational excellence program in a specific function and/or for cross-functional continuous improvement (CI) projects. You are not only responsible for applying CI tools and techniques for problem solving and performance improvement but more importantly, you help employees improve their CI skills and build their self-sufficiency.
** How you will contribute
** You will:
* Provide training on CI tools and techniques to help drive teams through CI cycles. You will also coach employees to help them achieve their targets
* Identify process improvement needs with department leads, facilitate sessions and support execution of newly established improvements
* Once improvements are done, validate outcome benefits and support creation of new standards and qualification of members into new working processes
* Benchmark externally, ensuring where relevant that best practice and new tools are deployed in collaboration with internal partners
** What you will bring
** A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career and the following experience and knowledge:
* Experience implementing CI processes (e.g. TPM for manufacturing, Lean Six Sigma in the consumer goods industry)
* Strong facilitation and communication skills
* Experience in change management processes
* Logical thinking and capacity to influence
* Results oriented and prepared to deal with ambiguity
* Experience such as: continuous improvement manager, team leader roles, area manager
** More about this role
**** What you need to know about this position:*
* · Lead and execute continuous improvement initiatives to eliminate top losses, improve safety, quality, delivery, cost, and morale (SQDCM) across the site.
· Serve as a site Autonomous Maintenance Subject Matter Expert (SME), owning AM standards, deployment, and capability development in partnership with Manufacturing and Maintenance
· Apply Focused Improvement (FI) tools to identify, quantify, and prioritize losses, enabling teams and Process Engineers to execute effective loss elimination and deliver measurable results.
· Coach core team, technicians, and leaders on problem solving, AM practices, and standard work to build self-sufficiency at the line level.
· Partner with cross-functional teams to enable equipment reliability improvements and AM ownership, ensuring loss elimination efforts are aligned to standards and sustained over time.
· Support the development, implementation, and sustainment of standard work, visual management, management systems, and line level master plans.
· Track, validate, and communicate improvement results ensuring benefits are sustained and embedded into daily operations.
· Ownership of the Bakery Waste and/or Cost Work Process including bakery level loss intelligence, glidepath development, and system governance to enable prioritized loss elimination and sustained improvement.
** What extra ingredients you will bring:*
* · Strong working knowledge of Continuous Improvement, Lean, TPM, and IL6S principles, with the ability to apply them in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
· Demonstrated experience driving improvement initiatives using data, structured problem solving, and loss analysis.
· Hands-on understanding of equipment reliability, autonomous maintenance practices, and operator-based asset care.
· Ability to coach and influence at all levels of the organization, from frontline operators to site leadership.
· Proven capability to translate complex concepts into practical, easy-to-understand tools and standard work.
· Bias for action with the discipline to sustain gains through systems, standards, and follow-up
· Strong communication, facilitation, and collaboration skills across cross-functional teams
· Ownership mindset, resilience, and comfort operating in ambiguity while driving results
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* Education / Certifications:

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* · HS Diploma (Required)…