Senior Lean & Continuous Improvement Leader

Enerflex Ltd; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare plans

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Employee equity plan

Office environment

Job summary

Enerflex Ltd. is seeking a Senior Project Manager for Continuous Improvement & Lean Manufacturing in Houston. The role accelerates Enerflex’s Lean journey across manufacturing, engineering, supply chain, project execution, quality, and core business processes.

You will coach leaders, teach Kaizen, and transfer ownership to the operating organization while driving standardized, sustained improvements across sites. Expect travel and hands-on leadership in a dynamic energy equipment environment.

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Industrial/Manufacturing preferred), Operations, Supply Chain, Business, or related discipline.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in manufacturing, operations, engineering, project execution, or operational excellence.
• 5+ years leading significant Lean/CI initiatives with hands-on implementation and sustained results.
• Proven experience teaching, facilitating, and coaching Kaizen events and developing others to independently lead improvement activities.
• Proven record leading complex cross-functional projects with frontline and executive stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Deploy the Enerflex CI/Lean roadmap across sites and functions, shifting CI from projects to a daily management system.
• Lead cross-functional improvement projects in fabrication, assembly, material flow, engineering, procurement, quality/NCR, schedule, COPQ and margin.
• Own charters, a prioritized project pipeline, benefit verification and executive status reporting.
• Build and coach SQDC tiered huddles, visual management, Leader Standard Work, Gemba walks, escalation and layered audits.
• Teach, coach, and facilitate structured Kaizen events and value stream assessments, developing leaders and employees to independently plan, lead, execute, and sustain Kaizen with implemented, measured results.

Skills

Leadership

Change leadership

Coaching

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Master's degree in Engineering or MBA

Tools

Lean manufacturing

Kaizen

PDCA

A3

VSM

5S

RCA

FMEA

DMAIC

Job description

Enerflex Ltd. is seeking a Senior Project Manager for Continuous Improvement & Lean Manufacturing in Houston. The role accelerates Enerflex’s Lean journey across manufacturing, engineering, supply chain, project execution, quality, and core business processes.

You will coach leaders, teach Kaizen, and transfer ownership to the operating organization while driving standardized, sustained improvements across sites. Expect travel and hands-on leadership in a dynamic energy equipment environment.