Continuous Improvement Specialist

1 week ago

Red Deer, Canada Lufkin Industries Full time

**Job Summary**:The Continuous Improvement Specialist analyzes, maintains, and improves organizational performance. They are responsible for deploying business strategy through collection and presentation of key performance indicators and executing either as team lead or coach for corporate and plant level initiatives. The Continuous Improvement Specialist will establish training programs to support Lufkin Continuous Improvement and sustainable process management systems. To ensure success, they must have strong communication skills, ability to work as an individual contributor as well as being capable of identifying and developing internal talent.

**Essential Responsibilities and Duties**:

- Sustain and improve on safety, environmental, and quality policies, processes, and procedures
- Communicates and exemplifies the company’s continuous improvement system philosophy, vision, and expectations to build a culture of continuous improvement across all functions throughout the plant
- Acts as a change agent to all departments and levels of leadership to challenge processes, propose ideas, and drive change
- Design, maintain, and improve manufacturing processes to optimize productivity and workflow efficiency while clearly communicating goals and control plans to manufacturing management and shop personnel
- Execute and deliver on time CER (Capital Expenditure Request) projects/programs based on annual operating plan
- Develops employee training and development on lean manufacturing concepts and culture throughout the facility

**Previous Experience and Competencies**:

- Leadership and mentoring skills
- Dynamic thinking and problem-solving abilities
- Speaks clearly and persuasively in challenging situations
- Great at managing difficult team dynamics
- Confidence in abilities to lead and communicate organizations through change
- Exposure to a lean environment or lean tools (VSM, 5S implementation, RCA, PFMEA/DFMEA etc.)

**Requirements**:

- Bachelor’s degree in either engineering, industrial engineering, or other relevant fields
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in process optimization, engineering, quality, or business management in manufacturing environment
- Project management experience with aptitude for being a self-starter and balancing/prioritizing multiple projects at once
- High level knowledge of gathering and analyzing data through ERP systems
- Excellent analytical and mathematical skills
- Strong attention to detail
- LSSGB or LSSBB preferred

Lufkin’s proud past extends back to the early 20th century when the Lufkin Foundry manufactured railroad and sawmill equipment. The company expanded soon after by pioneering oilfield pumping units in the 1920s. Today, Lufkin is a world leader in its field, providing precision-engineered oilfield equipment, products, and services to customers around the globe.

Lufkin Industries is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

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