Continuous Improvement Coordinator

Lamar Trailers Inc•Sumner, TX

8h•Onsite

About The Position

Lamar Trailers was founded on determination, family values, and a deep trust in God, growing from a small beginning to a respected leader in the trailer industry. The company's purpose is to create lasting trailers with caring people, all for God’s Glory. Core values include honoring God, simplicity, and humble service, shaping a culture that values dignity, kindness, and respect for every person. Lamar supports strong families and aims to create a workplace where employees would proudly invite their own children to work. Leadership is seen as service, valuing ownership, humility, teamwork, growth, feedback, and continuous improvement. The company emphasizes clear communication, integrity, and gratitude. Joining Lamar means becoming part of a team built on faith, family, and craftsmanship, contributing to a meaningful career. The Continuous Improvement Coordinator helps Lamar Trailers improve every day by identifying waste, simplifying processes, improving safety, and supporting better flow across the shop floor and office. This role involves working closely with leaders and team members to observe work, capture improvement ideas, support problem solving, and help implement practical solutions. The Coordinator is key in building a culture where continuous improvement is part of everyday work and supports Lamar’s vision of becoming the Toyota of the trailer industry.

Requirements

Ability to observe processes, identify opportunities, and recommend practical improvements.
Strong communication skills with the ability to work effectively with team members, supervisors, and leadership.
Strong organizational skills and ability to track multiple projects and follow through on action items.
Ability to influence others through collaboration, credibility, and consistency.
Practical thinking with a hands-on approach to solving problems.
Sound judgment.
A mindset for improvement.

Nice To Haves

Manufacturing, production, or continuous improvement experience.
Working knowledge of lean principles, waste reduction, process improvement, and root cause problem solving.

Responsibilities

Coordinate continuous improvement initiatives across departments to support safety, quality, productivity, and efficiency.
Observe work on the shop floor and in support areas to identify waste, inefficiencies, and opportunities for improvement.
Partner with supervisors, managers, and team members to improve processes and strengthen workflow.
Facilitate improvement activities such as kaizen events, waste reduction efforts, and process improvement discussions.
Support root cause problem solving using simple and practical tools such as 5 Why analysis.
Help teams address issues by focusing on root causes rather than symptoms.
Track improvement ideas, projects, action items, and follow through to completion.
Create simple ways for team members to submit ideas and participate in improvement efforts.
Support lean practices such as morning huddles, shop organization, visual management, standard work, and continuous learning.
Identify and help reduce common forms of waste such as waiting, excess motion, overproduction, rework, and unnecessary complexity.
Work with leaders to help sustain improvements and reinforce accountability.
Communicate progress, opportunities, and results clearly to leadership and team members.
Promote a culture of respect, observation, ownership, and practical problem solving.
Perform other duties as assigned.