CI Manager, Field

Founded in 1898 and headquartered in Chicago, IL, GATX Corporation (NYSE: GATX) is an industry leader with 125+ years of success—success that is powered by our people. We are proud of our high-performance culture, hard-working and enthusiastic management team, and beautiful office space in the Willis Tower.

At GATX, we hire the best and offer our employees a dynamic, energetic, collaborative environment to enable them to make an impact from day one. Enjoy the perks and benefits of a global company with the close-knit culture and community of a much smaller one. In the same way we strive to empower our customers to propel the world forward, we are dedicated to providing our people with the tools and resources they need to advance in their careers.

Waycross is a premier GATX facility in North America, recognized for strong leadership and consistent growth. The site is committed to expanding capabilities and investing in advanced technologies to support future operational excellence. Team members have opportunities to grow their careers through ongoing development and advancement within a dynamic, evolving organization.

The CI Manager will lead Continuous Improvement (CI) efforts at GATX’s railcar repair maintenance facility. This role will serve as a site CI champion ensuring full adoption of Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost (SQDC) components, lead Kaizen and Blitz events that deliver measurable, sustainable improvements, embed 5S practices, and lead/manage the Strategy Deployment process (x-matrix) within site operations. The individual must be passionate about process transformation, operations management, strategy and data driven problem solving.

Lead Kaizen/Blitz activities to drive change with sustainable results

• Analyze data, identify, and scope improvement opportunities
• Acquire cross-functional involvement
• Develop ownership for results
• Responsible for establishing baseline and tracking/reporting realized improvement
• Ensure improvements are sustained

Lead projects supporting strategic initiatives as identified through goal deployment

• 5S implementation
• Be a driver for Daily Visual Management
• Support facility capital projects

Educate and train in the pursuit of creating a problem-solving culture to achieve goals within the organization

• Plan and conduct problem-solving sessions and workshops
• Facilitate and empower teams to engage in local problem-solving
• Teach others to lead their own events, and initiate rapid change at all levels of the organization

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Operations Management, Industrial Engineering or other relevant discipline is required
• 5 years’ experience in an analytical role or facility management, preferably in Maintenance, Repair, Operations (MRO) or heavy industrial environment
• Experience in a low-volume/high-mix industry or multiple, varied industries is preferred
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or higher certification is preferred
• Proven experience influencing and persuading without having direct authority
• Project Management certification and experience a plus
• Analytical Skills

Other

• Travel requirements vary with assignments, but could be as much as 35% of the time across GATX fixed facilities.
• Must be physically able to climb on equipment within a maintenance facility, stand on feet for extended periods in a plant environment.