Continuous Improvement Lead, Lean Engineer

Introduction to the job

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ASML US brings together the most creative minds in science and technology to develop lithography machines that are key to producing faster, cheaper, more energy-efficient microchips. We design, develop, integrate, market and service these advanced machines, which enable our customers-the world’s leading chipmakers-to reduce the size and increase the functionality of their microchips, which in turn leads to smaller, more powerful consumer electronics. Our headquarters are in Veldhoven, the Netherlands, and we have 18 office locations around the United States including main offices in Chandler, Arizona, San Jose and San Diego, California, Wilton, Connecticut, and Hillsboro, Oregon.

Role and responsibilities

In alignment with the accountable business manager, as a change agent you will:

• Set and agree deployment goals.

• Co-designs the deployment plan.

• Challenge the change curve.

• Define success criteria and roles & responsibilities.

• Challenge progress regularly with your stakeholders.

• Be role model in adapting Lean principles and coach on Lean behavior.

• Support business impact initiatives (A3’s, 4C’s, Breakthrough Initiatives).

As a Lean team member, you will:

• Share and inform the team about deployment progress, bottle-necks and help requests.

• Support your colleagues pro-actively in the deployment or building each other’s expertise.

• Contribute to improvements to the ASML Lean standards.

• Challenge your colleagues adapting the Lean principles in our own team.

• Improve our daily operations and participates in strategic steps.

• Be a partner towards the business in driving for Lean improvements.

Education and experience

• Bachelor's degree, Engineering, or related discipline, or equivalent experience.

• 5+ years of experience in Manufacturing, Engineering or Supply Chain environment, preferably with line management experience (team lead/group lead).

• 3+ years' experience deploying and applying lean in Manufacturing and/or Logistics environment.

• Expert knowledge of lean, process improvement and quality management tools.

• Practical application of problem-solving methodologies (e.g. Lean A3, Six Sigma tools).

• Experience in Hoshin Kanri (Strategy Deployment) and VSM (Value Stream Mapping) would be a plus.

• 3+ years' experience in Basic project management skills.

• Proven skills in change management.

Skills

Working at the cutting edge of tech, you’ll always have new challenges and new problems to solve – and working together is the only way to do that. You won’t work in a silo. Instead, you’ll be part of a creative, dynamic work environment where you’ll collaborate with supportive colleagues. There is always space for creative and unique points of view. You’ll have the flexibility and trust to choose how best to tackle tasks and solve problems.

To thrive in this job, you’ll need the following skills:

• Can observe and respond to people and situations and interact with others encountered in the course of work.

• Can learn and apply new information or skills.

• Must be able to read and interpret data, information, and documents.

• Strong customer focus and commitment to customer satisfaction through prioritization, quality, efficiency and professionalism.

• Ability to complete assignments with attention to detail and high degree of accuracy.

• Proven ability to perform effectively in a demanding environment with changing workloads and deadlines.

• Result driven-demonstrate ownership and accountability.

• Identifies bottlenecks and drives improvements.

• Work independently or as part of a team and follow through on assignments with minimal supervision.

• Demonstrate open, clear, concise and professional communication.

• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with manager, co-workers and customer.

• Work according to a strict set of procedures within the provided timelines.

Diversity & Inclusion

ASML is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values and respects the importance of a diverse and inclusive workforce. It is the policy of the company to recruit, hire, train and promote persons in all job titles without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity. We recognize that diversity and inclusion is a driving force in the success of our company.

Other information

Role within Office

Responsibilities:

• Routinely required to sit; walk; talk; hear; use hands to keyboard, finger, handle, and feel; stoop, kneel, crouch, twist, reach, and stretch. Occasionally required to move around the campus.

• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.

• May require travel dependent on business needs.

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Role within the Factory

Responsibilities:

• Must be willing to work in a clean room environment, wearing coveralls, hoods, booties, safety glasses and gloves for entire duration of shift.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee routinely is required to sit; walk; talk; hear; use hands to keyboard, finger, handle, and feel; stoop, kneel, crouch, twist, reach, and stretch.

• The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

• Can work under deadlines.

• The environment generally is moderate in temperature with moderate to high noise level.

• Must be willing to work a compressed work week schedule- twelve-hour long shift and rotating from three to four days a week.

• This must include references to day and night shifts for accommodation purposes.

Additional responsibilities for Wilton Factory:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The employee is required to work in a cleanroom environment: full gowning (full body coveralls, hood, CR safety shoes, face mask, nitrile gloves and safety glasses. Working under ISO 9000/14000 standards).

• Operating/working around overhead cranes, fork trucks and motorized pallet movers.

• Working around lasers; working with ladders; working on platforms; and working around chemicals.

• The employee is occasionally required to move around the campus.

• The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.

• May require travel dependent on company needs.

• The environment generally is moderate in temperature and noise level.

EOE AA M/F/Veteran/Disability

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