Continuous Improvement Section Head

General Description of Role and Responsibilities:

• Manage and facilitate all continuous improvement initiatives and strategies and analyze company processes and procedures.
• Analyze the company processes and procedures and develop process enhancement strategies. Establishing norms and standards of company performance.
• Establish the sections operating processes and procedures.
• Investigate shortfalls issues and complaints in current business processes.
• Establish company performance norms and standards using metrics to support process owners in linking projects to strategic operational objectives.
• Monitor staff performance and organizational processes.
• Collaborate with other stakeholders to enhance productivity and staff satisfaction.
• Assist teams in developing Lean road maps to use in the deployment of strategic objectives and communicate ideas and opinions to other members of management.
• Manage staff cohorts and teams of various sizes.
• Train mentor and guide team members in new processes.
• Ensure successful definition and execution of large crossfunctional improvement initiatives tied to annual strategic priorities.
• Collaborate with other stakeholders to enhance productivity and staff satisfaction.
• Stay uptodate with developments in management and process optimization. Identifying best practices within and outside the company and serving as a channel for bestpractice sharing and adoption across business units
• Training mentoring and guiding team members in new processes.
• Informs themselves of the relevant Quality Environmental Safety and Occupational Health Policies Manuals and Procedures within Hill International and ensures continued compliance with these requirements while employed by Hill.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the line manager/supervisor.

Qualifications Experience Knowledge and Skills:

• Bachelors Degree in Engineering or relevant degree from an accredited University.
• Minimum 20 years experience of direct professional oversight of the following functional areas: Project Controls (Cost Schedule Scope Trends); Environment Safety and Health; Risk Management; Contracts Procurement; Financial management; Quality Assurance and Quality Control. Experience gained on large projects.
• Preferably with professional certification in change management.
• Ability to operate and manage the Excellence department and direct the staff.
• Expert knowledge of project process improvement change management leadership initiatives and managing change in the infrastructure industry environment with major government and/or semigovernment projects (preference for Middle East and in KSA experience).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills demonstrated.
• Ability to prepare and present effective oral and written reports.
• International Experience: Experience working internationally (preference KSA experience).

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