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Director, Operational Excellence & Advanced Engineering

  • Remote, United States
  • Lead
  • Posted 7 days ago
In one line

Lead lean manufacturing and advanced engineering across a multi-site manufacturer, reporting to the COO and working closely with plant managers.

About the role

Ownership covers the strategies and standards for lean, continuous improvement, automation, process engineering and asset reliability. The goal is step-change gains in uptime, process control and capital efficiency, not just incremental lean wins.

At a glance

Pay
Not stated in the posting
Remote scope
Remote, United States
Seniority
Lead
Skills
Lean, Six Sigma, DMAIC, Value stream mapping, Statistical process control, CMMS, OEE
Posted
28 Oct 2026
Last checked
3 Nov 2026

What you will do

  • Build and run a multi-site operational excellence roadmap covering lean, kaizen, value stream mapping and waste reduction
  • Embed DMAIC, root-cause problem solving and error-proofing, coaching teams to hold onto the gains
  • Lead strategy for automation, tooling, equipment upgrades and maintenance and reliability standards

What they look for

  • Experience leading lean and continuous improvement across several manufacturing sites
  • Track record in process engineering, statistical process control and reliability or maintenance programmes
  • Ability to set enterprise standards while respecting what each site needs
  • Skill at coaching plant teams and verifying that improvements actually pay off

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What experience is needed?

It is a lead role. The posting asks for: experience leading lean and continuous improvement across several manufacturing sites; track record in process engineering, statistical process control and reliability or maintenance programmes; ability to set enterprise standards while respecting what each site needs. Skills it names include Lean, Six Sigma, DMAIC, Value stream mapping.

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