Lean Coach / KPO Leader

Are you interested in being part of an innovative team that supports Westinghouse’s mission to provide clean energy solutions? At Westinghouse, we recognize that our employees are our most valuable asset and we seek to identify, attract and recruit the most qualified talent while recognizing and encouraging the value of diversity in the global workplace.

As a Lean Coach, you will will be responsible for facilitating improvement projects using established process improvement methodology such as problem solving, Kaizen, and tools including Kanban, Value stream mapping, visual management, pull, TPM, SMED and 5S as applicable.  The Lean Coach will positively impact and achieve sustainable results that support our strategy. You will be a continuous improvement project leader and coach to ensure agreement on our improvement approach. The Lean Coach will facilitate large groups of people in both project and learning environments

You will report to the President of our America's Outage and Maintenance services group and be based out of our Cranberry Township, PA location. This is a remote role, but here will be some periodic travel to Cranberry required.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop a Lean Transformation & Implementation road map for the business segment.

• Coach lean process and behavior changes, developing a Daily Management process focused on tools such as one piece flow, on demand, zero defects and standardized work. Deploy techniques such as Kaizen and A3 thinking and tools including Kanban, Value stream mapping, visual management, pull, TPM, SMED and 5S as applicable.

• Coach the full-time Westinghouse Leaders change leaders to grow their Lean knowledge, capabilities and foster a lean mindset. Mentor them to be experts in Kaizen and identification of Value Stream and value stream thinking.

• Develop and Support the value stream teams to develop and follow their personal standard work, yielding a culture of system, process, and behavior discipline to get results using lean principles.

• Collaborates with sponsors and business owners to ensure projects are fully defined, including established objectives, schedules, customer expectations, scope, and ROI/cost avoidance targets

• Lead system-wide initiatives at any given time without any degradation in the quality of work performed

• Lead the implementation of process improvement projects utilizing Lean improvement methodologies to positively affect and achieve sustainable results

• Develop the necessary project plans, and appropriate subproject plans, and lead us through the improvement process while following the schedules and accomplishing set milestones

• Help build awareness and socialization of Process Improvement methodologies and philosophies across the enterprise

   

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science Degree or equivalent experience required in the field of Process Improvement

• 5+ years of relevant experience in Lean and Project Management.

• Certification in Lean

Why Westinghouse?

Westinghouse offers competitive benefits to all our employees around the globe to keep them healthy and enhance their well-being.  In the U.S. the following are representative of what we offer:

• Competitive Salary
• Comprehensive Health, Wellness and Income Protection Benefits
• 401(k) Savings Plan with Company Match
• Paid Vacations and Holidays
• Opportunities for Flexible Work Arrangements
• Educational Reimbursement Program
• Employee Referral Program

Westinghouse Electric Company is the global nuclear energy industry’s first choice for safe, clean, and efficient energy solutions. We enable our delivery of this vision by living our value system:

• Safety and Quality
• Integrity and Trust
• Customer Focus and Innovation
• Speed and Passion to Win
• Teamwork and Accountability

While our Global Headquarters are located in Cranberry Township, PA, we have over 9,000 employees working at locations in 19 different countries. You can learn more by visiting http://www.westinghousenuclear.com.

Westinghouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities

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