Location: Oak Ridge TN
Job Title: Process Improvement Manager
Career Level:Manager
Job Specialty: High Risk Analysis
What Youll Do
The Performance Improvement team within the Performance Assurance organization sponsors deployment of the Continuous Improvement (CI) Program provides skilled continuous improvement facilitation analyzes high-risk systems and provides data analytics and visualization. The purpose of performance improvement is to provide the framework and processes to drive an enduring self-sustaining culture where all members of the workforce are fully engaged and empowered to continually solve problems and improve work processes. Additionally the team strengthens the use of data analytics to improve understanding of what has happened (descriptive analytics) why it happened (diagnostic analytics) and what may happen (predictive analytics). Performance Improvement evaluates high-risk systems programs processes activities etc. to identify performance vulnerabilities/gaps and make programmatic recommendations to mitigate. The Performance Improvement Manager is responsible for developing and managing a subset of the Y-12 Performance Improvement staff leading improvement program deployment at Y-12 and collaborating with the Contractor Assurance and Performance Assurance leadership teams on strategy and structure.
- Partner with the Y-12 Performance Improvement Director to strengthen and sustain the continuous improvement culture at Y-12 while achieving long-term safe secure and efficient site mission performance.
- Provide leadership technical direction and oversight for Black Belt staff. Responsible for training developing monitoring performance and ensuring goals are met.
- Scope Y-12 improvement initiatives and consulting needs. Advise on strategic direction project selection and resource allocation.
- Provide consistent support updates and feedback for projects. Monitor velocity and return on investment/risk burndown. Ensure CIPitory data integrity.
- Provide proposals cost estimates schedules and related documents to meet customer and organizational needs.
- Coordinate with customers/stakeholders and management on a wide range of technical issues requirements and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Support Escalation Value Stream Element Teams (VSETs) and Value Stream Organizations (VSOs).
- Support CI training for the Y-12 workforce including Continuous Improvement Essentials (CIE) and Continuous Improvement for Enabling Leaders (CIEL).
- Mentor VSET leads and CI leaders to facilitate continuous improvement activity and develop a sustainable CI culture.
- Ensure high quality Black Belt training and certification.
- Maintain proficiency in the latest CI and Systems Analysis approaches.
- Anticipate/meet/exceed customer expectations by solving problems quickly and effectively.
- Adhere to all safety/health rules and regulations; comply/follow all procedures within the company security and ethics policies.
What You Can Expect
- Meaningful work and unique opportunities to support missions vital to national and global security
- Top-notch dedicated colleagues
- Generous pay and benefits with a stable organization
- Career advancement and professional development programs
- Work-life balance fostered through flexible work options and wellness initiatives
Minimum Job Requirements
- Bachelors or Masters degree in Engineering Chemistry Computer Science Mathematics or Physics: Minimum 7 years of relevant experience.
- Experienced in the fundamentals and principles of Lean Manufacturing Six Sigma and Industrial/Systems Engineering.
- Experienced with adult learning practices and techniques.
- Experienced in change management project management and financial management.
- Excellent leadership skills with ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations.
- Project and facilitation experience in a heavily matrixed environment.
- Ability to build coalitions across the enterprise including the NNSA customer to achieve common goals and enable mission.
- Business acumen to effectively manage human resources working with internal customers to prioritize support efforts financial performance and information resources.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to make clear and convincing oral presentations to individuals groups and executives. Ability to express facts and ideas in writing in a clear convincing and organized manner.
Preferred Job Requirements
- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification by recognized organizations in the industry (e.g. ASQ Gemba Academy higher education institution CNS or parent company).
- Prior management experience.
- Experience leading change in a heavily regulated environment.
Why Y-12
You get #morethanajob. We encourage employees to achieve a healthy personal balance among home work and the community. One of the ways we embrace work-life balance is by offering flexible work arrangements that provide alternatives to the traditional workweek while still meeting business needs. Top talent and personal commitment mean more to our success than any other factors so we reward our people with the kinds of benefits that make a positive difference in the quality of their lives. Benefits such as: medical plan prescription drug plan vision plan dental plan employer matched 401(k) savings plan disability coverage education reimbursement and many more. Want to stay healthy and fit but hate the cost of a gym membership Take advantage of one of our onsite workout facilities and eat healthy in our onsite cafeterias. Much more than a workplace at Y-12 you can build a career that lasts a lifetime.
Notes
The minimum education and experience for the lowest career level in the job posting range are listed under Minimum Job Requirements. Successful candidates hired into a higher career level than the minimum in the range must meet the requirements listed in the job leveling charts for the career level into which they are being hired.
If a range of Career Levels is posted i.e. Senior Associate to Senior Specialist internal applicants already in one of the Career Levels would come across at their current Career Level. Internal applicants currently in a lower level Career Level would move to the lowest posted Career Level.
Requires a Q clearance; however all qualified candidates will be considered regardless of their current clearance status. The ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Energy Q clearance is required.
This position may require entry into the Material Access Areas (MAA) and participation in the Human Reliability Program (10 C.F.R. Part 712) which requires successful competition of a DOE counterintelligence evaluation and may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.
This position may be categorized as a designated position identified by 10 C.F.R. Part 709 requiring successful completion of a DOE counterintelligence evaluation that may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.
CNS is a drug-free workplace. Candidates accepting a job offer will be required to pass a pre-placement physical drug screening and background investigation. As an employee you may be required to receive and maintain a security clearance from the United States Department of Energy in order to meet eligibility requirements for access to sensitive information or matter. U.S. citizenship is a requirement for security clearance applicants. All employees are subject to being randomly selected for drug testing without advance notification.
CNS is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on merit and without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation national origin protected veteran status or disability.
Required Experience:
Manager
Location: Oak Ridge TNJob Title: Process Improvement ManagerCareer Level:ManagerJob Specialty: High Risk AnalysisWhat Youll Do The Performance Improvement team within the Performance Assurance organization sponsors deployment of the Continuous Improvement (CI) Program provides skilled continuous imp...
Location: Oak Ridge TN
Job Title: Process Improvement Manager
Career Level:Manager
Job Specialty: High Risk Analysis
What Youll Do
The Performance Improvement team within the Performance Assurance organization sponsors deployment of the Continuous Improvement (CI) Program provides skilled continuous improvement facilitation analyzes high-risk systems and provides data analytics and visualization. The purpose of performance improvement is to provide the framework and processes to drive an enduring self-sustaining culture where all members of the workforce are fully engaged and empowered to continually solve problems and improve work processes. Additionally the team strengthens the use of data analytics to improve understanding of what has happened (descriptive analytics) why it happened (diagnostic analytics) and what may happen (predictive analytics). Performance Improvement evaluates high-risk systems programs processes activities etc. to identify performance vulnerabilities/gaps and make programmatic recommendations to mitigate. The Performance Improvement Manager is responsible for developing and managing a subset of the Y-12 Performance Improvement staff leading improvement program deployment at Y-12 and collaborating with the Contractor Assurance and Performance Assurance leadership teams on strategy and structure.
- Partner with the Y-12 Performance Improvement Director to strengthen and sustain the continuous improvement culture at Y-12 while achieving long-term safe secure and efficient site mission performance.
- Provide leadership technical direction and oversight for Black Belt staff. Responsible for training developing monitoring performance and ensuring goals are met.
- Scope Y-12 improvement initiatives and consulting needs. Advise on strategic direction project selection and resource allocation.
- Provide consistent support updates and feedback for projects. Monitor velocity and return on investment/risk burndown. Ensure CIPitory data integrity.
- Provide proposals cost estimates schedules and related documents to meet customer and organizational needs.
- Coordinate with customers/stakeholders and management on a wide range of technical issues requirements and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Support Escalation Value Stream Element Teams (VSETs) and Value Stream Organizations (VSOs).
- Support CI training for the Y-12 workforce including Continuous Improvement Essentials (CIE) and Continuous Improvement for Enabling Leaders (CIEL).
- Mentor VSET leads and CI leaders to facilitate continuous improvement activity and develop a sustainable CI culture.
- Ensure high quality Black Belt training and certification.
- Maintain proficiency in the latest CI and Systems Analysis approaches.
- Anticipate/meet/exceed customer expectations by solving problems quickly and effectively.
- Adhere to all safety/health rules and regulations; comply/follow all procedures within the company security and ethics policies.
What You Can Expect
- Meaningful work and unique opportunities to support missions vital to national and global security
- Top-notch dedicated colleagues
- Generous pay and benefits with a stable organization
- Career advancement and professional development programs
- Work-life balance fostered through flexible work options and wellness initiatives
Minimum Job Requirements
- Bachelors or Masters degree in Engineering Chemistry Computer Science Mathematics or Physics: Minimum 7 years of relevant experience.
- Experienced in the fundamentals and principles of Lean Manufacturing Six Sigma and Industrial/Systems Engineering.
- Experienced with adult learning practices and techniques.
- Experienced in change management project management and financial management.
- Excellent leadership skills with ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations.
- Project and facilitation experience in a heavily matrixed environment.
- Ability to build coalitions across the enterprise including the NNSA customer to achieve common goals and enable mission.
- Business acumen to effectively manage human resources working with internal customers to prioritize support efforts financial performance and information resources.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to make clear and convincing oral presentations to individuals groups and executives. Ability to express facts and ideas in writing in a clear convincing and organized manner.
Preferred Job Requirements
- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification by recognized organizations in the industry (e.g. ASQ Gemba Academy higher education institution CNS or parent company).
- Prior management experience.
- Experience leading change in a heavily regulated environment.
Why Y-12
You get #morethanajob. We encourage employees to achieve a healthy personal balance among home work and the community. One of the ways we embrace work-life balance is by offering flexible work arrangements that provide alternatives to the traditional workweek while still meeting business needs. Top talent and personal commitment mean more to our success than any other factors so we reward our people with the kinds of benefits that make a positive difference in the quality of their lives. Benefits such as: medical plan prescription drug plan vision plan dental plan employer matched 401(k) savings plan disability coverage education reimbursement and many more. Want to stay healthy and fit but hate the cost of a gym membership Take advantage of one of our onsite workout facilities and eat healthy in our onsite cafeterias. Much more than a workplace at Y-12 you can build a career that lasts a lifetime.
Notes
The minimum education and experience for the lowest career level in the job posting range are listed under Minimum Job Requirements. Successful candidates hired into a higher career level than the minimum in the range must meet the requirements listed in the job leveling charts for the career level into which they are being hired.
If a range of Career Levels is posted i.e. Senior Associate to Senior Specialist internal applicants already in one of the Career Levels would come across at their current Career Level. Internal applicants currently in a lower level Career Level would move to the lowest posted Career Level.
Requires a Q clearance; however all qualified candidates will be considered regardless of their current clearance status. The ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Energy Q clearance is required.
This position may require entry into the Material Access Areas (MAA) and participation in the Human Reliability Program (10 C.F.R. Part 712) which requires successful competition of a DOE counterintelligence evaluation and may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.
This position may be categorized as a designated position identified by 10 C.F.R. Part 709 requiring successful completion of a DOE counterintelligence evaluation that may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.
CNS is a drug-free workplace. Candidates accepting a job offer will be required to pass a pre-placement physical drug screening and background investigation. As an employee you may be required to receive and maintain a security clearance from the United States Department of Energy in order to meet eligibility requirements for access to sensitive information or matter. U.S. citizenship is a requirement for security clearance applicants. All employees are subject to being randomly selected for drug testing without advance notification.
CNS is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on merit and without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation national origin protected veteran status or disability.
Required Experience:
Manager
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