Black Belt Engineer

Johnson Controls is a growth company. And not just because we've posted increased sales for over 58 consecutive years. We also do all we can to give people the chance to grow. Our employees enjoy working at a place that offers great advancement opportunities, training, benefits and more. You'll be challenged to innovate, encouraged to apply your knowledge and well-rewarded for results.

A Fortune 100 company, Johnson Controls is a global leader offering solutions in automotive systems and facility management and controls. We've been consistently recognized as one of the world's 100 best-managed companies. Our family includes more than 118,000 employees on six continents. Their health and safety is paramount to our success. We value teamwork, integrity and diversity. And we welcome anyone who shares our commitment to excellence.

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Position is a Black Belt role and reports to the Plant Continuous Improvement Manager.

Facilitate cross-functional expert teams to drive breakthrough or Best-in-Class performance in People, Quality, Material Flow, and Cost.
Identifies key individuals for team membership and secures their approval to become team members.
Provides basic Six Sigma training to project team members.
Applies Six Sigma tools and techniques to measure, analyze, improve and control project processes.
Reports on project progress to Champion and other appropriate leadership levels at least on a monthly basis.
Prepares detailed plans to track project performance and assure timely completion and achievement of quality and savings goals.
Identifies barriers to project success and solicits help from champions when needed.
Attends required training and acquires needed skills.
Documents improvement process learning and shares best practices with other Black Belts.
Identifies and brings forward to Champion new project opportunities.
Accountable to impact on Operational Cost.
All other tasks as assigned.



Engineering Degree preferred with five to ten years experience.  Very effective leadership and program management skills. Has demonstrated effective interpersonal skills and the ability to exercise influence without authority.  Has demonstrated high-level performance in current and previous positions.  Consistently achieves “Excellent” overall ratings in annual reviews.  Is considered “high potential” or “successor” in the plant, department or executive leadership succession plan.  Exceptions to these two criteria must be reviewed with the General Manager.  Has shown initiative, the desire to drive change and is motivated to exceed expectations.  Possesses basic statistical knowledge and the ability to apply statistics to product and process improvement projects.  Possesses basic computer skills (experience with spreadsheet applications would be very helpful).  Is regarded as objective, open-minded and an “out-of-the-box” thinker.  Ability to read English written documents is highly desirable.