Senior Continuous Improvement Specialist
Silfex · Springfield, OH
- Level
- Senior
- Team
- Lean / CI
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 8+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A senior continuous improvement role at Silfex (industrial) in Springfield, OH. Supports, co-facilitates, or facilitates: Kaizen Events, CI Projects, Just-Do-It’s, and Wins of the Week.
- They ask for
- 8+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, 5S, Value stream mapping, Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ)
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Continuous Improvement roles in Ohio: typical posted base $107k–$152k.
Median of the low and high ends of 9 live postings that list pay, out of 24 continuous improvement openings in Ohio, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Ohio plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 23 other live lean / ci postings in Ohio.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- More than usual (8+ vs 5+)
Typical $107k–$152k, from 8 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Lean 92%
- ✓ Six Sigma 63%
- ✓ Value stream mapping 58%
- ✓ 5S 46%
- Root cause 42%
- ✓ Kaizen 42%
✓ = 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 Silfex
Engineers who joined in the last year or two reply the most. Use the team search on this page to find them.
- 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 did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
- 4
Apply with someone vouching for you
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.
- 5
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: Silfex in Springfield
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Full description from SilfexAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Responsibilities
- ◆Supports Lean/CI change management culture to all levels (office and shop floor) of the organization through value stream mapping activity, lean events and lean training.
- ◆Supports data collection & data analysis activities to ensure performance objectives are achieved in the areas of waste reduction, profitability, quality, and safety.
- ◆Supports, co-facilitates, or facilitates: Kaizen Events, CI Projects, Just-Do-It’s, and Wins of the Week
- ◆Documents roadblocks for escalation process.
- ◆Executes training of Lean ‘Core Criteria’ to cross-functional employees – including, but not limited to: Value-Add/NVA, 8-wastes, 5S, Visual Management, Standard Work, Value Stream Mapping, Problem-Solving, Leader Standard Work, and Constraint Management.
- ◆Promotes Theory of Constraints and lean transformation topics and helps make decisions that support the needs of the business.
- ◆Promotes the use of time observations sheets and standard work combination sheets
- ◆Investigates employee suggestions for feasibility activities toward implementation as needed.
- ◆Influences upward, across, and down with or without direct lines of authority/ability to take charge.
- ◆Completes tasks within defined procedures, seeking out new assignments.
- ◆Is an effective change agent on matter that affects a department and organization.
- ◆Works on significant and unique issues where analysis of situations or data requires an evaluation of intangibles
- ◆Exercises independent judgment in methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results, creating formal networks involving coordination amongst groups
Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The
requirements
listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
- ✓Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 6 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 3 years experience; or equivalent experience.
- ✓High energy and assertiveness to manage basic intermediate processes and projects, work under tight time constraints and effectively work in a matrixed environment.
- ✓High level of confidence in influencing people with no direct authority relationship.
- ✓Ability to inspire and influence without authority and to challenge the status quo.
- ✓Strong verbal communication skills, communicating roadblocks in a timely manner.
- ✓Strong written communication skills delivering lean event report-outs and training slides.
- ✓Strong collaboration skills supporting peers, team leads and Managers.
Preferred Qualifications
- ✓Degree in Engineering or Business Management
- ✓Professional certification(s) in Lean / Lean Six Sigma methodologies.
- ✓Experience in a fast-paced and dynamic man
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Job Descriptions
Accountable and responsible to the Senior Manager of Continuous Improvement for supporting waste eliminating initiatives that impact the following Key Performance Indicators: People, Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost - for both Manufacturing and Non-Manufacturing functional areas and processes. Builds trust via effective meetings with paced and results-oriented goals, breaking down silos and building transparency through mutual respect and objective data. Collaborates daily with manufacturing and non-manufacturing team members on Lean/Continuous Improvement (CI) tools and concepts both at the Gemba as well as in the classroom. Responsible for the continual development and cross-training of employees to drive CI maturity (Bronze, Silver, Gold) for the business. Utilizes a logic-based best practices, Go-See validation, and power of influence (as opposed to a “Thou Shalt”) methodology in order to authentically win over challenging personalities.
Culture
- •Display a positive attitude and strong work ethic that reflects the Mission and Core Values of Silfex.
- •Create and maintain a culture where workplace safety is part of everything we do. Provide the safest possible workplace to our employees by modeling and following all company safety policies, reporting any incidents or unsafe conditions immediately to Silfex management. Wear all PPE as required by work area or job function.
- •Communication – Begin with the end in mind – Communicate boldly as well as effectively with empathy and respect to inspire teamwork and collaboration vertically and horizontally within Silfex.
- •Assist in applying lean manufacturing concepts and 5S. Demonstrate ownership of continuous improvement ideas and activities. Maintain organization and cleanliness, housekeeping and 5S within work area. Maintain these areas to the highest degree possible while responsibly escalating any maintenance issues.