Continuous Improvement Specialist

ABB•Mebane, NC

11h•Onsite

About The Position

At ABB, we help industries outrun - leaner and cleaner. Here, progress is an expectation - for you, your team, and the world. As a global market leader, we’ll give you what you need to make it happen. It won’t always be easy, growing takes grit. But at ABB, you’ll never run alone. Run what runs the world. This Position reports to: Production Engineering Manager In this role, you will have the opportunity to support the deployment of the continuous improvement strategy for a local organizational unit, including promoting a culture of continuous learning and improvement. Each day, you will mentor and coach teams to achieve operational excellence and drive improved results. You will also showcase your expertise by deploying and leading projects to improve and sustain local business performance. The work model for the role is: onsite (#Li-Onsite) in Mebane, NC contributing to the Electrification, Distribution group with the main stakeholders being: MV SWGR, LV SWGR and LIS Product Lines Your role and responsibilities:

Requirements

Engineering Degree
5 years of hands‑on experience in Continuous Improvement, Operational Excellence, or Production Engineering roles.
Deeply experienced in transformation work within the engineered‑to‑order space, including building lean culture, driving continuous improvement, and leading Kaizen events.
Highly skilled in Lean Six Sigma tools, methods, and practical application.
Strong ability to lead, influence, and inspire cross‑functional teams, supported by an engineering degree and a proven track record of impact

Responsibilities

Escalating to relevant stakeholders, as necessary, to remove roadblocks that prevent the successful implementation and adoption of continuous improvement initiatives at local level and helping facilitate cases of conflicting priorities in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
Ensuring the continuous improvement approach and strategy deployed at local ABB unit level is aligned with the global strategy.
Facilitating significant improvements with respect to safety, quality, delivery, inventory, and/or cost targets, meeting customer and stakeholder commitments in collaboration with local leadership.
Providing training support by developing and maintaining training modules and toolkits aligned with business needs in collaboration with management at local level.

Benefits

Health, Life & Disability Choice between two medical plan options: A PPO plan called the Copay Plan OR a High Deductible Health Plan (with a Health Savings Account) called the High Deductible Plan.
Choice between two dental plan options: Core and Core Plus
Vision benefit
Company paid life insurance (2X base pay)
Company paid AD&D (1X base pay)
Voluntary life and AD&D – 100% employee paid up to maximums
Short Term Disability – up to 26 weeks – Company paid
Long Term Disability – 60% of pay – Company paid. Ability to “buy-up” to 66 2/3% of pay.
Supplemental benefits – 100% employee paid (Accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance
Parental Leave – up to 6 weeks
Employee Assistance Program
Health Advocate support resources for mental/behavioral health, general health navigation and virtual health, and infertility/adoption
Employee discount program
Retirement 401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions
Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP)
ABB provides 11 paid holidays.
Salaried exempt positions are provided vacation under a permissive time away policy.