Operational Excellence Manager; Precast Concrete - Central Region

Operational Excellence Manager (Precast Concrete) - Central Region

Mansfield, TX, US, 76063

Oldcastle Infrastructure

Job

Exempt

Oldcastle Infrastructure™, a CRH company, is the leading provider of utility infrastructure solutions for the water, energy, and communications markets throughout North America. We’re more than just a manufacturer of precast concrete, polymer concrete, or plastic products. We’re a trusted and strategic partner to engineers, contractors, distributors, specifiers, and more. With our network of more than 80 manufacturing facilities and more than 4,000 employees, we’re leading the industry with innovation and a safety‑first mindset.

This position will be a key resource in developing and completing manufacturing process improvement projects, including lean manufacturing implementation and capital improvement projects at locations in the Central Region. These improvement projects will increase profitability, throughput, and quality; improving the Region’s competitive position. This person should be self‑motivated and able to work effectively in a decentralized and matrixed team environment. This position will work closely with Production, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, and Environmental Health and Safety.

This is a remote position that can be located in any state in the central region near an airport.

• Develop, evaluate and improve production methods utilizing lean tools, knowledge of product design, materials and parts, tooling and production equipment capabilities, process methods, and quality control standards
• Help identify opportunities for significant improvement at Regional locations by working with operations and/or sales teams to understand opportunities to apply lean process improvement initiatives and/or capital investment to improve profitability and competitive advantage
• Provide oversight and guidance, planning, training and mentoring to plant‑level teams executing lean process improvement activities
• Drive manufacturing process change through active hands‑on communication and coordination with plant‑level teams
• Optimize plant layout and flow to reduce inefficiencies and reduce costs
• Oversee and lead plant improvement workshops to identify, diagnose and address bottlenecks and inefficiencies in production processes
• Provide training on kaizen, 5S and lean tools and techniques
• Provide follow‑up and tracking to ensure identified improvement opportunities are completed as planned
• Translate operational needs into project requirements and specifications
• Force rank improvement opportunities – develop and implement project analysis techniques and processes to select opportunities that optimize the following desired attributes:
  Profit impact, Time to complete, Complexity, Risk, Cost to Implement

• Establish close working relationships with manufacturing personnel to ensure safety, quality, and productivity requirements are met by providing technical training and technical assistance
• Facilitate communication forums for plant‑based subject matter experts and provide technical assistance to plant management and engineering staff who will manage non‑major projects
• Ensure that the policies, practices, and equipment running in plants comply the Operational Excellence framework and best practices
• Identify and manage innovation opportunities for operations
• Lead preparation of assigned capital project white papers and scopes in cooperation with local and business leadership teams
• Administer standards for next‑level plant design that support long‑term commercial strategies
• Lead hyper care of large capital projects to ensure a seamless transition into plant operations
• Identify and support sustainability opportunities inside operations
• Work with Engineering, Operations, Safety, Quality on new equipment LOTO procedures and practices
• Develop and execute standard processes to evaluate, procure, assess, and install new plant equipment
• Conduct operational audits as requested by your manager

• 3+ years of manufacturing experience
• In depth knowledge and practical experience applying lean manufacturing methodologies to support…