Operational Excellence Manager

Operational Excellence Manager - Remote - Central Region

Mansfield, TX, US, 76063

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.

Job Summary

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.

Job Location

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

Job Responsibilities

• 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.

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What CRH Offers You

About CRH

CRH has a long and proud heritage. We are a collection of hundreds of family businesses, regional companies and large enterprises that together form the CRH family. CRH operates in a decentralized, diversified structure that allows you to work in a small company environment while having the career opportunities of a large international organization.

If you're up for a rewarding challenge, we invite you to take the first step and apply today! Once you click apply now, you will be brought to our official employment application. Please complete your online profile and it will be sent to the hiring manager. Our system allows you to view and track your status 24 hours a day. Thank you for your interest!

Oldcastle Infrastructure, a CRH Company, is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer.

EOE / Vet / Disability

CRH is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, status as a protected veteran or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.