Senior Lead, Operating System & Continuous Improvement

Collins Aerospace; Foley (AL); On-site; USD 87,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Three weeks vacation

401(k) with match

Tuition reimbursement

Student Loan Repayment

Life insurance

Disability coverage

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Collins Aerospace is seeking a Principal Specialist, Operating System, to lead CORE deployment onsite at the Foley, AL facility. You will drive continuous improvement, governance, and enterprise initiatives across programs such as Boeing and Airbus.

You will mentor leadership on operational excellence and sustainment of CI methodologies. You will work in production areas, lead Kaizen events, and manage KPI improvements while ensuring safety, quality, and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a university degree and minimum 5 years of experience or an advanced degree with 3+ years.
• U.S. Person – job requires access to ITAR or EAR information or hardware.
• Lean, CORE, Six Sigma, and CI methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategic direction, long-term planning, and governance of CORE deployment across the assigned program.
• Align CI priorities with business strategy, cost reduction goals, productivity improvements, quality enhancements, and customer commitments.
• Serve as advisor to program leadership on operational excellence and CORE maturity development.
• Oversee complex, cross-functional improvement initiatives impacting productivity and cost structure.
• Lead Kaizen events, Lean transformations, and structured problem-solving for sustainable changes.
• Define and track enterprise-level KPI improvements driven by CORE initiatives.
• Ensure governance with maturity assessments, action plans, and progress reporting to CORE manager.
• Use data-driven insights to identify systemic issues and long-term improvements.
• Partner with CORE leaders to standardize CI practices across the site.
• Share lessons learned and scalable solutions with RTX CI community.

Skills

Lean

Six Sigma

CI

CORE

Education

University degree

Advanced degree

Job description

Collins Aerospace is seeking a Principal Specialist, Operating System, to lead CORE deployment onsite at the Foley, AL facility. You will drive continuous improvement, governance, and enterprise initiatives across programs such as Boeing and Airbus.

You will mentor leadership on operational excellence and sustainment of CI methodologies. You will work in production areas, lead Kaizen events, and manage KPI improvements while ensuring safety, quality, and regulatory compliance.