Operational Excellence Leader

Founded in 1946 and headquartered in Milford, New Hampshire (USA), Hitchiner Manufacturing Co., Inc. is the premier supplier of complete-to-print, high-volume, complex thin-wall investment castings and fully-finished casting-based subassemblies and components to industry. The company leads the industry in volume production, reduced lead-times and just-in-time manufacturing. Hitchiner produces castings in hundreds of different alloys for a broad spectrum of global markets and customers that include the leaders in the automotive, aerospace, and other industries.

We offer an enriching environment where learning and growing become part of your career. Hitchiner is dedicated to fostering the professional growth and development of our employees. We offer upward mobility and internal promotions.

Benefits:

Hitchiner offers highly competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Onsite state of the art Gym/Fitness Center, open 24/7 for all employees
• Medical and Dental Insurance
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Basic and Accidental Life Insurance (company paid)
• Short-term and Long-term Disability Insurance (company paid)
• 401K (pre-tax and ROTH) with Excellent Company Match and Immediate Vesting
• Company Profit Sharing Plan
• 3 weeks’ Vacation to start; 4 weeks’ Vacation at 5 Years; 5 weeks’ Vacation at 10 years seniority
• We set you up for success with our “Center for Excellence” onsite training center for new hires and existing employees to improve new learning and continuous growth
• Training and Educational Assistance Programs

Under the general direction of Director, Continuous Improvement, leads the continuous improvement effort in the Investment Casting business, supporting the aerospace, automotive and industrial business markets, includes facilitating cross-functional teams utilizing Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma principles will improve turnaround times, Velocity, TOC practices and reduce costs. Projects are moderately complex and not limited in scope, depth, problem solving, and degree of skill required.

Prime Responsibilities and Major Factors in Evaluating Performance: 

1.          Work in collaboration with site leadership to identify and improve those areas most important to the site and Hitchiner.

2.          Assists in the development of new processes and trains team members.

3.          Assists in the development of improvement strategies, deploys, and manages improvement strategies.

4.          Coordinate, lead and execute improvement projects and initiatives to achieve business needs and objectives.

Additional Responsibilities:

1.          Performing other related tasks in the facility, as needed.

Minimum Acceptable Qualifications:

1.          Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering or related field preferred

2.          Minimum of 3 years’ experience utilizing strong analytical skills including statistical methods, financial analysis, or engineering modeling and analysis. 

3.          At least 3 years' experience using Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma principles and practices ideally in the Aerospace, Automotive, High Volume Manufacturing Processes.

4.          Experience in successful deployment of Lean and Six Sigma, including Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen facilitation, Cellular Flow, Single-Minute Exchange of

Dies, Process Flow Mapping, Kanban, Hoshin, Visual Controls, etc.

5.          Good interpersonal, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills.

6.          Significant computer related skills (e.g., Excel, PowerPoint, Minitab, etc.)

7.          Ability to engage others in facilitate consensus, obtain buy-in of senior leadership and drive for successful adoption of change initiatives.

8.          A track record of continuous improvement efforts with proven successful sustained outcomes