Continuous Improvement Leader

Your future role

Take on a new challenge and apply your engineering and process optimization expertise in a new cutting-edge field. You’ll work alongside collaborative and innovative teammates.

You'll drive operational excellence by implementing lean principles and continuous improvement initiatives that enhance safety, quality, cost, and delivery performance. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with teams across the business (production, quality, and engineering), coach and mentor teams on lean tools and principles, and lead self-assessments and maturity reviews—and much more.

• Training and mentoring teams on lean principles and tools (5S, VSM, Kaizen, problem-solving).
• Supporting leaders and teams in applying lean tools to real operational challenges.
• Promoting a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence.
• Sharing best practices internally and across other Alstom sites.

All about you

• Degree in a technical or engineering field (or related discipline).
• Experience or understanding of lean deployment and continuous improvement leadership within heavy industries (e.g., rail, automotive, aerospace, heavy machinery).
• Knowledge of lean tools such as 5S, standard work, gemba walks, VSM, and root cause analysis.
• Familiarity with operational environments involving repetitive production lines and/or shop-floor processes.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to coach senior management and lead cross-functional teams.
• Data-driven, results-oriented, and collaborative mindset.
• Experience in operational environments with measurable results.
• Participation in broader CI networks or training deployments (preferred).
• Experience leading site-level change initiatives or large CI programs (preferred).
• Ability to promote a culture of continuous improvement and share best practices across teams and sites.

Things you’ll enjoy

• Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues
• Work with cutting-edge lean principles and continuous improvement initiatives aimed at driving operational excellence
• Progress towards measurable gains in safety, quality, cost, and delivery performance (SQCD)
• Contribute to innovative projects
• Utilise our dynamic and innovative working environment
• Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries
• Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning

Pay

$100k - 130k