Continuous Improvement and Safety Manager

Job summary

The role involves leading safety initiatives, incident investigations, and continuous improvement projects to optimize production efficiency. You will also oversee daily operations and coach frontline team members to ensure performance and safety standards are met.

Job details

Key Responsibilities The salary range for this role is 80-85k. Safety Leadership * Champion a safety-first culture by ensuring compliance with all safety policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements. * Lead incident investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective actions to prevent recurrence. * Conduct regular safety audits, observations, and training to reinforce safe work practices. * Partner with supervisors and employees to proactively identify risks and eliminate hazards. Production & Operational Management * Oversee daily production operations to achieve safety, quality, delivery, and productivity targets in coordination with the supervisor. * Monitor key performance metrics (e.g., output, downtime, quality, scrap) and take action to address gaps. * Drive consistency in work practices through adherence to standard work and operating procedures. Continuous Improvement (Lean / Columbia Way) * Lead and support continuous improvement initiatives focused on safety, quality, and efficiency. * Apply Lean tools such as 5S, standard work, problem solving (A3/5-Why), and visual management systems. * Facilitate or participate in Kaizen events and improvement projects to optimize processes. * Support implementation and sustainment of Daily Management Systems (DMS) and performance tracking. * Engage directly with operators and teams on the shop floor (gemba) to identify and act on improvement opportunities. People Leadership & Development * Lead, coach, and develop supervisors and frontline team members to strengthen performance and engagement. * Promote accountability, teamwork, and adherence to safety and production expectations. * Support training initiatives, including onboarding, job instruction, and skill development. * Foster a culture of continuous learning, feedback, and improvement. Qualifications Required * 3–5+ years of experience in manufacturing, production supervision, or operations management * Demonstrated commitment to safety leadership in an industrial environment * Experience leading teams in a fast-paced, production setting * Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills

What you’ll do

The role involves leading safety initiatives, incident investigations, and continuous improvement projects to optimize production efficiency. You will also oversee daily operations and coach frontline team members to ensure performance and safety standards are met.

Requirements

Candidates must have 3–5+ years of experience in manufacturing, production supervision, or operations management. Strong problem-solving skills and a demonstrated commitment to industrial safety leadership are required.

Listed skills

• Continuous Improvement · Preferred
• Production · Preferred
• Problem solving · Preferred
• analysis · Preferred
• Training · Preferred
• Leadership · Preferred
• Teams · Preferred
• Compliance · Preferred
• safety · Preferred
• management · Preferred
• Supervision · Preferred
• Lean · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Safety leadership
• Continuous improvement
• Lean manufacturing
• Production management
• Root cause analysis
• Incident investigation
• 5S
• A3 problem solving
• Visual management
• Kaizen
• Daily management systems
• Team leadership
• Performance metrics
• Process optimization
• Operational management
• Safety Audits
• Continuous Development
• Accountability
• Kaizen Methodology
• Management
• Decision Making
• Continuous Improvement Process
• Gemba
• Leadership
• Problem Solving
• Lean Manufacturing
• Operations Management
• Operations
• Performance Metric
• Team Leadership
• Coordinating
• Investigation
• Root Cause Analysis
• Teamwork

Job areas

• Manufacturing
• Management & Leadership
• Security & Safety
• Engineering
• Continuous Improvement Manager
• Process Manager
• Manufacturing Managers
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