Operational Excellence Leader
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Job Location:
Parsippany, NJ - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 110100 - 183300
Posted on:
23 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Job Description Summary
Vernova PurposeCome and join our powerful unified force with the energy to change the world.
Our mission is BIG. Our TRANSFORMATION is key bringing the right businesses together to LEAD the ENERGY TRANSITION. Our TEAM is ready.
What impact youll make
As the Operations Excellence Leader for Metem in Parsippany NJ you will be responsible for driving world-class performance across the manufacturing facility with a primary focus on Safety Quality Delivery and Cost (SQDC)in that order. This role leads continuous improvement initiatives builds a strong performance culture and partners with operations engineering quality and materials teams to ensure safe reliable and efficient manufacturing operations.
The ideal candidate is a hands-on leader who uses data structured problem-solving and lean principles to deliver sustainable results while developing people and strengthening standard work.
Job Description
What youll do
- Champion a zero-injury culture and ensure safety is never compromised for production or cost.
- Lead and support safety risk assessments incident investigations and corrective actions.
- Drive proactive safety programs including behavior-based safety near-miss reporting and hazard elimination and Built In Safety daily management.
- Ensure compliance with all regulatory corporate and site-specific safety requirements.
- Coach leaders and operators on safe work practices and safety leadership behaviors.
- Lead initiatives to improve product and process quality first-pass yield performance and defect reduction (work towards Zero-Defect culture).
- Support 4D and 8D root cause analysis (e.g. A3 5-Why Fishbone) for internal and customer quality issues.
- Strengthen process control standard work and error-proofing (poka-yoke).
- Partner with Quality and Engineering to ensure robust process capability and continuous improvement.
- Improve on-time delivery performance by stabilizing and optimizing manufacturing processes.
- Identify and eliminate constraints bottlenecks and sources of variation affecting throughput.
- Support production planning scheduling and flow improvements (single piece flow) to meet customer demand.
- Drive daily management systems that highlight delivery risks and enable fast problem resolution.
- Deploy and sustain lean manufacturing principles (e.g. 5S Kaizen Value Stream Mapping SMED TPM).
- Lead cross-functional improvement projects aligned with site and business objectives.
- Establish and maintain visual management KPIs and daily tiered accountability processes.
- Coach and develop leaders and teams in problem-solving and continuous improvement capabilities.
- Ensure improvements are standardized sustained and audited over time.
- Lead waste elimination efforts across labor materials scrap and rework.
- Drive productivity improvements through lean manufacturing standard work and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE).
- Support cost-reduction initiatives while ensuring safety and quality are not compromised.
- Track and validate financial benefits from improvement projects.
What youll bring (Basic Qualifications)
- Bachelors degree in Engineering Operations Manufacturing or related field (preferred).
- 2 years of experience in manufacturing operations continuous improvement or operational excellence.
Eligibility Requirements:
This role requires use of technical data subject to U.S. Government export restrictions and this posting is only for U.S. Persons (U.S. Citizens lawful permanent residents and protected individuals (e.g. certain refugees and asylees)). GE will require proof of status prior to employment
What will make you stand out
- Lean Six Sigma or similar certification.
- Experience in high-volume or complex manufacturing environments.
- Track record of delivering measurable SQDC improvements. have completed your CMRP certification
- Strong working knowledge of lean manufacturing and structured problem-solving methodologies.
- Proven ability to influence without authority and lead cross-functional teams.
- Demonstrated commitment to safety-first leadership.
- Strong analytical communication and change management skills.
This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. If applicable final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.
Additional Information
GE Vernova offers a great work environment professional development challenging careers and competitive compensation. GE Vernova is anEqual Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race color religion national or ethnic origin sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression age disability protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
GE Vernova will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).
Relocation Assistance Provided: No
Key Skills
- Computer Science
- Operational Risk Management
- Risk Management
- Six Sigma
- Continuous Improvement
- Lean
- Process Improvement
- Pricing
- Customer Support
- Alteryx
- Kaizen
- Project Management Lifecycle
About Company
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