duggan associatesBakersfield, CA
Senior Lean Manufacturing Consultant
Senior Lean Manufacturing Consultant
Senior Lean Manufacturing Consultant
duggan associatesBakersfield, CA
2 days ago
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Apply for this role (opens in a new tab)About Duggan Associates Duggan Associates has been designing and implementing lean operations since 1998. We're a boutique consulting firm working with manufacturers and process businesses across North America, South America, and beyond, and we're growing.
The Role:
You'll lead lean transformations at client sites from assessment through sustained implementation. This is hands-on, shop-floor work with real accountability for results, not slide decks handed off to someone else. You'll typically own one or two client engagements at a time and work directly with plant leadership, operations managers, and frontline teams.
What You'll Do:
- Lead current-state and future-state value stream design for manufacturing operations, defining the lead-time targets and the tool applications required to achieve them
- Drive implementation on the floor: flow, pull, pitch, standard work, leveling, cells, and the supporting management systems
- Coach plant leaders and operations teams so improvements hold after you leave
- Run assessments and shape engagement scope, deliverables, and timelines with the client
- Measure and report results against the designed future state — lead time, inventory, on-time delivery, productivity
- Contribute to Duggan's methods, training content, and business development (proposals, client workshops, case studies)
What We're Looking For:
- 10+ years in manufacturing operations, with at least 5 leading lean transformations as an operations leader or consultant
- Deep, practical fluency in value stream mapping and design, flow and pull systems, standard work, and lean management systems. You've built these, not just read about them
- Track record of measurable results at the plant or value stream level
- Comfortable with executives and with the night-shift supervisor, and credible with both
- Strong facilitation and coaching skills; able to teach, challenge, and win buy-in without positional authority
- Willing to travel to client sites 100% of the time (plenty of time off at home, but all client work is on-site, non-negotiable).
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, operations, or a related field. Advanced degree is a plus, but we care far more about what you've implemented
Nice to Have:
- Experience in process industries, aerospace/defense, medical devices, or industrial equipment
- Multi-site or enterprise-level transformation experience
- Spanish or Portuguese fluency (we have active work in South America)
What We Offer:
- Full benefits package including health coverage and retirement plan
- Small-firm environment: direct access to the firm's founders, real influence on how we work, and no layers between you and the client
- Variety of industries and problems, and clients who hire us because they want to change, not check a box
How to Apply: Apply through LinkedIn or go to the hiring page on our website.
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Level
Lead
Location
Bakersfield, CA
Occupation
Manufacturing Engineers
Industry
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