About us

VulcanForms builds and operates advanced digital infrastructure enabling the world’s critical industries to innovate, grow, and deliver sustainable impact. Founded in 2015, VulcanForms invented and commercialized the world’s first industrially scalable laser metal additive manufacturing (AM) solution and pioneered integrated digital production systems. We are a team of leading technology and operational experts with decades of experience in advanced manufacturing, materials, automation, and robotics. We continuously seek contributors who demonstrate outstanding integrity, intelligence, accountability, and a passion for learning. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

VulcanForms is hiring a Senior Manager of Continuous Improvement for our Devens, MA, location.

Job Purpose

As the Senior Manager of Continuous Improvement at VulcanForms Inc., Devens, MA, you will demonstrate strategic and tactical thinking coupled with strong communication, project management and planning skills. The selected candidate must be self-driven, detail-oriented, comfortable with ambiguity and possess a proven track record of successfully driving and applying Lean methodologies.

Key Accountabilities

• Coach and teach Lean principles and methodologies across the business.
• Lead, facilitate and execute Lean initiatives, eliminating waste throughout the manufacturing and business processes.
• Evaluate, develop and implement new and emerging technologies leading to business process improvements.
• Train, coach and challenge process owners in the use of Lean and other continuous improvement (CI) tools, approaches and techniques to drive improvement in safety, quality, delivery and cost.
• Facilitate and lead kaizen events and follow up with event owners to complete kaizen event action items.
• Develop and report metrics for sustainment of improvement activities.
• Collaborate with colleagues to accomplish shared goals.
• Support business process improvement and process design activities by identifying critical improvement opportunities.

Qualifications

• A Lean expert with 8 years of practical experience from a successful process-oriented environment leading projects, teams and / or initiatives with at least five years applying, facilitating, coaching and teaching Lean methodologies in a technically and operationally complex business.
• Deep knowledge of and hands-on experience training and implementing TPS-based business systems.

Preferred

• Exceptional consulting skills, especially in situations requiring persuading, negotiating, resolving conflict and advising.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance are available to you starting on your first day of employment
• Generous time off package, including vacation PTO, sick PTO, and 14 company-paid federal holidays
• 401(k) with company match and stock options