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Operational Excellence Engineer

PPG Industries, Inc
$100,000 to $130,000, with a possibility of an annual bonus up to 10% of base salary. PPG offers comprehensive benefits such as Health, Dental, Life, Retirement Plan, Paid Vacation & Holidays, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Disability/Leave, and other
retirement plan
United States, California, Los Angeles
12780 San Fernando Road (Show on map)
Apr 20, 2026

We are seeking an Aerospace Operational Excellence Engineer to support PPG's Aerospace Business. This role partners with cross-functional teams to align performance goals with business strategy, implement proven CI methodologies, and deliver measurable improvements in efficiency, quality, and engagement. Through both strategic focus and hands-on involvement, this position plays a key role in embedding a culture of operational excellence across the organization. This is an onsite position located in Sylmar, California.

Key Responsibilities

  • Assess and deploy CI development plans and set goals responsibilities.

  • Define, maintain and align KPI targets with site business strategy.

  • Work with leaders, engineers, and operators to coach/mentor CI methodologies. Ensure the instruction and use of key best practices (e.g., LSS, kaizen, DMAIC, GB/YB, 5S, value stream mapping).

  • Aid Operators to drive improvement in manufacturing efficiencies using best practice CI tools/techniques.

  • Align with Quality Assurance to deliver robust and cost-effective end-to-end processes.

  • Hands-on involvement in the job to promote engagement through all levels.

  • Assure the site adopts and embed the defined best practices as defined within the framework.

  • Analyze Strategic Goals to establish potential projects that contribute to tangible results across multiple value streams

  • Support the facilities in culture change, main goals, and engagement through continuous improvement activities.

Qualifications

  • Only US Citizens, Green card holders, political asylees, or refugees are eligible to apply

  • 5 years+ proven experience with LSS/Continuous Improvement experience required

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, supply chain, or related field preferred

  • Manufacturing experience preferred

  • Strong knowledge of Lean Six Sigma

  • BlackBelt certified is preferred

  • #LI-ONSITE

The base salary range for this position is $100,000 to $130,000, with a possibility of an annual bonus up to 10% of base salary. PPG offers comprehensive benefits such as Health, Dental, Life, Retirement Plan, Paid Vacation & Holidays, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Disability/Leave, and other Voluntary benefit offerings. Actual benefit offerings confirmed at the time of hire.

O nas:

PPG: CHRANIME A ZKRALUJEME SVT

Diky vedeni v oblasti inovaci, udritelnosti a barev pomaha PPG zakaznikm v prmyslovych, dopravnich, spotebitelskych a stavebnich odvtvich a dalich trzich zlepovat vice povrch vice zpsoby ne kterakoli jina spolenost. Dali informace najdete na www.ppg.com a sledujte @PPG na X.

The PPG Way 2030

Jsme partnery naich zakaznik

Proaktivni. Odvani. Dvryhodni. Vechno, co dlame, zaina naimi

zakazniky. Naslouchame, jedname rychle a nepestavame, dokud nevyeime

jejich nejvti vyzvy. Kdy se dai naim zakaznikm, dai se i PPG.

Jedname cilen a rychle

Agilni. izeni daty. Samostatni. Podstupujeme promylena rizika, abychom si

udreli naskok ped konkurenci. Pracujeme proaktivn a agiln, vyuivame

kvalitni data k vyvoji eeni, ktera vytvaeji hodnoty.

Vynikame v tom, co dlame

Produktivni. Spolupracujici. Odpovdni. Bez ohledu na nai roli umime

pojmenovat problem, pebirame odpovdnost a vdy pichazime s eenimi.

Jsme proaktivni i pohotovi, neustale se zlepujeme a dosahujeme vysledk.

Podporujeme kolegy, ktei jsou v kadodennim kontaktu se zakazniky

Usilujeme o vitzstvi

Zameni na budoucnost. Motivovani. Ambiciozni. Ziskov rozvijime nae

podnikani a chceme uspt spolen se zakazniky. Dosahujeme vysledk,

pijimame nove technologie a vyuivame agilitu i rychlost jako nae pednosti.

Jsme hrdi na PPG

Silni. Jednotni. Odhodlani. Pracujeme bezpen, jedname s integritou a

respektujeme rozmanitost. Oslavujeme uspchy a jsme hrdi na pozitivni

dopad, ktery spolen vytvaime pi ochran a zkralovani svta.

V PPG pouivame umlou inteligenci v naborovem procesu, abychom proces zefektivnili. Nastroje umle inteligence nerozhodnuti o zamstnani. Vice informaci naleznete na https://careers.ppg.com/cs/cs/candidate-resources.

PPG poskytuje rovne pileitosti vem kandidatm a zamstnancm. Nabizime pileitost rst a rozvijet svou karieru v prostedi, ktere poskytuje naplujici pracovni misto pro zamstnance, vytvai prostedi pro kontinualni ueni a pijima napady a rozmanitost ostatnich. Vichni kvalifikovani uchazei jsou posuzovani spravedliv, bez ohledu na pohlavi, vk, pvod, viru, zdravotni stav i jinou osobni charakteristiku.

Pokud potebujete podporu z dvodu zdravotniho znevyhodnni, napite prosim na recruiting@ppg.com.

Platove rozpti a benefity v PPG se mohou liit podle lokality, co nam umouje konkurenn odmovat zamstnance na rznych geografickych trzich. PPG pi rozhodovani o odmovani zohleduje nkolik faktor, vetn, ale nejen, dovednosti, zkuenosti a koleni, kvalifikaci a vzdlani, licenci a certifikaci a dalich organizanich poteb. Mohou platit i dali pobidky.

Nae programy zamstnaneckych benefit jsou navreny tak, aby podporovaly zdravi a pohodu naich zamstnanc. Vekere pojistne kryti a benefity budou v souladu s podminkami pislunych plan a souvisejicich idicich dokument. O benefitech s Vami bhem naboroveho procesu bude jednat Va nabora.

PPG si ceni Vai zptne vazby k naemu naborovemu procesu. Doporuujeme Vam navtivit Glassdoor.com a poskytnout zptnou vazbu k procesu.

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