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CI Manager, Field

Job Locations US-GA-Waycross
ID
2025-4413
Category
Operations Management
Position Type
Full Time

Overview

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

Responsibilities

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

 

 

Qualifications

  • 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.

 

Posting Duration

This posting will remain open for 5 days.

 

As of the post date, the salary range for this position is:

Min

USD $90,400.00/Yr.

Max

USD $111,000.00/Yr.

 

This role may be eligible to participate in the Company’s short-term incentive plan, the details of which will be provided to the applicant upon hire.

 

This range is a reasonable estimate and takes into account several factors that are considered in making compensation decisions, including, but not limited to, geographic location, skill set, experience, education, training, internal equity, and other business needs.

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