Continual Improvement Manager

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Orenco Systems, Inc. (subsidiary of Infiltrator Water Technologies) is a manufacturer of innovative onsite and decentralized wastewater collection and treatment technologies. Solutions include community collection systems, advanced secondary treatment systems, watertight fiberglass tanks, and in-tank pumping and filtration systems. Orenco also manufactures high-quality standard, custom, and OEM controls, along with state-of-the-art fiberglass buildings, tanks, and enclosures. Infiltrator Water Technologies is a market leader within the onsite wastewater treatment industry;
Infiltrator manufactures a variety of revolutionary products and innovative, environmentally friendly alternatives to traditional stone and pipe leach field and concrete septic wastewater system components. We sell our products through wholesale distribution across the United States and Canada for use on properties with onsite wastewater treatment systems.

Orenco's Continual Improvement Manager leads the organization's structured approach to operational excellence by applying Lean, Six Sigma, and other proven improvement methodologies. This position partners across Operations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Engineering, Quality, Finance, and other business functions to identify, prioritize, validate, and execute opportunities that increase productivity, improve quality, reduce waste, and strengthen business performance. The role manages the productivity project portfolio, validates financial impact with Finance, provides Lean/Six Sigma training and coaching, and builds a data-driven improvement culture that reflects current best practices and emerging operational excellence trends.

• Continuously maintains Orenco management's safety, cultural, and professional standards.
• Promotes, encourages, and reinforces a positive safety culture, safe work practices, and a safe work environment for all employees.
• Applies continuous improvement methods in a way that supports employee engagement, respect for people, and sustainable process improvement.

• Develops and maintains the continual improvement strategy, roadmap, governance process, and project portfolio in support of corporate and operational objectives.
• Establishes standard processes for identifying, evaluating, prioritizing, approving, tracking, and closing productivity and quality improvement projects.
• Maintains project documentation, charters, action plans, benefit tracking, dashboards, and leadership updates using approved systems and tools.
• Partners with Finance to validate projected and realized financial benefits, including productivity gains, cost reduction, cost avoidance, quality improvements, and other measurable business outcomes.
• Improves standard operating procedures, workflows, and visual management practices used to manage and sustain improvement activity.

• Leads with compassion, respect, honesty, and accountability while upholding Orenco's core values.
• Communicates effectively with leaders, project sponsors, process owners, and cross-functional teams.
• Facilitates teams in removing barriers, reducing silos, and solving problems using structured Lean/Six Sigma methods.
• Builds organizational capability by coaching employees and leaders on problem solving, root cause analysis, standard work, visual management, and sustainment practices.

• Develops annual and multi-year improvement plans aligned with operational priorities, business objectives, quality goals, and productivity targets.
• Uses data analysis, process mapping, value stream mapping, Gemba observations, Pareto analysis, and related tools to identify high-value opportunities.
• Prioritizes opportunities based on customer impact, quality risk, productivity gain, financial benefit, resource needs, implementation complexity, and strategic alignment.
• Partners with leaders to define project charters, success measures, milestones, owners, resources, and sustainment plans.
• Stays current with emerging Lean/Six Sigma practices, automation, digital tools, analytics, artificial intelligence, and operational excellence trends that may improve business performance.

• Manages the productivity and continual improvement project portfolio from opportunity identification through…