Continuous Improvement Manager - Heavy Steel Fabrication

Join America's premier steel bridge fabricator! Veritas Steel's employees have been building America's bridges with American-made steel for more than 100 years. We specialize in complex bridges and structures of all shapes and sizes, whether arches, cable-stayed, suspension, bascule, or plate girders, we build it. Veritas is committed to providing employees with opportunities for training and professional development. If being a part of Building America's Infrastructure is something that interests you, then apply now! Relocation Assistance is available.

Position Summary

Our Continuous Improvement Manager is a highly regarded position within our company. It reports to our Chief Operating Officer and is relied upon to make our manufacturing plants as efficient and effective as they can be. This role plans, directs and manages our company-wide lean enterprise activities to support the fabrication of high-quality steel bridges and structures. As such, this role will be highly integrated in our efforts to arrange, optimize, and supervise our scheduling and manufacturing processes. Our Continuous Improvement Manager needs to be an analytical thinker that can communicate our lean leadership vision and strategy in a way that will engage and motivate our employees to be part of it. This role is key to creating and maintaining a strong culture of continuous improvement within our Veritas facilities.

Work Relationships

Reports to the Chief Operating Officer. Works closely with all departments and managers to ensure no gaps exist in the work processes and our technology. May work closely with other facilities to drive best practices throughout the company’s manufacturing footprint.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

1. Developing, evaluating, improving and documenting manufacturing processes
2. Developing and implementing process control techniques and procedures into manufacturing environments
3. Analyzing manufacturing process flows continually to improve volume, quality, cost and throughput
4. Collaborating with configuration control and design engineering regarding product tooling and design to ensure effective production methods and tools
5. Conferring with vendors in determining product specifications and arranging equipment, parts, or material purchase
6. Collaborating with Production Managers to estimate staffing requirements, production times, and relative costs to provide data for operational decisions
7. Working closely with Production Managers to develop, coordinate, and implement technical training for employees to improve our overall business
8. Designing and developing manufacturing processes for enhancements, product changes, and new products, and related fixtures and tooling that are consistent with zero defect level and low product cost
9. Creating and maintaining accurate documentation of tool drawings, design concepts, shop orders, and concepts
10. Providing engineering support in production department to trouble shoot and resolve technical problems
11. Coordinating work with the Maintenance Supervisor to assigned technicians, and outside vendors to projects
12. Supporting company policies and procedures, goals and objectives

Key Competencies

1. Change Leader - Embraces change. Flexible. Communicates needs during periods of change. Actively intervenes to create & energize positive change. Leads by example in learning and doing things in a new and better way.
2. Teamwork: Supports environment that encourages teamwork, cooperation and collaboration. Works cooperatively within teams to solve problems. Works cooperatively across teams to solve problems
3. Interpersonal Communication: Is respectful when interacting with others. Shares information freely in all directions · Problem-solving/Decision-making:
4. Guides Work: Continuously improves work processes. Helps others with tools, information and assistance to do their job
5. Innovator: Takes initiative. Encourages risk-taking in pursuit of continuous improvement
6. Energy/Drive– Exhibits a high level of energy and ability to energize others. Strong desire to achieve an exceptional level. Recognizes excellence in the efforts and work of others. Enjoys seeing others succeed. Exhibits dynamism, excitement, and a positive ‘can do’ attitude
7. Assertive/Edge– Ability to take a forceful stand on issues without being excessively abrasive. Able to challenge tactfully. Passionately finds ways over, around or through barriers to success. Achieves results despite a perceived lack of resources. Goes beyond call of duty. Shows bias for action. Is a results-oriented "doer”. Likes to be challenged and can work through tough tasks and execute on stretch goals to move the organization forward
8. Personal Development: Continually learning and growing. Seeks out and uses personal feedback. Not afraid to be challenged and to support an opinion; Recognizes own strengths & weaknesses. Not defensive. Does not rationalize mistakes or blame others. Uses feedback and data to make it better.
9. Lean Methodologies --- Thorough understanding of lean and six sigma principles and practices. Knowledge of organizational effectiveness and operations management theories and has experience implementing them to improve work.

Educational Background

• Require 5 or more years of experience in manufacturing, preferably in heavy steel manufacturing or a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a manufacturing related program (supply chain, quality, etc.)
• Prefer a Master’s degree in a manufacturing-related field
• Six sigma-related certification – Black Belt, Green Belt, etc.