Process Improvement Engineer

Description

At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers’ success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainably. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business.

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The Leidos Digital Modernization Sector has an opening for a Process Improvement Engineer (PIE) to support a broad range of responsibilities including documentation of current processes and procedures, making recommendations for, and documenting, future processes and procedural requirements; and developing courses of action for automation capabilities. The PIE will ensure all opportunities to improve process and performance present themselves, the PIE will facilitate and guide the improvement to ensure effective implementation is achieved. In this role, the engineer will be the liaison with the process automation support team to develop all planning, documentation, and coordination of concept, strategy, and roadmap deliverables to achieve future capabilities. The PIE will consolidate operational and mission requirements, identify capability shortfalls and interoperability issues, assess performance efficiencies, and implement process improvements.

Primary Responsibilities:

Maintain adherence to the program’s process improvement initiatives.

Help the customer lead process improvements for the organization while achieving efficiencies on current processes.

Supervise tasks and ensure they are closed without operations impact.

Coordinate with other Directorates to pull requirements and translate them into potential solutions.

Partner with internal and external customers in facilitating/leading Lean Six Sigma structured improvement activities (SIAs).

Partner with customers and management to lead efforts that continually drive the enhancement of the workflows and existing processes.

Facilitate and participate in continual improvements to procedures.

Effectively identify and facilitate process improvement, enabling multiple domain experts to come together to identify and adopt process or technology improvements.

Identify areas for potential improvement and work with the program team to vet and mature each opportunity.

Develop workflows, operating procedures, and work instructions for enterprise-wide daily execution, automation, and reporting that allows for proactive assessment of performance while maintaining acceptable quality levels.

Ensure product development and service processes meet customer expectations.

Proactively facilitate sessions/dialogue with key stakeholders and conduct trend analyses on performance issues to help evaluate predictive behaviors/outcomes.

Establish mechanisms to actively monitor the effectiveness of process improvement initiatives.

Interface with service delivery teams to refine performance measurements and lead working groups to establish mission-oriented measurements (e.g. KPIs).

Monitor workflow and process compliance and track corrective actions to closure.

Support development sprints (as applicable) and ensure testing is conducted according to

Review process outputs to ensure compliance.

Integrate closely with the program team to implement and execute the process improvement organizational strategies.

Monitor and track quality action items and quality issues through resolution.

Basic Qualifications:

Experience with process improvement initiatives and process automation.

BS degree and 8 years of prior relevant experience or a Masters degree with 6 years of prior relevant experience

U.S. Citizenship with an active Top Secret (TS) clearance.

Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.

Proven experience with Six Sigma procedures.

Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Detail-oriented and excellent time-management skills.

Ability to adapt to changing priorities.

Excellent time-management skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Ability to interact with senior Government leaders, develop and present information/decision briefings.

Solid organization skills and attention to detail.

Experience with federal organizations and interacting with senior civilian and military personnel.

Pay Range:

87,100.00 – 134,000.00 – 180,900.00

Original Posting Date:

2024-09-30

While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

Pay Range $87,100.00 – $157,450.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

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REQNUMBER: R-00145053-OTHLOC-PL-2D0039

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. Leidos will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment in accordance with relevant Laws. Leidos is an equal opportunity employer/disability/vet.