This role provides strategic leadership to support and drive all aspects of Lean transformation within the Fasteners division. Reporting to the General Manager, the Continuous Improvement Manager will implement a strategy to lead change and produce deliverables aligned with business objectives. This position involves building and leading a highly competent team of Manufacturing Engineers with the analytic, business, and facilitation skills to challenge and advance the organization.
Responsibilities
Provide strategic leadership to support and drive all aspects of Lean transformation
Implement a strategy to lead change and produce deliverables aligned with attaining business objectives
Build and lead a highly competent team with analytic, business, and facilitation skills
Implement and maintain World Class Lean, quality processes, and other advanced manufacturing methodologies and systems specifically for Forging, Machining, Grinding, and Thread Roll Processes
Increase productivity through the support and leadership of people, processes, and technology
Ensure production equipment is capable and has capacity for growth, involving the integration of equipment, people, material flow systems, and information systems
Develop and maintain in-process quality control systems and standards to ensure product quality
Drive continuous improvement in labor costs through waste reduction, production efficiency, and operations improvement
Develop strategies, implement, and monitor processes and operating systems for the manufacture of aerospace fasteners
Evaluate and direct workspace and shop floor utilization requirements
Work with vendors to determine appropriate material specifications
Maintain and improve all factory processes and related metrics, including production efficiency, cycle times, capacity, and capabilities
Provide leadership to technical personnel to ensure ongoing product and process improvements to meet quality, continuous process improvement (CPI), and production goals
Provide direction to technical support as required for critical process and product issues
Design processes, evaluate results, and drive solutions to improve processes
Work closely with production, quality, product engineering, and support teams as required
Develop and support new manufacturing processes
Determine capital equipment needs and develop the budget process for equipment, training, software, and equipment installation projects
Prepare procedures, reports, and plans
Participate in and lead defect reduction initiatives
Perform other duties as assigned
Requirements
Bachelor’s Degree required (preferably Engineering, Business, or Industrial Technology) with 7-10 years of experience in a manufacturing operations environment
Millions of jobs, with real people getting hired every day
200,000+
New jobs added daily
7,000,000+
Verified job listings
1,000,000+
Tailored applications submitted
Demonstrated expertise in implementation of lean principles and improvements
Experience in demand flow principles and Six Sigma Methodology
Proven work history in an International Company and in matrix organizations
Strong project leadership experience with a diversity of team skills
Demonstrated ability to influence senior management, teams, and individuals across multiple cultures, disciplines, and geographies
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations
Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, and customers
Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry
Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
Benefits
Quarterly Cash Bonus Plan, paid out at the quarterly bonus factor of 2X the Company’s bonus multiple, based on the Company’s performance
80 hours paid time off every year
10 paid holidays
Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance (employees and their families are eligible)
Eligibility to enroll in the Company’s 401(k) plan
Important Details
Relocation is authorized for this position
National Security and Export Controls
This position requires use of information or access to production processes subject to national security controls under U.S. export control laws and regulations (including, but not limited to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR))
To comply with those regulations, this position may require applicants to be U.S. Persons (i.e., U.S. citizens, U.S. lawful permanent residents, protected individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)), or eligible to obtain the required export authorizations from the U.S. Department of State or the U.S. Department of Commerce
About the Company
Precision Castparts Corp. (PCC) is the market leader in manufacturing large, complex structural investment castings, airfoil castings, forged components, aerostructures, and highly engineered, critical fasteners for aerospace applications, with more than 120 operations and approximately 20,000 employees worldwide. PCC is also the leading producer of airfoil castings for the industrial gas turbine market. The company manufactures extruded seamless pipe, fittings, and forgings for power generation and oil & gas applications; commercial and military airframe aerostructures; and metal alloys and other materials for the casting and forging industries. In 2016, Berkshire Hathaway, led by Chairman and CEO Warren E. Buffett, acquired Precision Castparts Corp.
