Sr. Continuous Improvement Manager

Building the people that build the world.

With platforms in HVAC and Detection and Measurement, SPX Technologies builds innovative solutions that enable a safer, more efficient, sustainable world. Through our RiSE talent development framework, we Reach, Identify, Strengthen, and Engage our employees to support them in their continued development. We’re a global company of problem solvers, collaborators, and innovators, and our businesses build solutions that impact the world.

As part of HVAC Cooling, SPX Cooling Technologies is a leader in high quality industrial HVAC equipment used to cool large facilities like hospitals, data centers, and power plants. With cooling towers, fans, and refrigeration units, companies rely on brands like Marley, Recold, and SGS to provide comfort and mission critical and industrial cooling solutions.

How you will make an Impact (Job Summary)

SPX is a diverse t eam of unique individuals who all make an impact. As The Lean & Continuous Improvement Leader is responsible for developing, deploying, and sustaining the Lean operating system across the Cooling business. This leader will partner with operations and functional leadership to build the capabilities, processes, and problem-solving culture required to safely support growth while improving quality, delivery, productivity, cost, inventory, and customer experience.

This role requires a highly visible, hands‑on Lean leader who is equally comfortable on the manufacturing floor coaching frontline teams and working with senior leaders to establish strategy and priorities. The successful candidate will go beyond leading individual improvement projects and will build sustainable Lean capability throughout the organization.

A primary objective of the role is to push problem solving and continuous improvement deeper into the organization by developing leaders and employees who can identify waste, understand root causes, implement countermeasures, and sustain improvements without dependence on the Continuous Improvement function.

The leader will establish and reinforce mastery of Lean fundamentals including daily management, leader standard work, visual management, standard work, 5S, value stream mapping, flow, pull, Kaizen, structured problem solving, and waste elimination. The role will also help the organization use Lean principles to unlock capacity and support growth while minimizing unnecessary increases in cost, inventory, complexity, and capital.

What you can expect in this role (Job Responsibilities)

While each day brings new opportunities at SPX, your core responsibilities will be:

• Develop and execute the Lean / CI strategy aligned with business growth and operational priorities.
• Partner with site and functional leaders to identify the largest opportunities affecting safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity, inventory, and capacity.
• Establish and mature a common Lean operating system across manufacturing locations.
• Establish common problem‑solving methodologies utilizing PDCA, A3 thinking, root‑cause analysis, 5‑Why, Pareto analysis, fishbone analysis, and other appropriate methods.
• Lead improvements in factory layout, product flow, line balancing, bottleneck identification and mitigation, labor utilization, material presentation, and production routing.
• Establish a disciplined Kaizen process focused on the highest‑value operational opportunities.
• Lead and coach cross‑functional teams through improvement events and longer‑term transformation initiatives.
• Implement follow‑up mechanisms to verify that improvements are sustained.
• Serve as a teacher, coach, and role model for ops leadership throughout the organization.
• Develop site leaders, supervisors, functional leaders, and frontline employees in Lean thinking, CI…