Continuous Improvement Lead

The Community You Will Join

At Aalberts Integrated Piping Systems, we recognize the importance of providing our employees with a good work environment, exceptional leadership, and excellent benefits package.

Reporting directly to the Plant Manager, the CI Leader acts as a role model and serves as a champion for successful and sustained Lean implementation. This position requires a leader that can facilitate and drive change in a fast‑paced and ever‑changing environment leveraging strong interpersonal and influencing skills. This high‑energy person should enjoy hands‑on participation and be able to develop and coach others in the principles, practices, tools, and techniques of Lean/CI.

• Coach and mentor managers, supervisors, and shop‑floor employees on Lean/CI principles, practices, and tools to positively impact Safety, Quality, Deliver, Cost, and Innovation.
• Recognize and articulate current problems, gaps, and opportunities, and leverage them to build creative tension and compel the organization toward action.
• Act as a change agent to drive a problem‑solving, continuous‑improvement, and continuous‑learning culture. Further develop the CI culture in the organization by promoting its success and serving as an advocate for further adoption.
• Lead and facilitate Kaizen events and other continuous‑improvement activities to achieve measurable improvements in SQDCI. Identify, track, and report metrics to demonstrate the positive results achieved through continuous‑improvement efforts.
• Serve as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for problem‑solving and root‑cause analysis. Coach, guide, lead, and enhance capability for problem‑solving activities as necessary to determine root causes and implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Help identify new projects through value‑stream mapping, data analysis, and daily management systems. Support and lead value‑stream mapping sessions to identify and eliminate sources of waste, decrease lead times, lower costs, and increase overall value proposition for our customers.
• Champion TPM (Total Productive Maintenance) program and drive improvements in overall equipment reliability.

• A minimum of seven (7) years teaching, coaching, and applying Lean principles, tools, and techniques within a manufacturing environment and achieving significant results.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and facilitation skills. Must have facilitated multiple Kaizen events and delivered results against stated objectives.
• A change agent capable of influencing decision‑making and building critical relationships in a manufacturing organization.
• Passion and enthusiasm for driving improvement and leading change.
• Proven track record for developing, training, and coaching teams.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Strong leadership, ability to engage people and motivate them to meet or exceed goals and objectives; and ability to develop others.
• Experience with automation applications and implementation is a plus.

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering.
• Lean certification from a reputable organization or certifying body; preferably (Bronze‑level) certification from the Lean Certification Alliance.
• American Society for Quality (ASQ) Certified Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB).

• Medical insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Disability insurance

This position is located in Pageland, SC, onsite Monday through Friday. Relocation assistance is available and will be addressed in an initial conversation.

Aalberts Integrated Piping Systems is an equal‑opportunity employer. We are committed to treating all Applicants fairly based on their abilities, achievements, and experience without regard to race, national origin, sex, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other classification protected by law.

The salaried rate for this role is fair and determined based on experience and proven skills alignment through our interview process. This role will observe our company’s 13 paid holidays, generous paid time off, and competitive full‑suite benefits package.

• Associate

• Full‑time

• Manufacturing