Lean Trainer

Date: Mar 9, 2026

Location: Oklahoma City, OK, US, 73135

Company: Hubbell Incorporated

Job Overview

Responsible for sustaining the continuous improvement culture throughout the facility. Make recommendations to improve productivity, quality, profitability, and the efficiency of operations. This includes training employees on Lean tools, planning and facilitating Kaizen events, monitoring performance vs. improvement targets, sustaining changes made during events and execution of continuous improvement projects.

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A Day In The Life

  • Facilitate waste reduction (i.e. LEAN) initiatives through formal Continuous Improvement (Kaizen) events. 
  • Promote a LEAN culture through-out the facility – promoting, encouraging, and demanding. 
  • Employ the use of LEAN methodologies to drive improvement initiatives. 
  • Develop training materials pertaining to LEAN methodologies. 
  • Conduct LEAN training for both salaried and hourly associates.
  • Develop, track and report on metrics measuring the success derived from Kaizen events. 
  • Design and optimize manufacturing processes for the improvement of existing products and the introduction of new ones. 
  • Implement and update Value Stream Maps. 
  • Attend pertinent industry and/or LEAN training and seminars. 
  • Determine the most effective ways to use the basic factors of production (people, machines, materials, environment, information, and energy) to make a product. 
  • Support plant-wide Safety initiatives. 
  • Manage requests in a timely and professional way.

What will help you thrive in this role?

  • Must possess a minimum of three (3) years of manufacturing shop floor and CIP experience. 
  • Must have excellent knowledge of LEAN manufacturing principles and methodologies.​​​​​
  • Exhibit proficiency in a wide range of process improvement tools for the identification and elimination of waste which include: problem solving/root cause analysis, instituting pull systems, TPM, 5S, visual management, SMED, VSM, standard work, etc. Lean, Lean Sigma, or Six Sigma certification a plus.
  • Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt a plus.

Hubbell Incorporated

 

Hubbell creates critical infrastructure solutions that power our customers, communities, people and the planet. Our company is strategically aligned around enabling grid modernization and electrification. As more products plug in to an aging grid, Hubbell solutions enable the transition to a more reliable, resilient and efficient energy infrastructure. Founded in 1888 our innovation has made us a leading global manufacturer of high quality electrical and utility solutions enabling customers to operate critical infrastructure reliably and efficiently.

 

The company operates in two segments. Hubbell Utility Solutions (HUS) enable the grid to conduct, communicate and control energy across utility applications and Hubbell Electrical Solutions (HES) are essential to managing power across a wide range of industries and applications. Our vertical market solutions can be applied to markets including Data Centers, Renewables, Commercial Buildings, Industrial, Telecom and Transportation. Supporting both of our business segments is our corporate and Hubbell Unified Business Solutions teams that provide consistent process, tools technologies across our businesses.

 

We are committed to operating sustainably and ethically while promoting an inclusive and supportive culture for our people to grow and develop in their careers. Our employees proudly work and serve our communities from our headquarters in Shelton, CT, across the United States and around the globe.

 

Hubbell Utility Solutions 

 

Hubbell Utility Solutions (HUS) enable the grid to conduct, communicate and control energy across utility applications. HUS provides the critical components that allow the grid to reliably transmit and distribute energy, as well as the communications and controls technologies to make the grid smarter and more flexible.

 

Hubbell Incorporated, its subsidiaries and affiliates, is an EO Employer AA: M/F/Veteran/Disability. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other protected class.

 

The above summary of position responsibilities and requirements is not intended, and should not be construed, to be an exhaustive list of duties, skills, efforts, physical requirements, or working conditions associated with the position. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of those principal position elements essential for making decisions related to position performance, employee development, and compensation.

 


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