Continuous Improvement Lead - 1st Shift

Continuous Improvement Lead - 1st Shift

The Lean leader driving operational excellence across Morgan Truck Body!

Location: Rydal, GA

Travel: Approximately 25% travel to Morgan Truck Body manufacturing locations to support Continuous Improvement initiatives, share best practices, coach local teams, and lead enterprise-wide Lean projects.

Make any day a pay day with on-demand pay!

Career Progression: This position builds upon all responsibilities of the Continuous Improvement Technician Levels 1-3.

The Continuous Improvement Lead is expected to demonstrate proficiency in all CI Technician competencies while leading larger cross-functional improvement projects, mentoring technicians, facilitating Kaizen events, and supporting Lean deployment across multiple Morgan Truck Body facilities.

Your Impact - Big and Bold!

As a Continuous Improvement Lead, you'll be a catalyst for operational excellence, partnering with leaders across the organization to identify opportunities, eliminate waste, improve safety, increase productivity, and reduce costs.

You'll lead Lean initiatives, coach team members, facilitate Kaizen events, and help build a culture of continuous improvement throughout Morgan Truck Body.

In this leadership role, you'll influence change across multiple facilities, mentor Continuous Improvement teams, and ensure Lean principles become part of the way we work every day.

What a Day in Your Life Looks Like:


* Continuous Improvement Leadership: Lead and drive Lean initiatives that improve safety, quality, delivery, cost, inventory, and team engagement across the facility.


* Multi-Site Support: Ability to travel approximately 25% of the time to Morgan Truck Body locations to support improvement projects, conduct assessments, facilitate training, and share best practices.


* Demonstrated proficiency in 5S, Kaizen facilitation, SQDCIT, Lean training, time studies, project sustainment, and mentoring team members.


* Lean Leadership: Serve as the site's Lean champion by coaching team members in Lean manufacturing principles and problem-solving methodologies.


* Project Leadership: Lead cross-functional improvement projects from concept through implementation while ensuring measurable and sustainable results.


* Leadership & Coaching: Mentor others in Continues improvement applications, while developing future Lean leaders.


* Kaizen Facilitation: Plan, organize, and facilitate Kaizen events that drive measurable improvements in safety, quality, productivity, and cost.


* 5S Leadership: Lead facility-wide 5S implementation, audits, sustainment, and continuous improvements.


* Value Stream Mapping: Facilitate current and future state value stream mapping to identify opportunities and eliminate non-value-added activities.


* SQDCIT Leadership: Coach and support SQDCIT teams to improve operational performance and accountability.


* Root Cause Problem Solving: Lead structured problem-solving activiti...