OEPI Engineer, Full Time, First Shift
The OEPI Engineer leads a diverse portfolio of high-impact initiatives in areas such as surgical services, imaging, pharmacy, outpatient clinics, inpatient throughput, workforce optimization, emergency services, and enterprise-wide operational redesign. The role is accountable for identifying improvement opportunities, conducting complex data and workflow analyses, modeling future-state performance, building predictive and simulation models (e.g., Arena), and recommending scalable, sustainable solutions.
This position engages directly with senior executives, physicians, and operational leaders to evaluate systemwide operational challenges, develop business cases, align on improvement strategies, and implement redesigned workflows. Responsibilities include redesigning processes using Lean, Six Sigma, rapid improvement, reengineering, CQI, labor productivity modeling, benchmarking, workflow simulation, and advanced analytics.
The OEPI Engineer serves as the analytic and engineering backbone of SRH’s performance improvement work, integrating large and varied datasets, performing advanced statistical analyses, developing labor standards and staffing models, conducting productivity and variance assessments, and designing dashboards and scorecards that support financial and operational decision-making across the enterprise.
The scope and complexity of this position require a high degree of independent judgment, advanced analytical and engineering capability, and the ability to lead multidisciplinary teams through significant operational, financial, technological, and cultural change.
• Special Qualifications
• Education || Certifications
• Bachelor’s degree required in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical, Bioengineering, Health Systems Engineering, Operations Research, Business Analytics, or a related field.
• Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, Analytics, or a related field preferred.
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt required or must be obtained within 24 months.
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt must be obtained within 60 months.
• Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) or Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred.
Experience
• 0–5+ years of experience in management engineering, process improvement, healthcare analytics, consulting, or related fields.
• For early-career candidates:
• Internship, capstone project, co-op, research experience, or coursework demonstrating analytical capability, process improvement skills, or engineering project work.
• For experienced candidates:
• Demonstrated contributions to workflow redesign, change management, labor or productivity modeling, or performance improvement in a healthcare or service setting.
• Experience working in teams, leading components of projects, or supporting organizational change is highly desirable.
Technical Skills
• Strong analytical ability with working knowledge of Excel, data analysis, and process mapping tools.
• Exposure to or interest in learning:
• Data visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau)
• SQL or data extraction tools
• Statistical software (Minitab, JMP)
• Simulation or modeling tools (e.g., Arena)
• Ability to learn and adapt quickly to new technologies and analytic platforms.
Hospitals and Health Care
Engineering and Information Technology
Full-time