Continuous Improvement Specialist

Job Summary:  

The Continuous Improvement Specialist is responsible for driving operational excellence through the identification, prioritization, and execution of continuous improvement initiatives. Leveraging Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and structured problem-solving methodologies, this role partners with cross-functional teams to improve Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS), product quality, delivery performance, equipment effectiveness, and cost competitiveness.

This position facilitates sustainable process improvements by utilizing data analytics, waste elimination, process standardization, visual management, and error-proofing techniques. The Continuous Improvement Specialist also serves as a coach and change agent, building organizational capability and fostering a culture of accountability, continuous learning, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities:

• Lead continuous improvement projects to improve safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and cost.
• Facilitate root cause analysis and implementation of sustainable corrective actions.
• Use Lean, Six Sigma, and structured problem-solving methods to eliminate waste and reduce variation.
• Analyze performance data to identify opportunities, prioritize work, and verify results.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to execute improvement initiatives and remove barriers.
• Develop and maintain visual management systems, process controls, and key performance metrics.
• Coach employees and leaders in continuous improvement principles, tools, and behaviors.
• Support daily management systems and drive accountability to key performance indicators.
• Standardize, document, and sustain best practices across operations.
• Track, validate, and communicate project benefits and improvement results.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors in business admin., management, engineering or equivalent
• 1-2 years’ experience in industrial manufacturing environment preferred
• Ability to influence Senior Leaders, Managers, and all levels of organization
• Identifies and implements emerging technologies, digital tools, automation, and AI solutions to improve performance and sustain continuous improvement
• Ability and willingness to conduct workshops, trainings, and other larger events
• Ability to effectively train and develop people, especially as related to Lean principles, Six Sigma tools, and safety, process, etc.
• Ability to build rapport and communicate with all levels of organization – operators, maintenance techs, supervisors, mid-level leaders, staff, plant leadership
• Expert in Lean Tools and principles and Six Sigma thinking (or at least willing to learn them)
• Hands-on - Willing to spend significant time on the shop floor to facilitate improvements and help drive change
• Convincing, persistent, open-minded and good communicator
• Has a passion for continuous improvement and a vision for what could be with realism to drive practical improvements

About Constellium:

Constellium Muscle Shoals is an aluminum manufacturing plant based in Alabama with over 1,200 employees. With its widest strip mill in the USA and a world-class recycling center, the site represents one of the largest sites within Constellium and is a world-class can recycling center, with the capacity to recycle nearly 20 billion cans per year. Muscle Shoals’ main product is aluminum can sheet for the packaging industry, particularly for beverage containers. It manufactures sheet used in all three components of an aluminum can, namely body stock, coated end stock and tab stock. Additionally, Muscle Shoals’ supplies Auto Body Sheet substrate to Constellium’s Bowling Green, Kentucky, site.

Constellium is an Equal Opportunity Employer: 

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