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Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in operational excellence and organizational transformation, with a focus on improving reliability, safety, and performance in complex environments. Proficient in applying Human and Organizational Performance principles to enhance resilience and drive sustainable behavioral change.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Operational ExcellenceOrganizational TransformationPerformance ImprovementAnalytical Problem-SolvingCommunication Skills
ATS Keywords
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Hard Skills
Operational Risk AssessmentRoot-Cause AnalysisIntegrated Management SystemsCultural DiagnosticsPerformance Improvement InitiativesReliability EngineeringProcess EngineeringMaintenance EffectivenessOrganizational ChangeHigh Reliability Organization
Soft Skills
Facilitation SkillsTeam CollaborationCredibility BuildingPresentation SkillsDecision-Making
Certifications & Qualifications
Bachelor's DegreeMBA or Advanced Degree Preferred
Industry Keywords
ManufacturingIndustrial OperationsMilitary OperationsHigh-Risk EnvironmentsNuclear OperationsAviation OperationsPetrochemicalsEnergyUtilitiesTransportation
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Deliver High Reliability and Human Performance engagements
- Improve execution, reduce operational risk, strengthen culture, and build resilient operating systems
- Contribute to strategy, operations, organizational transformation, and performance improvement engagements
- Assess operational performance, organizational culture, and management systems
- Evaluate reliability, safety, quality, and execution risks across complex operations
- Support High Reliability Organization transformations
- Apply Human and Organizational Performance principles to improve resilience and reduce failures
- Facilitate operational and cultural diagnostics, workshops, interviews, and site assessments
- Conduct root-cause analyses and identify systemic barriers to sustained performance
- Help clients understand and address complexity that impedes operational effectiveness
- Support the design and implementation of Integrated Management Systems
- Strengthen leadership effectiveness, accountability, decision-making, and organizational alignment
- Support operating model redesign and execution excellence initiatives
- Conduct culture assessments and support sustainable behavioral change
- Partner with client teams to design, implement, and sustain practical improvements
- Identify opportunities to reduce operational risk and improve reliability
- Improve asset utilization, maintenance effectiveness, and operational discipline
- Strengthen organizational learning and continuous improvement capabilities
- Improve workforce engagement, coordination, and communication
- Translate operational findings into practical recommendations and implementation plans
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor’s degree required; MBA, advanced degree, or relevant advanced military training preferred
- 5+ years of experience in operational excellence, military operations, manufacturing, industrial operations, engineering, consulting, or a related field
- Experience leading or supporting operational improvement, culture transformation, organizational change, performance improvement, or operational excellence initiatives
- Experience working in a complex, highly regulated, high-risk, or high-consequence operating environment
- Strong analytical, structured problem-solving, and critical-thinking capabilities
- Exceptional written and verbal communication, facilitation, and presentation skills
- Ability to build credibility and work effectively with frontline personnel, operational leaders, and senior executives
- Ability to operate effectively in ambiguous, dynamic, and team-oriented client environments
- Willingness to travel weekly as needed up to 80% (Monday–Thursday)
- Candidates must live near a major airport in the contiguous 48 states
- Preferred experience in military leadership, nuclear or aviation operations, manufacturing, industrial operations, reliability, maintenance, engineering, or another complex, high-consequence operating environment
- Preferred experience in manufacturing, refining, petrochemicals, energy, utilities, mining, transportation, or other industrial operations
- Preferred experience in plant management, operations management, maintenance, reliability, production, process engineering, or operational excellence
- Preferred consulting experience focused on operational transformation, performance improvement, culture change, organizational effectiveness, or execution excellence
Benefits
Comp & perks- Annual incentive compensation program
- Medical coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- Wellness programs
- Remote work arrangement
- Opportunity to work with leaders at Global 1000 companies
- Continuous learning
- Exposure to senior-level executives early in your consulting career