Lean Manager

Senior Lean Engineer

Module X Solutions is a rapidly growing modular manufacturing business that serves marquee corporate and government customers in renewable energy, network infrastructure, battery storage, telecommunications, petrochemical, utility, transportation, and other verticals. We design, engineer, and manufacture products to our customers' specifications. We are a proud Shreveport-based company working to support our employees and our community.

As a Senior Lean Engineer, you will support Operations, leading strategy execution. You will drive lean efficiency and oversee future factory planning to enable increased capacity for extraordinary future growth and product line expansion. The Senior Lean Engineer will be a grounded, roll-up-your-sleeves operations leader who thrives in the details but thinks at the enterprise level. They've led teams through change, built structure where it was missing, and brought calm to the chaos—putting real systems in place around safety, accountability, and throughput. This person knows how to engage the workforce, hold a high bar, and get people aligned without losing the culture. They'll be a daily presence on the floor, a strong communicator, and a thoughtful partner to the Operations Leadership Team—someone who can scale teams, capacity, and infrastructure while keeping quality and performance on track.

Essential Job Duties And Responsibilities:

• Operational Leadership & Execution: Own strategy execution for Operations—manufacturing, supply chain, production engineering, safety, and quality—with a focus on value stream mapping, balancing the line, visual factory management, throughput, cycle/flow time reduction, standard work instructions, kitting, dunnage reduction, etc.
• Build the Foundation: Implement the core systems MXS needs to scale production: lean tools, visual management, daily metrics, safety compliance, and floor discipline. Show—not just tell—what good looks like.
• Lean Deployment & Continuous Improvement: Be the internal champion for lean. Apply lean thinking in a practical, grounded way. Certification (green/black belt) is helpful, but experience embedding lean tools on the floor matters more.
• Facilitate lean workshops that allow the teams to be part of the solution development; ask probing, meaningful questions that guide teams toward continuous improvement; follow up and follow through on actions and concerns to build trust and drive accountability starting with yourself.
• People Leadership & Culture: Be a visible, floor-present leader. Motivate people, model accountability, and develop a plant culture where performance and respect go hand in hand. Mentor team members and build up the next generation—several retirements are on the horizon
• Growth Planning & Scalability: Prepare the operation to scale—doubling output and expanding the workforce. Support long-term expansion planning.
• Operations Partnership: Work closely with the Operations Leadership Team on day-to-day execution and long-term planning. Bring sound judgment, presence, and financial awareness—this role could be a stepping stone.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 10-15 years in manufacturing operations
• "Heavy industrial" type manufacturing, complex large format assembly environments, heavy equipment/industrial contracting, or other related experience
• Track record of embedding lean tools, visual management, and safety systems
• Has led plant teams of 100–300+ through lean tactics implementation and scaled operations
• Strong manufacturing acumen—comfortable talking capacity, utilization, and key performance indicators
• High EQ, high standards—known for coaching teams and driving continuous improvement
• Green/black belt certification helpful, but real-world experience more important
• Background in private equity or high-growth environments is a plus
• Willing and able to relocate to Shreveport and be a consistent presence on-site

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Operations Management, Business, or a related field; OR equivalent combination of education and manufacturing/CI experience.

Compensation: $135,000.00 - $155,000.00 per year

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Our Company

Module X Solutions (MXS) designs, engineers, manufactures, and integrates modular structures for our customers in the solar energy, oil & gas/petrochemical, transportation, utility, fiber & telecommunications, and government sectors. Our product line is manufactured locally and deployed domestically and internationally. Emerging market sectors such as renewable energy solutions [primarily solar & energy storage applications] are our niche.

We are committed to understanding the needs and wishes of our customers; and are always striving to be flexible, creative, innovative, and efficient with our methods and product designs.

MXS is looking for team members who want to learn and achieve, who are dedicated, productive and agile. If you enjoy a challenge, are capable of delivering quality work, and want to make a difference, join our growing team!

As our founder, Steve Schoonover said, "We take care of our people and our people take care of our customers!

If you want to take care of our customers, let's talk!