CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT SPECIALIST

STENA

About The Position

Are you a strategic thinker with a passion for driving operational excellence and solving complex problems? As our Continuous Improvement Specialist, you’ll lead high-impact projects that streamline processes, boost quality, and enhance customer satisfaction across departments. In this influential role, you’ll collaborate with key stakeholders to turn data into action, build consensus for change, and deliver measurable business results. If you thrive on turning challenges into opportunities for innovation, this is your chance to make a lasting impact. ST Engineering Aerospace is located in Pensacola, FL, at the Pensacola International Airport. We are a renowned provider of aircraft maintenance and modification (AMM) services for commercial airlines and air freight operators. We meet our customers' requirements by providing a full spectrum of high-quality, reliable, and timely AMM and engineering solutions. We have the know-how and experience to comprehensively manage complex projects, ensuring our customers' aircraft operate safely and efficiently.

Requirements

Within 18 months of acquiring a college degree, an Engineering Degree is preferred. (Work experience may be considered in lieu of a college degree.)
Ability to think logically and systematically to improve and create systems to solve problems.
Knowledge of basic quality and project management tools.
Knowledge in the use of lean tools and methodologies including Cycle-time Reduction/Business Process Re-engineering, Value Stream Mapping, 5S, Visual Management, Waste Reduction, Poka-Yoke, Kaizen, and Kanban.
Technical knowledge, including programming for Excel, Visio, Access, drafting applications, etc.
Possess a sense of urgency, great attitude and work ethic and must be able to get things done without delays.
Ability to dispassionately pierce the facts of a matter without getting sidetracked by personal and non-objective concerns or issues.

Nice To Haves

Familiar in techniques and tools for measuring project success, and the use of statistical techniques to analyze data to generate useful information a plus.

Responsibilities

Partner with team members across the various departments to provide project leadership and implementation for improvement projects.
Consult, organize, lead, and facilitate cross functional initiatives including mapping business processes, gathering and analyzing process data to identify root causes to develop solutions to improve and enable measurable results in process efficiency, customer satisfaction, product quality and financial savings.
Track the implementation, progress, and general status of continuous improvement projects.
Develop metrics that provide data to quantify the results of continuous improvement projects.
Continuous improvement plans, while working in tandem with the respective process owners and other stakeholders.
Communicate and build consensus on continuous improvement projects by understanding the resistance expected and assessing the best ways to implement the planned change.
Articulate the vision for improvement projects, inspire trust, and engender support for improvement projects.
Perform other functions as directed by the Continuous Improvement Supervisor and/or The Continuous Improvement and Methods Engineering Manager.