Applications due by June 18, 2024
Goodwill of Colorado
Job Description
Pay: $20-$21/hour
This position is eligible for Daily Pay! Work today, get paid today! We’ve partnered with DailyPay, a voluntary benefit to offer employees access to their pay on their own schedule.
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday; Full-Time
This Full Time job is eligible for Medical, Dental, Vision, Retirement, Long Term Disability, Short Term Disability, Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment, Flexible Spending Accounts and several voluntary supplemental benefit offerings. In addition, this position is eligible for paid time off in the form of vacation, sick, holiday, floating holiday, jury duty and bereavement leave.
Job Location: North Campus, 6850 Federal Blvd, Denver, CO - on the road multiple days a week
JOB SUMMARY:
The CI Tech provides support for the organization-wide Continuous Improvement (CI) initiative. This includes helping training and coach employees on process improvement methodologies, facilitating events and studies, and auditing actual process performance. Moving or building equipment/materials to 5S production centers. This role works effectively with varied groups of people including individuals with disabilities and disadvantages, management, and employees at all levels.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Works primarily, though not exclusively, in a Retail, Warehouse and Outlet setting. (Non- hybrid role).
- Primarily building and moving equipment needed for events, including possibly driving company box truck.
- Assist with lead, promote, and facilitate Kaizen events, with a focus on 5S, Root cause problem solving, cellular layout, and Standard Work.
- Learn and promote CI tools, to include value stream maps, production area sketches, checklists, audits, training and results of Kaizen/Six Sigma events and studies.
- Perform CI audit and help with maintaining CI and production standards within different production centers.
- Work closely with CI Team and the Learning and Development team to develop documentation and implementation standard work, training, other work aids.
- Emphasize the importance of standard work to gain efficiency in retail and other processing areas.
- Help develop and implement communication of CI schedule and outcome(s) of Kaizen events and studies.
- Assist in or develop “Report-outs”.
- Help research/verify production and financial performance reports to identify process improvement impact.
- Learn and apply problem solving framework and innovative approaches to resolve complex problems.
- Conducting cycle time analyses, time studies, work balance improvements, workplace analysis and improvement.
- Creating and implementing standard work and teaching/coaching leaders to do the same.
- Obtaining required tools, work aids, to support workplace changes.
- Help implement, coach, and maintain visual performance tools, including MDI (Manage by Daily Improvement) boards.
- Following up on action plans
- Assisting all teams as needed to ensure improvements are made and sustained.
QUALIFICATIONS:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education:
- High School diploma/GED required.
Experience:
- Continuous improvement or LEAN experience preferred.
Other:
- Must be safety and quality driven.
- Strong analytical problem-solving skills required.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills a must
- Ability to help lead cross functional teams to implement cost saving programs.
- Ability to present to small groups.
- Must be able to work in a fast-paced work environment.
- Ability to work with data and information.
- Must be a self-starter with excellent communication and relationship building skills.
- Preferred Bilingual: Spanish/English
- A valid Colorado driver’s license without a history of violations is required*; must also be able to operate a company vehicle*.
- Must have reliable transportation. This position requires frequent travel to all of Goodwill of Colorado’s business units.
- Per contract requirements with vehicle insurance provider: Qualified candidates must be 21 years of age and have no major traffic violations for previous 3 years (for driving/insurance purposes).
Goodwill is an Equal Opportunity Employer dedicated to employing qualified individuals including those with disabilities, protected veterans and military spouses.
Goodwill participates in E-Verify. For more information on E-Verify, please contact DHS: 888-897-7781 or www.dhs.gov/E-Verify
We promote a Safe & Drug-free Workplace.
Physical Requirements
Attachment to Job Description
Job Title: 793 – Assembler, Continuous Improvement (CI) Equipment Dept Number: 1350
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.
Guide to Physical Requirements:
- Continuously (5-8 hours)
- Frequently (3-4 hours)
- Occasionally (1-2 hours)
- Never
LIFTING: (as defined by ADA)
Heavy: 45 lbs & over - OCCASIONALLY
Moderate: 15-44 lbs - FREQUENTLY
Light: 14 lbs & under - CONTINUOUSLY
CARRYING:
Heavy: 45 lbs & over - OCCASIONALLY
Moderate: 15-44 lbs - FREQUENTLY
Light: 14 lbs & under - CONTINUOUSLY
PUSHING/PULLING - CONTINUOUSLY
REACHING:
Above Shoulder - OCCASIONALLY
At Shoulder - FREQUENTLY
Below Shoulder - FREQUENTLY
TWISTING - FREQUENTLY
BENDING - FREQUENTLY
KNEELING/CRAWLING - FREQUENTLY
SQUAT - FREQUENTLY
CLIMBING:
Use of legs only (stairs) - OCCASIONALLY
Use of arms & legs (ladders) - OCCASIONALLY
HEARING - CONTINUOUSLY
VISION:
Visual, close - CONTINUOUSLY
Visual, distant - CONTINUOUSLY
Visual, depth perception - CONTINUOUSLY
HANDS/FINGERS:
Simple grasping - CONTINUOUSLY
Fine Manipulation – CONTINUOUSLY
Repetitive Movements - CONTINUOUSLY
WALKING - CONTINUOUSLY
STANDING - CONTINUOUSLY
SITTING - OCCASIONALLY
SPEAKING - CONTINUOUSLY
OTHER, please describe – Driving
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)