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Continuous Improvement Leader

Howmet
United States, Michigan, Whitehall
Apr 06, 2026
Job Info


  • Job Identification
    116854

  • Job Category
    Quality

  • Posting Date
    04/06/2026, 04:02 PM

  • Locations




    One Misco Drive, Whitehall, MI, 49461-1799, US


    (On-site)


  • Job Schedule
    Full time

  • Export-Controlled Data
    This position entails access to export-controlled items and employment offers are conditioned upon an applicant's ability to lawfully obtain access to such items

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Responsibilities

This role requires full time travel to various locations with the Airfoils segment. Travel could include Dover, NJ, Morristown TN, Whitehall, MI and Acuna Mexico.

Job Role

  • Improvement agent--provides guidance while contributing substantively to implementation and solutions; listens well to ensure the right interventions occur; maintains focus as an internal partner versus outside observer
  • Sustainability support--understands plant and enterprise level strategy and prioritizes projects accordingly; creates follow up plans, provides support and accountability to ensure adoption and independent implementation
  • Educational implementer--conducts planned events and responds to operational needs to create efficiencies that support strategies; manages projects and events efficiently and maximizes allocation of resources under time pressure
  • Business acumen--creates compelling business case for events and interventions; understands and communicates the "why" behind efforts; measures success based on business performance
  • Analysis and synthesis--seeks first to listen and understand; determines root cause with contributions from others; translates based on observation and input
  • Influence--compels others without direct authority; provides business case and data-driven justification for events; appreciates the use of other leaders' resources and people, holds those things in trust; creates a favorable brand for HBS and CI
  • Coach--helps others grow their capability; motivated by teaching and improvement
  • Creativity and innovation--challenges the status quo; networks internally to gather information; offers ideas and potential solutions based on observation and direct feedback from operators and supervisors
  • Strategic perspective--driven to improve the plant to improve the business; prioritizes based on hoshin and collaboration with other leaders; identifies areas of greatest potential return and adds value at the decision making level; thinks about the business as it will be in the future when deciding what to do today.

Job Responsibilities

  • Provide support to the business for effective and efficient implementation of HBS to employees and managers.
  • Assess and diagnose problems from a process, quality, and cultural/people perspective
  • Design and prioritize the development plan and metrics for closing the gap of current and target business change
  • Teach and coach during execution of plan to help create a self-sufficient and continuous improvement culture.
  • Work on HBS projects to increase productivity, capacity, and yield.
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Qualifications

Job Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree from an accredited institution
  • Minimum of 5 year's experience in program management and training
  • Minimum of 7 years of leadership experience
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