Specialist, Operations

Job Summary: CECO Environmental is a global leader in providing sustainable solutions for industrial air, water, and energy transition. Since 1966, we’ve been addressing the world’s most pressing environmental challenges. Our mission is to protect people, the environment, and industrial equipment, making a tangible impact across industries like renewable energy, semiconductor manufacturing, power generation, and water treatment. As a purpose-driven company, we foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and integrity, ensuring that every project we undertake creates lasting positive change. At CECO, you’ll be part of a growing, dynamic team committed to a cleaner, safer, and more sustainable future. We are proud to share that CECO was named one of Newsweek’s America’s Greatest Companies for 2025 and that Forbes recognized CECO as one of America’s Most Successful Small‑Cap Companies for 2026, marking our third consecutive year on the Forbes list. CECO Environmental is a publicly traded company on the NASDAQ under the ticker CECO, reflecting our strong growth, financial performance, and commitment to delivering value to shareholders. As part of the CECO corporate team, you will play a key role in supporting the continued growth and success of our global family of brands. Whether working in finance, HR, IT, accounting, marketing, or another corporate function, your expertise will help drive efficiency and innovation across our organization. By joining CECO, you’ll be part of a company committed to protecting the environment and enhancing industrial operations, all while fostering a collaborative and purpose-driven work environment. Reporting to the Global Operations Business Transformation Team, the Operational Specialist will serve as a key business partner across manufacturing, supply chain, and business operations. This role is responsible for identifying operational improvement opportunities, assessing business performance drivers, developing strategic and tactical action plans, and supporting execution through measurable continuous improvement initiatives. The Operational Specialist will leverage data-driven analysis, operational expertise, and business acumen to evaluate production performance, supply chain effectiveness, Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ), capacity utilization, demand variability, and profitability opportunities. This position will help business leaders understand current performance, model future-state scenarios, and develop turnaround strategies that drive sustainable improvements in revenue, EBITDA, customer service, and operational efficiency. Your Responsibilities Will Be: Analyze manufacturing operations, supply chain processes, and business performance metrics to identify improvement opportunities. Perform capacity modeling and what-if analysis to assess the impact of changing market demand, production volumes, labor requirements, and supply chain constraints. Partner with leadership teams to define full-potential performance targets and improvement roadmaps. Develop turnaround plans for underperforming operations, product lines, or business segments. Ensure improvement initiatives deliver sustainable operational and financial results. Analyze internal failures, external failures, scrap, rework, warranty costs, and quality-related inefficiencies. Partner with Quality, Manufacturing, Engineering, and Supply Chain teams to reduce quality-related costs. Design and implement KPI frameworks aligned with business objectives. Required Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Operations Management, Supply Chain, Engineering, Finance, Business Administration, or related field. 5+ years of experience in manufacturing, operations, supply chain, business transformation, operational excellence, or related disciplines. Strong understanding of manufacturing operations, production planning, inventory management, and supply chain processes. Experience performing business analy…

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