Lead, Continuous Improvement (Business Resiliency, Site Communications, & Engagement)
L3Harris · Canoga Park, CA
- Level
- Manager
- Team
- Lean / CI
- Base pay
- $106k–$197k
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 9+ years
- Industry
- Aerospace & defense
- Posted
- 15 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A management continuous improvement role at L3Harris (aerospace & defense) in Canoga Park, CA. Develop, maintain, and improve process documentation, standard work, visual management tools, metrics, and reporting.
- They ask for
- 9+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, Value stream mapping, Root cause
- Base pay
- $106k–$197k
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Continuous Improvement roles in California: typical posted base $127k–$185k. This one lists $106k–$197k.
Median of the low and high ends of 12 live postings that list pay, out of 24 continuous improvement openings in California, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 23 other live lean / ci postings in California.
- Base pay
- In line with similar roles
- Experience asked
- More than usual (9+ vs 7+)
Typical $127k–$167k, from 11 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 7+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Lean 79%
- ✓ Six Sigma 58%
- ✓ Kaizen 58%
- ✓ Value stream mapping 54%
- ✓ Root cause 42%
- Black Belt 33%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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How to get in at this plant
Five moves over a week or two. The first one takes ten minutes.
- 1
Pick 2–3 people on the Lean / CI team at L3Harris
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- 2
Send a short, curious note
One real question about their work. No favors yet. Each person gets a different note, written for this role.
- 3
Turn a reply into a short call
Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- Is CI run from the plant floor or from a corporate OpEx group?
- Which metrics does leadership actually watch: OEE, scrap, cost per unit?
- How does off-shift and weekend coverage work?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
- 4
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If the call went well, ask whether they’d pass your résumé to the hiring manager. Send your résumé link, apply that day, and let them know.
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Bring proof to the interview
One page of before-and-after numbers from projects you led: scrap, OEE, cycle time, cost. Plant managers hire on results.
This plant: L3Harris in Canoga Park
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Full description from L3HarrisAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Essential Functions
- ◆Lead the development, execution and adoption of the LHX Operational Excellence (OpEx) framework, including maturity models, assessments, and benchmarking tools
- ◆Facilitate workshops, training sessions, VSM (value stream mapping) and Kaizen events to promote continuous improvement practices.
- ◆Support and drive site-level and cross-functional process improvement initiatives focused on efficiency, standardization, compliance, and operational effectiveness
- ◆Develop, maintain, and improve process documentation, standard work, visual management tools, metrics, and reporting.
- ◆Support business resiliency / business continuity planning by partnering with functional owners to identify critical processes, dependencies, recovery priorities, and operational risks.
- ◆Assist in development, maintenance, and periodic review of site or function-level resiliency, continuity, and preparedness plans.
- ◆Coordinate and support preparedness activities such as risk reviews, tabletop exercises, lessons learned sessions, and action closure tracking.
- ◆Support site leadership in execution of site activities, including audits, engagement, communication focal, site council, employee events, communication forums, recognition efforts, culture-building activities, and community/volunteer engagement.
- ◆Ability to obtain a US Secret security clearance.
Qualifications
- ✓Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years of prior related continuous improvement experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related continuous improvement experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related continuous improvement experience.
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L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.
L3Harris is the Trusted Disruptor in defense tech. With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.
Job Title: Lead, Continuous Improvement (Business Resiliency, Site Communications, & Engagement)
Job Location: Canoga Park, CA
Job Schedule: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off
Job Description
L3 Harris Missile Solutions in Canoga Park is seeking a proactive, results-driven professional to join our Canoga Park Operations and site leadership team. This role will focus on process improvement, business resiliency, site and functional initiatives, and drive engagement activities. This individual contributor role will partner across operations, functional teams, and site leadership to improve business processes, enhance organizational readiness and continuity, roll out site communications, and drive initiatives that strengthen employee connection and site culture.
The position will be responsible for driving transformational and process improvement initiatives across Operations and the site. You will lead efforts to identify inefficiencies, develop strategies for improvement, and implement changes that enhance productivity, quality, cost savings, and overall performance.
This role reports to the Canoga Park Site Operations Director.
Preferred Additional Skills
- +Experience in one or more of the following areas: process improvement, site operations, business continuity/resiliency, project coordination, employee engagement, internal communications, or operational excellence.
- +Demonstrated ability to lead or coordinate initiatives across multiple functions and stakeholder groups.
- +Experience in a manufacturing, operations, aerospace, defense, or other highly regulated environment.
- +Familiarity with continuous improvement methodologies such as Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, or root cause corrective action.
- +Experience supporting business continuity, emergency preparedness, crisis response, or operational risk management activities.
- +Experience developing dashboards, metrics, and executive-level briefing materials.
- +Experience planning and executing employee engagement, culture, or site communications initiatives.
- +Ability to influence stakeholders without direct authority.
- +Active security clearance