PEO-Y Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

Location: Oak Ridge, TN

Job Title: PEO-Y Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
Career Level From: Specialist
Career Level To: Senior Specialist
Organization: Six Sigma (50260330)
Job Specialty: High Risk Analysis

What You'll Do

Lean Six Sigma (LSS) Black Belts (BBs) are leaders who work to change the way people think, the organization's norms, systems & processes in pursuit of continuous improvement (CI).

• Leadership – Leads varied complex technical and business improvement projects & programs performed by multiple organizations, within and across sites. Integrates efforts of multiple organizations, often with conflicting goals, to accomplish objectives. Uses relational & performance based leadership skills.
• Project Management – Manages and executes projects & programs with a high amount of autonomy from the conceptual stages through issue validation, analysis & planning, and solution implementation. Leads the development of business cases and project/program schedules. Uses advanced mathematics, statistics, querying methods to develop solutions. Performs uncertainty and risk analysis, manages team performance, reports progress, and initiates action to ensure objectives and schedules are met.
• Develops tools, practices, and policies to analyze, report, and promote CI in a program framework. Develops management & operating systems and program governance to control implementation. Develops audits of program and policy compliance.
• Communication & Stakeholder Interaction - Presents technical and business information to technical & non-technical audiences, to internal & external customers. Communicate with employees at all levels of the company.
• Enterprise Impact – Uses a systems approach to address an organization’s improvement actions by considering issues, risks, costs, and schedule. Defines technical strategies and provides insight on how to effectively prioritize and manage them.
• Participates in long-range strategic improvement planning with programs, technical and functional organizations with impacts on Business Area Plans and Business Operating Plan.
• Collaborates in Nuclear Security Enterprise (NSE) inter-site activities for best practices (e.g., Savannah River, Kansas City, Sandia) and Complex improvements.
• Subject Matter Expertise (SME) - Acts as a primary SME for LSS methodologies & tools including: Project scoping & chartering, Business case development, Metric development and data collection, Process and value stream mapping, Measurements systems analysis, Fishbone diagram, fault trees, event trees (causal analysis),Failure modes and effects analysis (risk analysis), XY matrix (cause & effect matrix), Process capability analysis, Process modeling and simulation, Lean tools (e.g., 5S, 8 waste, pull, flow), Graphical data analysis, Statistical process control, Inferential statistics (confidence intervals, sample size),Hypothesis testing (T-tests, tests for equal variance, Chi-squared/proportion testing, ANOVA, non-parametric tests),Regression analysis, Design of experiments, Theory of constraints.
• Teaching - Teaches CI Essentials and CI for Enabling Leaders classes. On the job trains Value Stream Element Team Leaders through deployment.

What You Can Expect

• Meaningful work and unique opportunities to support missions vital to national and global security.
• Top-notch, dedicated colleagues.
• Generous pay and benefits with a stable organization.
• Career advancement and professional development programs.
• Work-life balance fostered through flexible work options and wellness initiatives.

Minimum Job Requirements

• Bachelors in engineering/science discipline and a minimum 4 years of relevant experience.
• OR a Masters and a minimum 2 years of relevant experience.
• Must have extensive work process knowledge in the field of engineering, science, production operations and/or technical support operations.

Preferred Job Requirements

• Advanced Statistics training and experience
• Advanced Simulation training and experience
• Experience leading DMAIC process improvement projects
• Knowledge and experience in plant operations and processes
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Green Belt, or Yellow Belt certification (which included a certification project) preferred. If already certified as a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, will undergo analysis on expected skills and establish a plan to shore up any gaps. If a BB certification is not possessed, must be able to complete Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification requirements.

Notes

The minimum education and experience for the lowest career level in the job posting range are listed under Minimum Job Requirements. Successful candidates hired into a higher career level than the minimum in the range must meet the requirements listed in the job leveling charts for the career level into which they are being hired.

If a range of Career Levels is posted, i.e., Senior Associate to Senior Specialist, internal applicants already in one of the Career Levels would come across at their current Career Level. Internal applicants currently in a lower level Career Level would move to the lowest posted Career Level, and internal applicants in higher Career Levels may be considered, on an exception basis, to come across laterally based on the applicant's education and experience, and the scope of work being performed in the role.

Requires a Q clearance; however all qualified candidates will be considered regardless of their current clearance status. The ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Energy Q clearance is required.

Position may require entry into Materials Access Areas (MAA) and participation in the Human Reliability Program (HRP). If HRP is required, candidate must complete a counterintelligence-scope polygraph, pursuant to 10CFR 709. Medical requirements may apply.

CNS is a drug-free workplace. Candidates accepting a job offer will be required to pass a pre-placement physical, drug screening and background investigation. As an employee, you may be required to receive and maintain a security clearance from the United States Department of Energy in order to meet eligibility requirements for access to sensitive information or matter. U.S. citizenship is a requirement for security clearance applicants. All employees with a security clearance are also subject to being randomly selected for drug testing without advance notification.

CNS is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, genetic information, disability or veteran status.