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This role is ideal for someone with a background in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Technology, Manufacturing, or Operations who enjoys solving problems, improving processes, leading projects, and working directly with production teams.\nRather than sitting behind a desk designing products, you'll be on the plant floor identifying opportunities, improving workflows, supporting operations, and helping our teams deliver results safely, efficiently, and with exceptional quality.\nCORE COMPETENCIES:\nImplementing Vision and Values: Keeps the organization’s vision and values at the forefront of the associate decision making and action.\nSafety Orientation: Is aware of conditions that affect employee safety, takes responsible action, and promotes safety throughout the organization.\nCustomer Focus: Proactively works to determine the needs of the internal / external customers and provide solutions; actively focuses on providing high quality service to internal / external customers while addressing the organization’s mission / vision / goals / policies; 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