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Operational Excellence and Human Performance Consultant

Vistra

Job Location:

Newton, MA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer

Posted: 31 May 2026 (30+ days ago)

Application Deadline: 28 August 2026

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

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Job Summary

If you have what it takes to become part of the Vistra family and would like to start a promising career with a global leader take a look at the exciting employment opportunities that are currently available and apply online.

Job Summary

The Operational Excellence (OE) and Human Performance (HP) Consultant is a leader in Vistras continuous improvement strategy.
The OE & HP Consultant will be a subject matter expert in Human Performance Lean Thinking Influence/coaching and other improvement methods/strategies.
Work closely with both site and Corp leadership to ensure successful implementation of OE/HP strategies.
Support leaders in identifying and delivering cross functional cost reduction initiatives often leading improvement-focused teams.
Assist in the development refinement and implementation of training tools and other strategies for improving human and organizational performance across the fleet.
Lead learning from events in order to improve and prevent recurrence.
Act as a conduit of information up and down the org chart to improve understanding position and how it fits into the organization

Job Description

**Pay grade and salary will be determined by education and experience. Location is flexible to any Vistra location in the North East area.**

Key Accountabilities

Work closely with the OE team and leaders to lead Human Performance and Operational Excellence efforts.

Plan deploy and maintain a culture of learning agility and Continuous Improvement.

Lead Operational Learning & Continuous Improvement efforts to improve reliability/safety/costs.

Coordinate with OE team and leaders to ensure all employees have the training practice encouragement modeling coaching and reinforcement to effectively deploy OE and HP tools tactics strategies and philosophies.

Continuously focus on the most up-to-date thinking/practices/research in OE and HP constantly enhancing subject matter expertise.

Assist leadership in engagement of all employees to sustain continuous improvement.

Monitor and communicate progress of KPIs associated with OE and HP.

Provide leadership / mentoring / training to all levels of the business on the use and practice a variety of HOP/Lean tools creating a culture of continuous improvement.

Conduct assessment of the OPI & HOP programs through independent audits.

Assist in the development improvement and delivery of OE and HP training for all levels of the organization.

Conduct Learning Teams process improvement and problem-solving events

Education Experience & Skill Requirements

Bachelors Degree in HRD Psychology OD Industrial Engineering or related field is preferred

Minimum of 3 years experience in Human Performance Improvement Organizational Development and/or Process Improvement.

Professional certifications desired: RCA Just Culture Influencer Lean/Six Sigma etc.

Strong mentoring training and coaching skills.

Must be a superior communicator with small and large groups of varying seniority across multiple organizations.

Experience in power generation highly preferred and will be considered in lieu of education and experience

Key Metrics

I $50 million initiatives (OPI) - Significant Human Error Event Rate - Yearly Human Performance Assessments - Cultural survey outcomes - Bottom line impact of reduced human effort events

Job Family

Plant Operations

Company

Luminant Generation Company LLC

Locations

Kincaid Illinois

Illinois

We are a company of people committed to: Exceeding Customer Expectations Great People Teamwork Competitive Spirit and Effective Communication. If this describes you then apply today!

If you currently work for Vistra or its subsidiaries please apply via the internal career site.

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Required Experience:

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