Manager, Continuous Improvementns
Job Location:
Charlotte, NC - USA
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Job Summary
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What is the Opportunity
Reporting directly to the Associate Director Commercial Operations the Manager Continuous Improvement is responsible for ensuring the Aecon Commercial Operations team supports Aecon US business operations for driving operational excellence across the organization by identifying prioritizing and leading process improvement initiatives that increase efficiency consistency and value delivery. This role partners closely with Commercial Operations field teams and technology leaders to improve how work gets donewhile ensuring improvements are practical measurable and sustainable. The ideal candidate is both analytical and handson: someone who can diagnose root causes facilitate change coach teams and embed a culture of continuous improvement across the business.
Citizenship Requirement:
This position requires access to nuclear facilities and information governed by U.S. federal regulations. As a result applicants must be U.S. citizens to meet eligibility and security clearance requirements.
What Youll Do Here:
- Lead the identification prioritization and execution of continuous improvement initiatives across estimating contracts procurement compliance and related functions
- Translate business challenges into structured improvement efforts using Lean Six Sigma or similar methodologies
- Develop improvement roadmaps aligned with strategic objectives and operational capacity
- Ensure improvements are scalable repeatable and aligned with enterprise standards
- Facilitate currentstate assessments value stream mapping root cause analysis and futurestate design
- Reduce cycle time rework variation and manual effort across key commercial processes
- Partner with Solution Architects to ensure process improvements are properly documented and standardized
- Validate that improved processes are aligned with system capabilities and controls
- Define success metrics and KPIs for improvement initiatives
- Track performance improvements and quantify benefits (cost savings time savings risk reduction)
- Report progress outcomes and risks to leadership in a clear and actionable manner
- Ensure sustained adoption and performance postimplementation
- Coach and support business leaders and teams in continuous improvement practices
- Lead workshops Kaizen events and problemsolving sessions
- Promote a culture of accountability datadriven decisionmaking and continuous learning
- Support training and enablement efforts tied to new processes and tools
- Partner with Program Managers to align improvement initiatives with broader transformation efforts
- Collaborate with IT and system owners on processdriven technology enhancements
- Serve as a trusted advisor to operations finance and leadership teams
- Balance enterprise standardization with field and operational realities
What You Bring to the Team:
- Bachelors degree in Business Operations Engineering Construction Management or related field
- 610 years of experience in continuous improvement operational excellence or business transformation
- Demonstrated success leading crossfunctional process improvement initiatives
- Strong understanding of commercial or projectbased operations
- Excellent facilitation communication and stakeholder management skills
- Structured problemsolving and analytical thinking
- Strong facilitation and influence skills
- Bias toward action and measurable outcomes
- Ability to simplify complexity and drive alignment
- High ownership resilience and followthrough
Nice to Have:
- Lean Six Sigma (Green Belt or Black Belt) or equivalent certification
- Experience in construction engineering EPC or capitalintensive industries
- Familiarity with estimating procurement contracts and compliance workflows
- Experience supporting ERP or enterprise system improvements
- Experience working in regulated or federally governed environments
Aecon fosters belonging within and across our organization. We consider all applicants for positions without regard to race color religion sex national origin age mental or physical disabilities veteran status and all other characteristics protected by law.
We are committed to adhering to the objectives and requirements outlined in the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and to meeting the accessibility needs of persons with disabilities in a timely manner through the implementation of the requirements of the EEOC and its applicable regulations. Appropriate accommodation under the EEOC will be provided upon request throughout the interview and hiring process.
Required Experience:
Manager
