Army Fleet Support is an Equal Opportunity Employer JOB ANNOUNCEMENT FOR INTERNAL & EXTERNAL APPLICANTS Date: October 19, 2012 Position: Continuous Improvement Engineer – Requisition #041371 Location: TBD Salary: Furnished to Qualified Applicants Job Duties/ Responsibilities: See Attached Job Description Qualified AFS employees will be given hiring consideration Closing Date: November 9, 2012 To apply, go to www.armyfleetsupport.com, career section.

1. Army Fleet Support is an Equal Opportunity Employer
JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
FOR INTERNAL & EXTERNAL APPLICANTS
Date: October 19, 2012
Position: Continuous Improvement Engineer – Requisition #041371
Location: TBD
Salary: Furnished to Qualified Applicants
Job Duties/
Responsibilities: See Attached Job Description
Qualified AFS employees will be given hiring consideration
Closing Date: November 9, 2012
To apply, go to www.armyfleetsupport.com, career section.
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2. ARMY FLEET SUPPORT
JOB DESCRIPTION
Job Title: Continuous Improvement Job Number: Grade:
Engineer
Department: Special Projects FLSA Status: Risk Level:
Reports to: CPI Manager Schedule:
Location: Assigned Revision Date: 20 Oct 2012
Approved:
Human Resources
BASIC FUNCTION SUMMARY
The Continuous Improvement (CI) Engineer will serve as a functional Continuous Improvement expert
supporting multiple airfield activities. The position is responsible for planning, directing and coordinating
with multiple cross functional teams and management to drive planned business results and
organizational goals.
FUNCTIONAL KNOWLEDGE:
This position requires knowledge gained from leading numerous events at the floor level. The Continuous
Improvement Engineer must possess proficiency with basic Continuous Improvement tools to include but
not limited to: Value Stream Analysis, Constraint Management, SMED, 6S, TPM, RIE, DMAIC projects, Six
Sigma methodologies /tools, Cost Analysis modeling etc.
BUSINESS EXPERTISE:
This position will have developed a strong understanding of the MRO repair of aircraft or similar activities
through previous experience gained as a “Process Improvement Expert”. The ability to organize
prospective Rapid Improvement events and projects into a fluid schedule which captures trends in the
business will be a significant impact of this role.
LEADERSHIP/PEOPLE MANAGEMENT:
The position will be expected to provide indirect leadership to airfield management and other functional
staff personnel. In the course of leading specific projects, the Continuous Improvement Engineer will be
required to provide direct leadership to participative team the members.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
 Participate in achieving MRO process optimization/re-engineering effort to address specific business
requirements and to eliminate waste from the repair processes
 Coordinate TOC, Lean, Six Sigma (TOC LSS) activities, with airfield management and the Continuous
Improvement office.
 Provide comprehensive, detailed cost analysis (labor hours, operations non-recurring costs and all
related assumptions) supporting for aircraft repairs and modifications.
 Research, analyze and interpret historical data to support cost estimates and cost models.
 Continually seek opportunities to improve the knowledge and skill of the facility management and
supervisors to positively impact the improvement of the business unit

3.  Work closely with other disciplines to define and interpret statement of work and associated impacts
to operational parts including EVM /labor requirements
 Works closely with production to understand repair processes, material usages and labor requirements.
 Develop and maintain estimating tools, data and cost estimating models.
 Serves as a internal consultant to upper management, present results of cost analysis estimates and
make recommendations
 Work with IT/ERP systems to understand process performance indices and metrics
 Conduct root cause analyses to address specific process or quality related problems
 Implement mistake-proofing controls to sustain or improve process quality
 Document processes using process mapping and value stream mapping and analysis
 Maintain prospective RIE /projects – determine organizational impact & criticality
 Plan, secure resources, and assure elimination of roadblocks for events
 Lead RIE’s and projects to drive rapid organizational improvements and perform successive process
audits to ensure sustainment of improvements on past events
 Train associates at all levels on TOC, Lean and Six Sigma tools and methodologies
 Apply TOC LSS tools to measure and target efforts (i.e. VSM, SMED, 5S, TPM, Kaizen, etc)
 Develop and instruct associates on TOC, Lean, Six Sigma training material and methods
 80% of time will be spent on the floor, leading, training, and executing TOC /LSS activities
 20% of time will be spent planning and executing employee training
Number of Personnel Supervised Exempt Non-Exempt Contract Total
0 0 0 0
Number of Personnel Indirectly Supervised Exempt Non-Exempt Contract Total
0 0 0 0
*As required by job classification
QUALIFICATION STANDARDS
This Continuous Improvement Engineer position requires a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial/Manufacturing
Engineering or related discipline and 2 - 4+ years of experience as a Lean /Six Sigma Black Belt in a
Manufacturing environment preferred, extremely high energy level, ability to lead with or without formal
authority, will be proficient in driving rapid improvement deployments, extensive experience in Planning,
Leading and executing RIE/Kaizen events, a LSS Black Belt certification and evidence of project completion
is required.

4. PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
Physical Demands:
This classification activity is usually accomplished in an office environment and as such requires the scope
of physical movements and postures normally associated with these activities. Typical physical demands
or activities include climbing, standing, bending, stooping, pushing, kneeling, reaching and walking. May
be required to lift objects whose weight normally will not exceed 10 pounds. Special vision abilities
required to perform this job are close vision, peripheral vision, color vision, depth perception and the
ability to adjust and focus.
Work Environment:
The working conditions are those of a normal office setting or environment, where there is little or no
physical discomfort.
LICENSING, CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
Formal/Specialized Training or Equivalent
Security Clearance#
ORGANIZATIONAL DATA
_________________________ ________________________
Department Manager General Manager
* Formal Schooling Required
# Limited (Task Specific)