Continuous Improvement Program Manager

Continuous Improvement Program Manager 🔍 Shell Rock, Iowa, United States 📁 Quality Assurance 📅    2600204 Requisition # 📅    Mar 23, 2026 Post Date Apply for Job Share this Job Sign Up for Job Alerts Delivering Goods For The Good Of All™

• TrinityRail While _TrinityRail_ has built one of the broadest and deepest railcar platforms in the world, it's what's inside our cars that counts.

We are proud to manufacture, maintain, and manage the railcars that deliver the indispensable goods that keep our lives, and our economy, rolling. "Delivering Goods For The Good Of All" is why we proudly come to work each day, and this is why our company exists. This is our purpose. _TrinityRail_ provides

• Railcar Manufacturing:

  https://www.trinityrail.com/products/

• Railcar Leasing Solutions:

  https://www.trinityrail.com/leasing/

• Railcar Maintenance & Parts:

  https://www.trinityrail.com/maintenance/

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Fleet Management Services:

https://www.trinityrail.com/fleet-management/ For more information, visit us at trinityrail.com. Learn more about Trinsight®: https://www.trinityrail.com/trinsight/ Trinsight is _TrinityRail_ 's cloud-based platform purpose-built to bring your fleet into focus, allowing you to transform and streamline your supply chain with real-time tracking, analysis and management features that modern logistics demands Video tran For decades, _TrinityRail_ has been delivering the goods that keep North America moving. A humble promise to transport the everyday things that make everybody's lives better. It's our commitment to being stewards of the supply chain connecting companies with customers. People with products and Delivering Goods for the Good of All. While we've built one of the broadest and deepest railcar platforms in the world, to us it's what's on the inside that counts. And the purpose these products serve for you like grain the secret ingredient for making memories, or gravel that paves the way for a getaway, fuel to power the road trip of a lifetime, cars that transport us to exciting new places, and essential chemicals that purify our water food and promote a healthy way of life. Indispensable goods that truly move us and keep our lives, and our economy rolling. TrinityRail is proud to Trinity Rail Maintenance Services is searching for a talented team player to fill the open position of Continuous Improvement Manager in our Shell Rock, IA manufacturing facility! In this role you will drive sustainable continuous improvements within TrinityRail Maintenance Services, delivering breakthrough results in Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost, while building cultural changes throughout the organization. The CI Manager works closely with plant leadership and department employees to achieve results. This position requires strong technical lean manufacturing and hands-on leadership skills, along with a track record of self-initiative to drive operations excellence. Join our team today and be a part of Delivering Goods for the Good of All! What you'll do:

• Implement operational excellence and continuous improvement strategies
• Lead and facilitate Kaizen events to drive sustainable improvements and work closely with plant personnel
• Develop and execute improvement action plans
• Build an employee engaged work environment
• Develop tracking tools and measures to support initiatives
• Develop business case justification for projects and initiatives
• Better leverage resources and share best practices across all facilities
• Provide and teach CI tools to team members
• Track and analyze the CI process and maturity matrices
• Build a CI culture across the organization. What you'll need:
• Bachelor's degree (Engineering, Math, Science, business or operations preferred) or equivalent combination of education and work experience
• 5+ years' experience
• 5+ years in a manufacturing environment
• 3+ of CI experience, preferred
• Possess extensive technical skills and hands-on experience in continuous improvement manufacturing activities
• Strong application knowledge of LEAN manufacturing techniques and related CI tools
• Knowledgeable in Root Cause Analysis, Kaizen, Value stream mapping, labor analysis, 5S 8 wastes, changeover reduction
• Possess the leadership skills required to drive the overall CI process