Operational Excellence Project Manager

Interstates; Sioux Center (IA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) Retirement Plan + Company Match

Health, Dental, Vision Insurance

Paid Time Off & Holidays

Flexible Schedule

Bonus Incentives

Travel Pay

Job summary

Interstates seeks a Project Manager for its Operational Excellence team to lead cross-functional initiatives and drive standardized, measurable improvements across our electrical, controls, and OT projects. You will partner with teams to establish clear processes, track performance, and deliver customer-focused outcomes.

The ideal candidate will have strong planning, risk management, and change-management skills, plus a track record in Lean and continuous improvement within manufacturing or

Qualifications

• Experience leading cross-functional teams and coordinating multiple stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of project planning, risk management, issue resolution, change management, and process improvement.
• Strong organizational, communication, facilitation, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to use data and performance metrics to evaluate results and guide decisions.
• Proficiency with project management, process mapping, documentation, and collaboration tools.
• Ability to manage competing priorities while maintaining attention to detail and follow-through.
• Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) or similar
• Experience with Operational Excellence, Lean, continuous improvement, or business process management.
• Experience developing standard work, process documentation, dashboards, or performance measures.

Responsibilities

• Lead Operational Excellence projects from planning through implementation and sustainment.
• Develop project plans, timelines, milestones, resource requirements, and communication strategies.
• Partner with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to understand current processes, identify friction points, and define desired outcomes.
• Establish and improve standardized processes, workflows, tools, and documentation.
• Facilitate continuous improvement activities, including process reviews, and “Make Work Better” initiatives.
• Ensure project solutions are practical, scalable, customer-focused, and aligned with the Interstates Way.
• Monitor project risks, issues, dependencies, and decisions; develop mitigation plans as needed.
• Communicate project status, outcomes, and next steps clearly to project teams, leaders, and other stakeholders.
• Support change management, adoption, and sustainment of new processes and standards.
• Identify opportunities to reduce waste, rework, delays, defects, and unnecessary complexity.
• Capture lessons learned and shared repeatable practices across teams and projects.
• Promote accountability, collaboration, and a culture of pursuing a better way.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Project planning

Risk management

Change management

Process improvement

Data analysis

PM tools

Prioritization

PMP/CAPM

Lean/Continuous improvement

BPM/Process documentation

Dashboards

Education

Bachelor's degree in project management, business, engineering, operations

Job description

Interstates seeks a Project Manager for its Operational Excellence team to lead cross-functional initiatives and drive standardized, measurable improvements across our electrical, controls, and OT projects. You will partner with teams to establish clear processes, track performance, and deliver customer-focused outcomes.

The ideal candidate will have strong planning, risk management, and change-management skills, plus a track record in Lean and continuous improvement within manufacturing or