Operations Excellence Manager - BLUvera Manufacturing
Role Overview
BLUvera is seeking a highly capable Senior Operational Excellence Manager to lead enterprise-wide transformation initiatives that improve safety, quality, delivery, cost, and scalability across the organization.
This leader owns the strategic development, deployment, and maturity of the BLUvera Operating System (BOS) while ensuring operational processes, systems, and teams are aligned to support BLUvera's aggressive growth objectives.
The Senior Operational Excellence Manager serves as the organization's primary change agent and operational transformation leader.
This role integrates Lean Manufacturing, Daily Management Systems, Business Process Optimization, Digital Enablement, Oracle ERP adoption, and enterprise-wide continuous improvement into a single operating framework that drives measurable business results.
The ideal candidate is equally comfortable setting strategy, coaching leaders, facilitating transformation, and driving hands-on process improvements throughout manufacturing, supply chain, engineering, and support functions.
Key Skills for This Role
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Qualifications
- Required
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Operations Management, Manufacturing, Business, or related field.
- 10+ years of manufacturing, operational excellence, or transformation leadership experience.
- Demonstrated success leading enterprise-wide Lean Manufacturing initiatives.
- Strong experience deploying Daily Management Systems and operational governance routines.
- Proven ability to influence organizational change across multiple functions.
- Excellent facilitation, coaching, and leadership skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capability.
- Preferred
- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt or Master Black Belt certification.
- Experience implementing or optimizing Oracle ERP systems.
- Multi-site manufacturing leadership experience.
- Experience supporting rapid organizational growth.
- Knowledge of modular construction, prefabrication, industrialized construction, or engineered products manufacturing environments.
- Success Profile
- A successful Senior Operational Excellence Manager at BLUvera:
- Thinks strategically while executing tactically.
- Creates scalable business systems rather than isolated improvements.
- Builds organizational capability and leadership capacity.
- Leads change without relying solely on authority.
- Uses data to drive decision-making.
- Balances operational discipline with innovation.
- Builds a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and learning.
- Embodies BLUvera's commitment to safety, quality, customer success, and operational excellence.
- A few benefits offered include:
- (for Non-Craft & Non-Union Craft working 25+ hours / week)
- Medical and prescription drug plans that includes no additional cost vision coverage
- Dental plan
- 401k retirement plan with a generous Mortenson match
- Paid time off, holidays, and other paid leaves
- Employer paid Life, AD&D, and disability insurance
- No-Cost mental health tool and concierge with extensive work-life resources
- Tuition reimbursement
- Adoption Assistance
- Gym Membership Discount Program
- The base pay range for this role is $118,600 - $178,000 (Actual range is higher for the following office locations: Denver, CO and Chicago, IL – 5%, Seattle, WA, and Portland, OR – 10%, Washington, D.C. – 12.5%).
- Base pay is positioned within the range based on several factors including an individual’s knowledge, skills, and experience, with consideration given to internal equity. This position is eligible for Mortenson’s incentive plan.
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- Please make note:
- Visa sponsorship is not offered for this position.
- Our postings are typically open a minimum of 5 days and an average of 44 days.
ABOUT BLUvera
BLUvera, a Mortenson affiliate, is the leading manufacturer creating solutions that are industrializing the construction industry. We provide innovative building solutions that deliver a faster, safer, and more predictable experience for construction projects. Our products are fabricated with unprecedented precision, accuracy, and speed, providing customers with a fast, cost-effective, and safer building solution.
Let’s Redefine Possible®
BLUvera, Mortenson’s vertically integrated manufacturing and fabrication affiliate, utilizes advanced design, engineering, 3D modeling, and manufacturing to deliver a safer, faster, and more predictable experience to the built environment. By utilizing DfMA principles (design for manufacturing and assembly), BLUvera leverages technology in the manufacture and fabrication of off-site construction products- enabling our customers to realize the schedule and cost savings that the industrialized process creates. Our aim is to transform the way we build things, turning digital models into precision specified building components, not just by being at the leading edge of industry disruption, but creating it!
Equal Employment Opportunity
Your uniqueness brings new and creative perspectives to the team. Mortenson is committed to providing equal opportunities of employment (EOE) to all individuals, regardless of your race, religion, gender, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, marital status or any other legally protected category.
Other Items to Note
Mortenson reserves the right to hire any individual without legal or financial obligation on unwanted solicitations. No agency emails, calls, or solicitations are accepted without a valid agreement.
Must be currently legally authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status, 0-1, TN, CPT, OPT, etc.). We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.
Preferred Qualifications
- Preferred
About Mortenson
US-based construction and real estate development firm.
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