Leadership Development Associate - Lean Manufacturing

Job description

Org Marketing Statement Parker LDA Program

Parker’s Leadership Development Associate program offers new team members the opportunity to focus on specific skills to prepare them for leadership positions across the organization. Throughout the program, team members gain professional and leadership experience and grow through meaningful work assignments and structured learning, while contributing to the success of the organization. Are you ready to shape a brighter future?

In Motion Systems Group and Motion System Operations, we play a pivotal role in applications that change our world. We are in almost everything that moves. With our wide range of technologies, we help our customers solve their most complex engineering challenges by living our purpose: Enabling Engineering Breakthroughs that lead to a Better Tomorrow. We believe that our team members are our key assets and that a diverse workforce is a driving force to bring our purpose to life.

We foster a culture where every team member feels safe, included, and empowered. We all belong, we all matter, and we all make a difference.

Position Summary

The Lean Manufacturing Associate will support high-impact continuous improvement initiatives across manufacturing, logistics, and supply chain operations. This early-career role develops future operational leaders through hands-on involvement in Lean deployment, data-driven problem solving, cross-functional collaboration, and the Parker Business System (PBS).

Responsibilities

Support Lean projects focused on safety, quality, delivery, cost, inventory, and productivity. Apply Lean tools including 5S, Kaizen, VSM, Standard Work, Visual Management, Kanban, SMED, and One-Piece Flow . Analyze process performance, identify waste and inefficiencies, and support corrective and preventive actions. Participate in Kaizen events, layout improvements, cycle-time reduction, and material-flow optimization.

Collaborate with Operations, Engineering, Quality, Maintenance, EHS, Planning, Warehouse, and Supply Chain teams. Assist with daily management systems, performance dashboards, process documentation, and operating standards. Use structured problem-solving methods such as A3, 5 Whys, Fishbone, and 8D to address process issues. Support improvement projects through data collection, action tracking, project updates, and benefit validation.

Present project findings, improvement recommendations, and results to site leadership. Build Lean and leadership capabilities through mentoring, training, site rotations, and participation in the LDA development framework.

Qualifications

Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, or a related field.

Expected graduation date

December 2026 (required). English - Advanced (required). Effective communication. Continuous learning. Team collaboration. Ethics and accountability. Initiative and leadership potential. Adaptanility to change. Capacity to propose improvements. Language Tags