Carlton Industrial Solutions

Essential Job Functions:

• Responsible for ensuring that our ISO:17025 accreditation status remains current by promptly and accurately fulfilling all accreditation obligations.
• Design and oversee the implementation of a comprehensive continuous improvement program specifically tailored to CIS, ensuring its effective execution across all CIS
Operating Companies; and that can accommodate the unique needs and challenges within a service organization.
• Create a roadmap for the continuous improvement program, aligning it closely with CIS’s overarching vision, goals, and strategic priorities.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans and timelines to ensure the successful implementation of improvement initiatives.
• Monitor progress closely, track milestones, and provide regular updates to senior management and stakeholders on the progress, results, and challenges encountered throughout the implementation process.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to identify best practices.
• Facilitate the development of actionable plans to address opportunities, emphasizing the importance of standardizing processes to drive efficiency and consistency.
• Utilize a variety of Lean tools and techniques to drive process improvements.
• Harness the power of data analysis and metrics to inform decision-making processes. This includes identifying performance gaps, tracking key performance indicators (KPIs), analyzing improvement opportunities, and measuring the success of implemented initiatives.
• Foster a culture of accountability, innovation, and collaboration to empower associates to actively contribute to the continuous improvement journey.
• Conduct regular audits and reviews to identify areas for improvement and ensure compliance with “The Carlton Way.”
• Provide recommendations for corrective actions and implement necessary changes effectively.
• Offer personalized coaching, mentoring, and support to all associates. This includes providing guidance on problem-solving approaches, offering constructive feedback, and
facilitating skill development to enhance overall effectiveness and performance.

Qualifications
• Bachelor’s Degree in a technical field, preferably Manufacturing or Industrial Engineering.
• 3-5 years of Operational Excellence/Continuous Improvement/Lean Manufacturing experience
• A combination of relevant education, leadership, industry, and professional experience may also be considered.
• Extensive technical skills and hands-on experience in continuous improvement field experience.
• Demonstrated coaching, communication, change management, & leadership skills preferred.
• Proven expertise in planning/organizing, managing execution, checking results, & revising complex, cross functional projects preferred.
• Knowledge of the following standards and application of systems is a plus: ISO/IEC 17025. ANSI/NCSL Z540-1, ANSI/NCSL Z540.3, EURAMET Calibration Guide No. 18, ASME B30, OSHA, and MSHA.

Physical Requirements
• To accomplish this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to help enable qualified Individuals with disabilities to
perform the essential functions considering business necessity.
• Ability to travel across the Mid-Atlantic (and across Carlton’s growing footprint) up to 50% of the time for in-person efforts as needed; travel may be higher or lower based on business needs.
• Capable of prolonged sitting or driving sessions, with limited breaks, for up to eight hours daily.
• Ability to occasionally lift objects weighing up to 100lbs and frequently lift objects weighing up to 50lbs.
• May involve lifting heavy items while performing tasks such as climbing, bending, stooping, and reaching.
• Comfortable working at various heights, both indoors and outdoors, in conditions of high heat, extreme cold, and wind.
• May be required to wear a respirator.
• Capable of performing essential job duties in elevated, confined, cold, wet, hot, humid,
or unsanitary environments, or a combination thereof.
• Ability to perform rapid, repetitive movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists efficiently.

Personal Qualifications & Other Requirements
• Strong leadership, team building, and communication skills
• Self-starter capable of working independently with little or no direct supervision; equally capable and effective working in teams and groups.
• Strong interpersonal, presentation, verbal, and written communication skills
• Highly organized and highly attentive to detail – essential
• Strong technical background with strong experience communicating with highly diverse customers and teams.
• Driven, self-motivated, and deadline-driven; committed to follow-through.
• Someone who enjoys learning new things, particularly technical details, and processes.