Job ID | 10151 | Morristown, NJ | ||
Operations (Morristown) | Metals Management | |||
Full-Time Regular | Bachelors Degree | |||
Minimum 7 Years | Maybe |
Covanta is a world leader in providing sustainable waste and energy solutions. Annually, Covanta's modern Energy-from-Waste ("EfW") facilities safely convert approximately 21 million tons of waste from municipalities and businesses into clean, renewable electricity to power one million homes and recycle over 500,000 tons of metal. Through a vast network of treatment and recycling facilities, Covanta also provides comprehensive industrial material management services to companies seeking solutions to some of today's most complex environmental challenges. For more information, visit www.covanta.com . Information on our facilities is available at www.covanta.com/Covanta-Map . For career opportunities, visit www.covanta.com/Careers . Covanta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. EOE AA M/F/Protected Veteran Status/Disability EEO is the Law Poster (The poster can be found at http://www.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/poster_screen_reader_optimized.pdf) Level, Title and/or Salary may be adjusted based on the applicant's experience or skills.It is not often that a role comes along providing you with the opportunity to play a pivotal role in a groundbreaking event. Covanta has embarked on its Continuous Improvement journey and we are seeking high potential A-players to help create and implement the CI strategy from ground zero. As an experienced Lean Six Sigma practitioner with a history of leading change, you will want to be a part of the team that will set the foundation for Covanta's Continuous Improvement initiative. The Director of Continuous Improvement - will lead and direct the implementation of structured improvement processes to ensure strategic, operational and tactical improvements are realized throughout the organization. The position will ensure improvement projects directly improve EBITDA and follow rigorous/thoughtful change management discipline to ensure all stakeholder needs are managed appropriately. Scope will include both transformational and incremental improvement projects in the following areas: Margin enhancement, Facility operations, Asset Management, Maintenance Management, Metals Recovery, Regulatory constraint management, Waste dumping/handling cycle times, and back office operations. This role will be based at our corporate office in Morristown, NJ. Key responsibilities include: *Proactively work throughout our metals' recovery operations and fleet to improve process and equipment performance. Uses Continuous Improvement philosophy to help operations outage planning and execution that aligns with business prioritizes linked to our strategy and planning at corporate. *Lead efforts associated with equipment maintenance, repairs, and overhauls to maximize life cycle without sacrificing quality and performance at best cost. *Leads Root-Cause-Failure Analyses (RCA/RCFA) to identify contributing factors to eliminate or greatly reduce the likelihood of repeat failures. Leverage lesson learns, develop/update documentation and train others on the latest procedures. Work with reliability and technical standard groups to ensure practices are sustained. *Leads the development and implementation of operational excellence metrics directly related to the scope of responsibilities, including improvement reporting on equipment performance. *Uses probability and CI concepts to improve the reliability of performance over a specified time period in harsh environment. *Optimize, implement and maintain metal systems to ensure best results are achieved every day. *Willingness to learn and use new/advanced tools to understand the data to improve speed and quality of decision making at leadership and team level. Develop the skills to use DMAIC, PDCA, and Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) as the core improvement process, including gate reviews. Note, business case review and approval is a critical stage gate for every project. *Optimize the revenue, cost and output of new facilities. Examples include Margin Enhancement, FLOW MFG, Value Engineering, and Maintenance Planning. *Collaborates with leadership cross-functionally to ensure effective execution of improvement projects and realization of EBITDA impact. *Successfully demonstrate the use of the tools and teaching others to develop sustainable improvements while working in a team environment. Note, most resources will be managed at the facility level, although a small central team might be required to work on corporate/business improvement processes, manage cross functional or transformational improvement projects or support the improvement planning process
Position Requirements: *BS degree in Engineering: Chemical, Mechanical, Aerospace, and Industrial Engineering preferred. Exceptional candidates without a degree will also be considered Experience:
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