Principal Specialist, Operating System
About The Position
The Principal Specialist, Operating System serves as the tactical leader for Continuous Improvement and advances and sustains the CORE (Customer Oriented Results & Excellence) operating system across assigned programs and functions, including Boeing, Business Jet, Airbus, and Site Mall. The role provides leadership, governance, and execution oversight for enterprise improvement initiatives that enhance operational performance and maturity, eliminate waste, and increase cultural adoption of continuous improvement methodologies. The position is onsite at the Foley, Alabama OEM facility and involves working in production areas with noise, machinery, and other industrial conditions. Travel may be up to 25%. The role requires a U.S. Person and does not require a security clearance.
Requirements
- Typically, a university degree and at least 5 years of relevant experience, or an advanced degree in a related field and at least 3 years of experience.
- Must be a U.S. Person; the role requires access to ITAR or 600/500-series EAR information or hardware, and the company will not seek export authorization for the role.
- Knowledge of Lean, CORE, Six Sigma, and continuous improvement methodologies.
Nice To Haves
- Lean/Six Sigma certification (Black Belt or equivalent CORE Certification).
- University degree in Engineering, Operations, Manufacturing, or a related field.
- Experience in the manufacturing or automotive industry.
Responsibilities
- Lead strategic direction, long-term planning, and governance of CORE deployment across the assigned program.
- Align continuous improvement priorities with business strategy, cost reduction goals, productivity improvements, quality enhancements, and customer commitments.
- Advise program leadership teams on operational excellence, transformation planning, and CORE maturity development.
- Oversee complex cross-functional improvement initiatives affecting productivity, operational headcount, cost structure, delivery performance, scrap/rework/repair reduction, equipment reliability, hours reduction, and safety.
- Lead Kaizen events, Lean transformations, and structured problem-solving activities, ensuring outcomes become sustainable process changes.
- Define and track enterprise-level KPI improvements driven by CORE initiatives.
- Manage project governance, including maturity assessments, action plans, and progress reporting to the site CORE manager.
- Use data-driven insights to identify systemic issues, risk areas, and long-term performance improvement opportunities.
- Partner with CORE program leaders and functional leaders to standardize best practices, continuous improvement methodologies, and site operating system maturity.
- Share lessons learned, scalable solutions, and enterprise improvement strategies with the broader RTX continuous improvement community.
- Ensure CORE initiatives meet applicable safety, quality, regulatory, and compliance requirements.
- Promote a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, and operational excellence across assigned areas.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees.
- 401(k) plan with employer matching and a separate employer retirement contribution.
- Tuition reimbursement program.
- Student Loan Repayment Program.
- Life insurance and disability coverage.
- Optional pet, home and auto, additional life and accident, critical illness, group legal, and identity theft protection coverages.
- Birth, adoption, and parental leave benefits.
- Carrot Health for hormonal health, fertility, and family building.
- Adoption Assistance.
- Autism Benefit.
- Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions.
- Healthy You Incentives wellness rewards program.
- Doctor on Demand virtual doctor visits.
- Bright Horizons child and elder care services.
- Teladoc Medical Experts second-opinion program.
- May be eligible for relocation.
- Flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, paid time off, and holidays may be available depending on the business unit and collective-bargaining coverage.
- May be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
