Manufacturing CI Leader: Lean, KPI-Driven Improvement

Howmet Aerospace Inc.; Whitehall Township (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Howmet Aerospace Inc. in Whitehall, Michigan is seeking a Continuous Improvement Leader for the Thermatech division. This on-site role guides and drives operational excellence initiatives across the plant, delivering throughput, productivity and cost improvements.

The position requires leading CI projects in a manufacturing setting, with strong knowledge of ABS and Toyota Production System methods, and the ability to influence across levels without direct authority.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
• Minimum 3 years experience in leading CI projects in a manufacturing environment.
• Employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States; visa sponsorship not available.

Responsibilities

• Improvement agent—provides expertise and guidance while contributing substantively to implementation and solutions; internal partner for strategic and tactical interventions.
• Sustainability support—aligns with plant and enterprise strategy and ensures adoption of improvements.
• Educational implementer—conducts planned events and trains operators to create efficiencies.
• Business acumen—builds a compelling business case and measures success by business performance.
• Analysis and synthesis—identifies root causes and translates observations into actions.
• Influence—effectively advocates changes with data-driven justification.
• Creativity and innovation—identifies new ideas through internal networks and operator feedback.
• Strategic perspective—focuses on long-term plant and business value; evaluates interventions by performance metrics.

Skills

Process improvement

Lean manufacturing

A3 thinking

Hoshin planning

TPS/ABS knowledge

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Industrial/Manufacturing/Mechanical Engineering

Preferred: Industrial Engineering/Manufacturing Engineering/Mech Eng or related

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Howmet Aerospace Inc. in Whitehall, Michigan is seeking a Continuous Improvement Leader for the Thermatech division. This on-site role guides and drives operational excellence initiatives across the plant, delivering throughput, productivity and cost improvements.

The position requires leading CI projects in a manufacturing setting, with strong knowledge of ABS and Toyota Production System methods, and the ability to influence across levels without direct authority.