Lean Manager

Description

• Advise leadership on implementation effectiveness of Lean tools and approaches.
• While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear.
• Facilitate meetings and build consensus.
• Follows and enforces Safety Rules and Practices.
• Potential exists to manage direct reports.
• Learn and master new technical and interpersonal skills.
• Facilitate and manage events for the Flintco Community of Practice (FCoP).
• Deliver effective presentations.
• Mentor and coach project teams in Lean activities, implementation, and sustainment of Lean practices using a lead/co-facilitate/coach model. Key facilitation for this role includes project startup/kickoff meetings and After Action Reviews (AAR).
• Lead change management and Lean implementation efforts.
• Conduct regular Lean assessments, compile defined metrics, analyze trends, and advise leadership on improvement opportunities and measurable goals.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with departments to advance Lean strategy, supporting work acquisition, execution, safety, quality, and team development.
• Support development and delivery of internal and external training on Lean2.0®, Lean practices, and introductory Lean concepts.
• Partner with Flintco operations and support staff with technical support in area of expertise, including presentation, facilitation, training content development and training.
• May be required to work long hours for extended periods of time.
• Build collaborative internal and external relationships.
• Partner with the Lean2.0® team to maintain standards for Lean practices, support internal Lean practitioner programs, and advance long-term Lean initiatives across Flintco.
• Stop work if necessary to resolve matters that affect safety, quality and/or inhibit the logical progress of work.

Requirements

• Proficiency with Touchplan or other similar digital collaborative planning platforms.
• Certifications such as LCI-CPC, CM-Lean, and/or Lean Six Sigma.
• Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Experience with implementing and sustaining multi-trade prefabrication and/or modularization.
• Proficiency with Lean construction practices, including Last Planner System®.
• Able to work independently and effectively manage multiple projects simultaneously; Accurately track status of multiple projects and prioritize effort to align with team, department and overall company objectives.
• NOTE – Where allowed employees who work in positions classified as “safety-sensitive” can be disciplined if they test positive for marijuana or its metabolites, even if they have a valid state medical marijuana license. In addition, Flintco may also refuse to hire applicants for safety-sensitive jobs who test positive for marijuana as part of a pre-employment drug test, even if those applicants can produce a valid medical marijuana patient license.
• Occasionally, especially when managing multiple projects and during problematic opening and/or closing phases of projects, mental stress can be taxing.
• Demonstrated ability to:
• Strong ability to prioritize and manage tasks independently with limited oversight.
• Background in operational excellence, continuous improvement, and/or process improvement.
• Familiarity with commercial construction market in geographic area.
• Experience with data analysis, modeling, and performance metric development.
• Proficiency applying PDCA and structured problem-solving methods across operational and business processes for continuous improvement.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Strong organizational, analytical skills, and project management skills; ability to identify trends and conduct root cause analysis.
• Competency in applying value stream mapping, kaizen, A3 problem solving and documentation, 5S, DMAIC, root cause analysis, and/or data visualization management.
• Naturally curious and skeptical; able to challenge assumptions constructively and engage in healthy conflict to drive team success.
• Familiarity with commercial and/or industrial construction processes and procedures.
• Experience managing projects from planning through post-completion, including project schedule oversight.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance