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Program Manager Continuous Improvement

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Quality Assurance
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United States
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2100682 Requisition #

Trinity Industries is searching for a talented team player to fill the open position of Continuous Improvement Program Manager at Dallas headquarter!  We welcome your ideas and your outstanding work ethic.

In this role you will drive sustainable continuous improvements within trinity Industries, delivering breakthrough results in Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost; while building cultural change throughout the organization.  The CI Manager works closely with business functional leaders, plant leadership and department employees to achieve results.  This position requires strong technical lean manufacturing and hands-on leadership skills, along with a passion for operations excellence to be successful. 

What you'll do:

  • Implements operational excellence and continuous improvement strategies.
  • Lead and facilitate Kaizen events to drive sustainable improvements.
  • Develop and execute improvement action plans
  • Build an employee engaged work environment
  • Develop tracking tools and measures to support initiatives
  • Develop business case justification for projects and initiatives
  • Better leverage resources and share best practices across all facilities
  • Provide and teach CI tools to team members
  • Tracks and analyzes the CI process and maturity matrices.
  • Builds a CI culture across the organization. 

What you'll need:

  • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university (Engineering, Math, Science, business or operations preferred) or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
  • Five (5) or more years in a manufacturing environment.
  • Three (3) to five (5) years of CI experience, preferred.
  • Strong application knowledge of LEAN manufacturing techniques and related CI tools.
  • Possess extensive technical skills and hands on experience in continuous improvement manufacturing activities. 
  • Knowledgeable in Root Cause Analysis, Kaizen, Value stream mapping, labor analysis, 5S 8 wastes, changeover reduction.
  • Possess the leadership skills required to drive the overall CI process
  • Expertise in project management to drive capital projects
  • Sound financial acumen and problem solving skills to drive improvements in back office operations like Leasing, HR, Finance, Engineering and IT.

Why Join Trinity?

Trinity Industries offers a comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees are offered Trinity’s standard company benefits package, which includes paid time off, tuition reimbursement, paid holidays, 401(k) with match and additional retirement contributions, medical, dental, vision, flexible spending accounts, life and disability insurance.  Little known fact about Trinity Industries: Once people come to work here, they tend to stay.  Trinity is employee-focused and involved in our communities, which is probably why working for Trinity feels more like family than a large corporation.  Add in the industry leading industrial products we build, and you can see why our employees are proud to call Trinity home.  What legacy will you build?

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