NTSIN CI Champion

Nucor•Crawfordsville, IN

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Welcome to Nucor, where our unique culture sets us apart. Joining Nucor means becoming part of North America's largest steel and steel products manufacturer, offering unmatched career opportunities and stability. We are known for our innovative sustainability practices and are the continent's largest recycler. Our vibrant culture, built on personal connections and teamwork, empowers every team member with the freedom to innovate and contribute to our collective success. Experience a workplace where safety, efficiency, and meaningful personal connections define every day, enriching both our teammates and the communities we serve. Nucor supports its teammates with top-tier benefits like Medical, Dental, Vision, and Disability Insurance, 401K and Roth accounts, Profit sharing, Pay-for-performance bonuses, Paid parental leave, Tuition reimbursement, Stock program, Scholarships and more. Basic Job Functions:The Continuous Improvement (CI) Champion serves as a frontline CI lead, working across the group to identify opportunities to drive business and operational effciencies, designs, plans, and execute process changes, and embed the new processes and procedures into the operations and back-office for long term sustainability. The CI Champion will be expected to identify and deliver attainable results while leading the change management efforts with support from teammates and leadership.

Requirements

Minimum high school GED or technical vocational school
Microsoft office competency (Visio, excel, PowerPoint)
Excellent analytical skills
Excellent oral, written and communication skills
1-3 years’ experience working in manufacturing environment
Personable and professional demeanor
Ability to multi-task and work independently as well as in different (local) teams
Ability to work within deadlines
Safety is the most important part of all jobs within Nucor; therefore, candidates must be able to demonstrate the ability to initiate, lead, and uphold safety policies, practices, procedures, and housekeeping standards at all times.

Nice To Haves

Preferred lean/continuous improvement experience and knowledge
Lean Six Sigma Green belt
Ability to communicate efficiently and effectively
Ability to work in the field – cooperate & collaborate through influence
Change management skills.

Responsibilities

Support Continuous Improvement program implementation and sustainment
Help local team to seek and deliver operational improvement oppourtunities using lean/continuous improvement methodology and practices
Accelerate our pathway to profitability, ensuring we are safely producing quality poles and delivering them on time as we ramp up production volume.
Organize, execute, and drive proess improvement through facilitation of improvment (Kaizen) events such as warehouse layout changes, cycle time reduction and 5S events
Develop and execute Annual CI Roadmap for sites
Provide mentorship and support for improvement efforts
Conduct Daily Gemba walks, record findings, and correct issues
Complete improvement initiatives and eliminate waste within the processes to make our operation more effcient
Lead Daily Management board meetings
Responsible for site level KPI Tracking and corrective actions as needed
5S audits to sustain workplace organization efforts
Active ambassador for continuous improvement and safety initiatives for the site
Present/share best practices and intiatives from location station throughout the NTS network
Ability to develop business cases for improvement projects