Operational Excellence Engineer Sr.
About The Position
The Operational Excellence Specialist Senior serves as a strategic leader, responsible for driving transformational change and fostering a culture of continuous improvement across the organization. This role involves the development and execution of high-impact initiatives aimed at enhancing efficiency, reducing costs, and improving overall operational performance. Drawing on extensive experience in AMS methodologies, the Senior OE Specialist provides mentorship to cross-functional teams, manages interns, ensures alignment of improvement efforts with organizational goals, and delivers strategic insights to leadership. The role emphasizes a proactive approach to identifying opportunities, implementing solutions, sustaining improvements to SQDCP, and champions the AMS culture.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
- Experience leading cross-functional project teams (required).
Nice To Haves
- 7+ years in continuous improvement or lean manufacturing deployment (preferred).
- Lean/Six Sigma deployment (preferred).
- Project management (preferred).
Responsibilities
- Lead the planning and execution of Ops initiatives, driving significant impact on operational performance.
- Create new AMS standards and drive culture change across the organization.
- Lead large-scope initiatives across manufacturing and non-manufacturing functions by applying advanced problem-solving methodologies.
- Serve as a subject matter expert and coach in structured problem-solving, training and mentoring teams in a variety of tools while ensuring rigor, consistency, and sustainable results.
- Lead collecting and analyzing operational and process data to identify inefficiencies, constraints, and performance gaps; conduct research on best practices, technologies, and methods to inform solution development and investment decisions.
- Research, propose, lead and execute the creation of projects, defining timelines with safety, quality, and cost in mind.
- Work with the team to meet the service needs/requirements for each project.
- Serves as a trusted partner to all areas of the organization—leveraging real-time data, root cause analysis, and standard work optimization to resolve chronic issues, reduce variability, and enhance throughput.
- Trains frontline leaders in problem-solving tools and ensures improvement initiatives are tightly aligned with plant priorities and performance goals.
Benefits
- Competitive Benefits Package for employees and their dependents (Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability)
- Incentive Plans
- 401(k) with employer contribution and match
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan with employer match
- Paid Time Off (Vacation and Sick Time)
- Paid Holidays
- Tuition Reimbursement Program
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Wellness Program
- Training and Career Progression
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
