Continuous Improvement Transactional Specialist

CECO Environmental is a global leader in providing sustainable solutions for industrial air, water, and energy transition. Since 1966, we’ve been addressing the world’s most pressing environmental challenges. Our mission is to protect people, the environment, and industrial equipment, making a tangible impact across industries like renewable energy, semiconductor manufacturing, power generation, and water treatment. As a purpose-driven company, we foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and integrity, ensuring that every project we undertake creates lasting positive change.

At CECO, you’ll be part of a growing, dynamic team committed to a cleaner, safer, and more sustainable future.

We are proud to share that CECO was named one of Newsweek’s America’s Greatest Companies for 2025 and that Forbes recognized CECO as one of America’s Most Successful Small‑Cap Companies for 2026, marking our third consecutive year on the Forbes list. CECO Environmental is a publicly traded company on the NASDAQ under the ticker CECO, reflecting our strong growth, financial performance, and commitment to delivering value to shareholders.

As part of the CECO corporate team, you will play a key role in supporting the continued growth and success of our global family of brands. Whether working in finance, HR, IT, accounting, marketing, or another corporate function, your expertise will help drive efficiency and innovation across our organization. By joining CECO, you’ll be part of a company committed to protecting the environment and enhancing industrial operations, all while fostering a collaborative and purpose-driven work environment.

The Continuous Improvement Specialist – Transactional applies Lean and continuous improvement methods to the business processes that support CECO Environmental's manufacturing operations. Rather than focusing on the production floor, this role targets transactional processes such as quoting, order entry, procurement, scheduling, and invoicing. The specialist identifies waste, reduces cycle times and errors, standardizes work, and builds continuous improvement capability within office and support teams, delivering measurable improvements in efficiency, accuracy, and customer responsiveness.

• Map current- and future-state transactional processes, such as quote-to-order, order-to-cash, and procure-to-pay, using value stream mapping and process mapping.
• Identify, scope, and prioritize improvement opportunities based on business impact and required effort, in alignment with the Senior Manager, Lean & Continuous Improvement.
• Plan, facilitate, and follow up on transactional kaizen events and improvement workshops with cross-functional teams.
• Analyze process data to identify waste, delays, rework, and error drivers, and apply structured problem-solving methods such as A3, 5 Whys, and DMAIC.
• Develop and implement standard work, visual management, and office 5S to sustain improvements.
• Define and track process performance metrics, such as cycle time, error rates, and on-time performance, build reporting tools, and validate the operational and financial results of completed projects.
• Partner with Customer Service, Sales, Supply Chain, Finance, Engineering, and Operations to align improvement projects with business priorities.
• Train and coach employees on Lean tools and transactional problem solving, and support change management so improvements are adopted and sustained.
• Identify opportunities for process automation and system improvements, and partner with IT and business systems teams on implementation.

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in continuous improvement, operational excellence, or business process improvement,…