Hitachi Energy

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The Opportunity In this role, you will be the catalyst for sustainable and transformational change across US Transformer Services. While this position offers remote flexibility, you will play a hands-on role in advancing the maturity of our Continuous Improvement Framework to ensure the high reliability of critical infrastructure. Your work involves partnering with leadership to bridge the gap between high-level strategy and daily operations, ensuring that our service value chain is safe, efficient, and responsive to the evolving needs of the power grid. By identifying waste and optimizing how we maintain and service transformer assets, you directly contribute to the stability of the energy transition and the overall productivity of our service organization. How You’ll Make An Impact • Steer the development and implementation of short-, medium-, and long-term actions to improve operating efficiency and quality across the entire value chain. • Partner with the Services leadership team to operationalize Strategy Deployment and create a connected daily management system. • Act as a change agent to foster a culture focused on waste elimination using tools like Value Stream Mapping, 5S, and Kaizen. • Facilitate the integration of Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) and Quality Management systems into the Continuous Improvement Framework. • Drive the optimization of key performance indicators (KPIs) focused on Safety, Quality, Delivery, Inventory, and Cost. • Research and implement Root Cause Countermeasure (RCCM) processes to resolve gaps and keep projects on track to plan. • Manage a portfolio of cost-out and productivity projects, ensuring sustainable results that impact the bottom line. • Build team capability by training and coaching others on Continuous Improvement Framework methods to facilitate process transformation. • Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines. Your Background • Candidate must already have work authorization that would permit them to work for Hitachi Energy in the United States. • Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related field. • 5+ years of experience implementing and managing a Continuous Improvement Framework across an organization. • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification with proven experience in Lean system development. • Solid investigation skills and proficiency with statistical tools such as Minitab and Office software. • Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to collaborate with both internal personnel and external customers. • Ability to travel to various office locations, job sites, or vendor locations and work in a mix of office, warehouse, and field environments as needed. More About Us Working at Hitachi Energy offers you the chance to expand your technical and organizational skills through exposure to grid technology and collaboration with industry professionals. • Opportunities to work on innovative technologies that shape the future of energy • A collaborative environment with experienced professionals across the power industry • Access to learning platforms and career development programs • Competitive health and retirement benefits • Paid leave and flexible work arrangements Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader in electrification, powering a sustainable energy future through innovative power grid technologies with digital at the core. Over three billion people depend on our technologies to power their daily lives. With over a century in pioneering mission-critical technologies like high-voltage, transformers, automation, and power electronics, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time – balancing soaring electricity demand, while decarbonizing the power system. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 50,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $16 billion USD. We welcome you to apply today. Hitachi Energy is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer committed to encouraging inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status, family medical leave status, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic. 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