Join Our Team

At Geokon, we're building a culture where operational excellence isn't just a department, it's a mindset. We're looking for a Director of Operational Excellence to lead the charge in transforming how we work: streamlining processes, eliminating waste, and driving measurable, lasting improvement across the business.

If you're energized by solving complex operational challenges, love turning data into action, and want to build a continuous improvement culture from the ground up, we want to talk to you.

• Set the vision and strategy for operational excellence across the organization and lead its execution end to end.
• Lead high-impact, cross-functional improvement projects using Lean, Six Sigma, and other proven methodologies.
• Partner directly with senior leaders across Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, and Finance to uncover inefficiencies and design smarter ways of working.
• Build and lead a team of continuous improvement professionals, growing their skills and their careers.
• Create the dashboards and KPIs that keep the business honest about performance and celebrate the wins.
• Champion change across the organization, helping teams embrace new tools, processes, and habits.
• Get to the root of recurring problems and put lasting fixes in place, not band-aids.
• Launch and run a Lean Six Sigma training program so improvement skills spread throughout the company.
• Bring outside perspective benchmark against industry leaders and bring best practices home.
• Report results, savings, and impact directly to executive leadership.

What You Bring:

• 8+ years in operations, process improvement, or operational excellence, with 3+ years leading teams.
• A track record of leading large-scale improvement initiatives with real, measurable results.
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification (or equivalent).
• Comfort with data, you know your way around Excel, Power BI, Tableau, or similar tools, and you let data drive your decisions.
• The communication skills to influence executives and frontline teams alike.
• A knack for building and developing high-performing teams.
• A bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Operations, or a related field (Master's a plus).

What to expect with GEOKON:

• 100% Employee-Owned Company ---When the company does well, so do you, with Employee Stock Ownership
• Dynamic and supportive culture built on innovation, integrity and respect
• Flexible work schedules
• Educational Reimbursement
• Wellness Reimbursement 
• Generous Time Off Policy including 11 paid holidays and up to 24 hours of volunteer time, to support the communities and organizations that matter to you!