Operational Excellence Engineer

The Operational Excellence Engineer is responsible for driving continuous improvement and elevating operational performance across the site. You will lead initiatives that improve safety quality delivery cost and sustainability through structured problem-solving standardization data-driven decision-making and effective change management.

You will be onsite in Oak Creek WI and will report to the Operational Excellence Leader. PPG offers excellent Medical Dental & Vision Benefits; matching 401k retirement savings; and Paid Vacation Holiday pay.

Responsibilities:

• Lead Lean and continuous improvement initiatives across the site
• Apply Lean tools such as A3 root cause analysis 5S visual management flow and pull systems
• Drive process standardization and sustain daily management systems (KPIs visual controls routines)
• Facilitate kaizen events value stream mapping and cross-functional workshops
• Partner with Operations Maintenance Engineering Quality Supply Chain and EHS teams
• Train and mentor employees on Lean principles and problem-solving methods
• Support change management and sustain operational improvements
• Track and communicate performance metrics and improvement results

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Engineering Operations Business or related field
• 5 years of manufacturing operations engineering or continuous improvement experience
• Strong experience with Lean methodologies and structured problem-solving
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
• Ability to influence teams and work closely with operations
• Proficient in Excel; Power BI experience is a plus

About us:

PPG: WE PROTECT AND BEAUTIFY THE WORLD

Through leadership in innovation sustainability and color PPG helps customers in industrial transportation consumer products and construction markets and aftermarkets to enhance more surfaces in more ways thandoes any other company. To learn more visit and follow @PPG onX.

The PPG Way 2030

We are customer champions

Proactive. Bold. Trustworthy. Everything we do starts with our customers. We listen movefastanddontstop until we solve their biggest challenges. When our customers win we all grow.

We act with purpose and speed

Agile. Data-driven. Empowered. We take smart risks to stay ahead of the competition. We work proactively with agility using quality data to develop solutions that create value.

We are excellentoperators

Productive. Collaborative. Accountable. No matter our role weidentifyproblems takeownershipand always bring solutions. We are both proactive and responsive to drive continuous improvement and deliver results. We support ourfrontlinethe faces of PPG to our customers.

We compete to win

Future-focused. Driven. Ambitious. We are passionate about growing our business and winning with our customers. We deliver results embrace newtechnologiesand leverage agility and speed as strengths.

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Strong. United. Passionate. We work safely act withintegrityand value our diverse perspectives. We celebrate achievements and take pride in the positive impact we create together to protect and beautify the world.

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