Continous Improvement Specialist

Ebara Elliott Energy • Houston, TX

2d

About The Position

The Continuous Improvement Specialist will coordinate and lead a wide range of activities that are designed to improve on-time delivery, productivity, quality, cost, safety, and/or environmental performance. This individual will assist in the evaluation process, justification of improvements, and with carrying out the implementation plan. They will lead moderate-to-complex improvement initiatives across a site, region, or end-to-end value stream (manufacturing and/or service). Provide facilitation and coaching to cross-functional teams, standardize best practices, and drive sustained performance improvements. They will deliver multi-functional results and mentor others in CI methods.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Operations, Supply Chain, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 5+ years delivering CI / process excellence results, including cross-functional projects, change adoption, and sustainment.
• Advanced facilitation (value stream mapping, rapid improvement events, daily management coaching).
• Strong analytical capability (process capability, root cause analysis, basic statistics) and storytelling with data.
• Coaching and influencing without authority; experience working with leaders and frontline teams.
• Project and change management skills; ability to manage risk and stakeholder expectations.
• Experience standardizing and replicating improvements across departments or sites.
• Strong written and verbal communication; ability to work in cross-functional teams.
• Comfortable working in shop floor, repair center, or field service environments as required.
• Process and leadership-oriented mindset.
• Meeting facilitation and training skills required.

Nice To Haves

• Degrees or Advanced Degrees with an emphasis on Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Operational Excellence considered a plus.
• Lean / Six Sigma Black Belt preferred (or equivalent advanced certification).

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional improvement initiatives and value stream mapping across end-to-end processes.
• Apply advanced Lean / Six Sigma methods to improve capability, quality, delivery, and cost.
• Coach teams on problem-solving and CI tools; mentor junior CI practitioners.
• Drive replication of best practices across sites/regions; establish control plans.
• Partner with IT/Analytics to enable data-driven process improvements where applicable.
• Aid deployment of business strategies throughout the organization ensuring alignment of improvement initiatives.
• May provide functional leadership to project teams and mentor junior practitioners.
• Responsible for benefit tracking and sustainment.
• Sets project plans and priorities for assigned initiatives.
• Recommends process changes, investments, and standards to leadership based on data, risk, and customer impact.
• Regular interaction with site/region leadership and cross-site teams to lead initiatives, remove barriers, and replicate best practices.
• Interfaces with customers/suppliers as needed to improve end-to-end processes.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level