BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

BS Degree in Engineering, Business, or related fields; graduate degree strongly desiredMinimum 10 years’ experience in plant operational management is required. Experience must include financial P&L, leading manufacturing excellence, operational excellence, and driving improvements through the implementation of lean manufacturing principlesCommercial experience creating/supporting customer relationships and expectations.​Employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Experience in investment casting industry.

Howmet Aerospace, is a leading global provider of advanced engineered solutions for the aerospace and transportation industries. The Company’s primary businesses focus on jet engine components, aerospace fastening systems and titanium structural parts necessary for mission-critical performance and efficiency in aerospace and defense applications, as well as forged wheels for commercial transportation. Howmet Aerospace is transforming the next phase of more fuel-efficient, quieter aerospace engines and sustainable ground transportation. For more information, visit www.howmet.com. Follow @howmet: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube. 

Job Roles 

Participative consultant--provides expertise and guidance while contributing substantively to implementation and solutions; serves with both strategic and tactical implementation assistance; listens well to ensure the right interventions occur; maintains focus as an internal partner versus outside observerStrategy support--understands enterprise strategy and prioritizes accordingly; assists enterprise to differentiate between critical and important; empowers individuals to execute against stated strategies and objectivesLeverage--conducts planned events and responds to organizational needs to create efficiencies that support strategies; enables next steps for the business and creates virtuous cycles of feedback and performance  Organization and structure--monitors progress and timetables; anticipates obstacles and creates structure to avoid them; deploys outside resources with exactness and provides accountabilityNetworked connector--operates across the segment; facilitates information transfer and shared accountability; understands interdependencies of the system and enables their performance; sees potential opportunities and acts to unlock connections to realize them  Influence--acts at request of segment leaders; inspires people toward win together strategy; lends an enterprise perspective and decreases siloed thinking and action; provides energy toward solutions; enables innovation and change; gets buy in from sponsors and other leadersResource--maintains availability; provides introduction to leaders at early stages of onboarding to create culture of continuous improvement, awareness and interdependence; contributes to talent factory strategy and succession by enabling long-term training and development throughout the segmentMagnetism and trust--uses a variety of strategies to defuse situations; draws people in and remains interested in individuals as well as issues; operates with integrity; creates trust by working alongside and offering collaboration; creates an “us against the issue” dynamic with each interventionEnterprise purpose--driven to improve across the enterprise; not satisfied with the status quo; motivated by improving conditions for individual operators and leaders in addition to increased capability and measurable outcomes; sees market landscape and articulates systematic improvement as competitive advantage; energized by the beauty of simplicity and solving problems; provides long term perspective for interventionsProcess rigor--upholds operational excellence; utilizes best practices in established methods; upholds and extends standards; enables and educates others to repeat diagnostics and processes

Job Responsibilities

Advance the training of Plant Managers and their Staff in HBS Tools to meet GoalsWork with and on current HBS systems to facilitate more effective improvementLead specific site projects that energize teams to improve results (TPM / Reliability Excellence deployment, Scrap and rework reduction, etc.)Change leadership and leader standard work deployment Hoshin process deploymentWork design and creation of advanced manufacturing systems using lean concepts to enhance quality and flow Six Sigma deploymentBusiness travel will be required