Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

Lean Six Sigma (LSS) Black Belts (BBs) are leaders who work to change the way people think and the organization's norms, systems, and processes in pursuit of continuous improvement (CI). They use technical and interpersonal skills to solve complex problems. Black Belts drive change in the projects and programs they lead, and they exercise finesse and are enthusiastic and influential change agents.

In addition, they are master communicators in their roles as leaders, mentors, and trainers. Their roles and responsibilities include the following:

• Leadership - Leads Value Stream Element Team (VSET) deployments and complex technical and business improvement projects for organizations across the site(s). Integrates efforts of multiple organizations, often with conflicting goals, to accomplish objectives. Uses relational & performance-based leadership skills. Provides direction to project team members and coaches champions.
• Project Management - Manages and executes projects and programs with a high amount of autonomy from the conceptual stages through issue validation, analysis and planning, and solution implementation. May use advanced mathematics, statistics, and querying methods to develop solutions. Performs uncertainty and risk analysis, manages team performance, reports progress, and initiates action to ensure objectives and schedules are met. Develops tools, practices, and policies to analyze, report, and promote CI in a program framework.
  
  Develops management and operating systems and program governance to control implementation. Develops audits of program and policy compliance. May design processes/solutions using data visualization and communications, analysis, and modeling to enable informed technical and business decisions.
• Communication & Stakeholder Interaction - Presents technical and business information to technical and non-technical audiences, and to internal & external customers. Communicates with employees at all levels of the company. Projects typically have executive level sponsorship and include participation from organizations and resources across both sites and external stakeholders.
• Enterprise Impact - Uses a systems approach to address improvement actions by considering issues, risks, costs, and schedule. Defines technical strategies and provides insight on how to effectively prioritize and manage them. Develops tools, dashboards, and queries to monitor and improve performance. Participates in long-range strategic improvement planning with programs, technical, and functional organizations with impacts on Business Area Plans and Business Operating Plan.
  
  Provides recommendations to local customers and federal sponsors in guiding program strategies and implementation funding priorities. Collaborates in Nuclear Security Enterprise (NSE) inter-site activities for best practices (e.g., Savannah River, Kansas City, Sandia) and complex improvements.
• Subject Matter Expertise (SME) - Acts as an SME for LSS methodologies and tools, which may include but are not limited to:
  Project scoping & chartering, Metric development and data collection, Process and value stream mapping, Fishbone diagram, fault trees, and event trees (causal analysis), Failure modes and effects analysis (risk analysis), XY matrix (cause & effect matrix), Process modeling and simulation, Lean tools (e.g., 5S, 8 waste, pull, flow), Inferential statistics (confidence intervals, sample size), Theory of constraints, Plan-Do-Check-Act, A3, and Toyota Business Practice.
• Teaching - Teaches CI Essentials, CI for Enabling Leaders, and enrichment session classes. On the job trains VSET Leaders through deployment.

Location: Oak Ridge, TN

Job Title: Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

Career Level: Senior Specialist

Job Specialty: High Risk Analysis

• Meaningful work and unique opportunities to support missions vital to national and global security
• Top-notch, dedicated colleagues
• Generous pay and benefits with a stable organization
• Career advancement and professional development programs
• Work-life balance fostered through flexible work options and wellness initiatives

• BS in Engineering, Chemistry, Computer Science, Mathematics, or Physics:
  Minimum 7 years of relevant experience. (Typical engineering/science experience ranges from 10 to 15 years.)
• OR MS in Engineering, Chemistry, Computer Science, Mathematics, or Physics:
  Minimum 5 years of relevant experience.
• OR PhD in Engineering, Chemistry, Computer Science, Mathematics, or Physics:
  Minimum 2 years of relevant experience.
• If candidate is already certified as a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, they will undergo evaluation of expected skills and a training plan will be developed as needed.
• If candidate is not yet certified as a LSS BB, the candidate will train in lean methodology and work lean assignments for a designated time frame. Following their lean training and proficiency period, the candidate will be evaluated in order to advance with the Six Sigma Black Belt certification.…