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Pratt & Whitney is working to once again transform the future of flight—designing, building and servicing engines unlike any the world has ever seen. And because transformation begins from within, we’re seeking the people to drive it. So, calling all curious.

Come ready to explore and you’ll find a place where your talent takes flight—beyond the borders of title, a country or your comfort zone. Bring your passion and commitment and we’ll welcome you into a tight-knit team that takes our mission personally. Channel your drive to make a difference into shaping an organization and an industry that’s evolving fast to the future.

Innovation through diversity of thought. At Pratt & Whitney, we believe diversity of thought enables creativity, innovation, and a foundation for inclusion. By fostering an inclusive culture, we accept a shared accountability and responsibility to recognize, sponsor, coach, hire and promote talent equally. We welcome our employees to be their whole - best - selves at work because trust, respect and integrity, are a part of our DNA.

At Pratt & Whitney, the difference you make is on display every day. Just look up. Are you ready to go beyond?

Pratt & Whitney is seeking an experienced, proactive, and goal oriented Manufacturing Engineering Black Belt, located in Holt, MI, to lead deployment and execution of the process control sub-discipline within key operational organizations.

The Black Belt will be responsible for assisting the organization in developing a vision, strategy, roadmap and supporting infrastructure for the integration of data driven decision making and Lean/Six-Sigma methods into daily business practices across operations, engineering, quality and business functions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop the organization’s employees in variation reduction and process control proficiency by coaching, mentoring and coordinate execution of required training – Green Belts, Black Belts, Master Black Belts and Champions.
• Work with senior management project champions and Master Black Belts to:
• Support the project pipeline process to select, prioritize and scope projects to business objectives, integrated with other continuous improvement activities and ACE/CORE initiatives.
• Schedule and facilitate periodic project reviews and ensure sign off on Formal Gate reviews. Use scorecards and metrics to ensure progress.
• Ensure technical quality of variation reduction and process control projects. Identify gaps in project execution and engage appropriate resources to address either knowledge gaps or execution gaps to ensure projects deliver intended results.
• Lead significant projects critical to improve manufacturing process capability & quality performance
• Represent the organization in various forums related to Process Certification/Six Sigma approaches. Develop standard work, procedures, and integrate industry-standard best practices.
• Coordinate development and publishing of Success Stories.
• Communicate lessons learned to:
• Product development/engineering to enable implementation of design for variation (DFV) and robust design methods (DFSS).
• Other operational organizations for read across implementation.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering and/or Operations Degree or equivalent experience and 5+ years of prior relevant Program/Project Management, Operations, Engineering, Quality experience OR
• Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years prior relevant Program/Project Management, Operations, Engineering, Quality experience.
• Must have a recognized Six Sigma Black Belt certification.
• Travel up to 30%.
• U.S. Citizenship is required due to government contracts.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated ProCert/Six Sigma project leadership/management/coaching experience.
• Demonstrated proficiency leading and managing a large portfolio of cross functional projects.
• Capable of influencing and getting cooperation and action from others.
• Ability to effectively communicate (verbal and written), work and relate with people at all levels of the organization and be self-sufficient.
• Effective team player, good coaching skills and can develop other co-workers.
• Ability to encourage and motivate others to be successful.
• Excellent knowledge of MS office computer software including MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. Able to use Minitab and other statistical software.
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency in statistics, data analytics, DOE, and multivariate statistics.
• ACE/CORE/6 Sigma Master/expert level certification.
• Strong understanding of other continuous improvement skills: DFSS, Red-X, Lean, etc.

What is my role type?

In addition to transforming the future of flight, we are also transforming how and where we work. We’ve introduced role types to help you understand how you will operate in our blended work environment. This role is:

Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance workers, as they are essential to the development of our engines.

Raytheon Technologies is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

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