Director of OpEx / Continuous Improvement

Job Info

Job Identification

114217

Job Category

Operations

Posting Date

08 / 24 / 2025, 12 : 54 PM

Locations

One Misco Drive, Whitehall, MI, 49461-1799, US

Job Schedule

Full time

Remote Work Schedule Availability?

None

Export-Controlled Data

This position entails access to export-controlled items and employment offers are conditioned upon an applicant's ability to lawfully obtain access to such items

Responsibilities

Howmet Aerospace , is a leading global provider of advanced engineered solutions for the aerospace and transportation industries. The Company's primary businesses focus on jet engine components, aerospace fastening systems and titanium structural parts necessary for mission-critical performance and efficiency in aerospace and defense applications, as well as forged wheels for commercial transportation. Howmet Aerospace is transforming the next phase of more fuel-efficient, quieter aerospace engines and sustainable ground transportation. For more information, visit www.howmet.com . Follow @howmet : Twitter , Instagram , Facebook , LinkedIn and YouTube .

Job Roles

• Participative consultant provides expertise and guidance while contributing substantively to implementation and solutions; serves with both strategic and tactical implementation assistance; listens well to ensure the right interventions occur; maintains focus as an internal partner versus outside observer
• Strategy support understands enterprise strategy and prioritizes accordingly; assists enterprise to differentiate between critical and important; empowers individuals to execute against stated strategies and objectives
• Leverage conducts planned events and responds to organizational needs to create efficiencies that support strategies; enables next steps for the business and creates virtuous cycles of feedback and performance
• Organization and structure monitors progress and timetables; anticipates obstacles and creates structure to avoid them; deploys outside resources with exactness and provides accountability
• Networked connector operates across the segment; facilitates information transfer and shared accountability; understands interdependencies of the system and enables their performance; sees potential opportunities and acts to unlock connections to realize them
• Influence acts at request of segment leaders; inspires people toward win together strategy; lends an enterprise perspective and decreases siloed thinking and action; provides energy toward solutions; enables innovation and change; gets buy in from sponsors and other leaders
• Resource maintains availability; provides introduction to leaders at early stages of onboarding to create culture of continuous improvement, awareness and interdependence; contributes to talent factory strategy and succession by enabling long-term training and development throughout the segment
• Magnetism and trust uses a variety of strategies to defuse situations; draws people in and remains interested in individuals as well as issues; operates with integrity; creates trust by working alongside and offering collaboration; creates an "us against the issue" dynamic with each intervention
• Enterprise purpose driven to improve across the enterprise; not satisfied with the status quo; motivated by improving conditions for individual operators and leaders in addition to increased capability and measurable outcomes; sees market landscape and articulates systematic improvement as competitive advantage; energized by the beauty of simplicity and solving problems; provides long term perspective for interventions
• Process rigor upholds operational excellence; utilizes best practices in established methods; upholds and extends standards; enables and educates others to repeat diagnostics and processes

Job Responsibilities

Qualifications

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About Us

Howmet Aerospace Inc. (NYSE : HWM), headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a leading global provider of advanced engineered solutions for the aerospace and transportation industries. Our primary businesses focus on jet engine components, aerospace fastening systems, titanium structural parts and forged wheels. With $7.4 Billion in revenue in 2024, our products play a crucial role in enabling fuel efficiency and lightweighting, contributing to our customers' success and making a positive impact on the world. To learn more about the way Howmet Aerospace Inc. is advancing the sustainability of our customers, markets, and communities where we operate, review the 2024 Environmental Social and Governance report at www.howmet.com / esg-report . Follow : LinkedIn , Twitter , Instagram , Facebook , and YouTube .

Equal Opportunity Employer :

Howmet is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

If you need assistance to complete your application due to a disability, please email TalentAcquisitionCoE_Howmet@howmet.com