Lead and coach construction teams to adopt lean principles. Facilitate continuous improvement events, train superintendents, implement daily stand-up audits and lookahead planning, establish material planning/storage processes, and drive waste reduction across projects while supporting clients and internal teams.
Job Title: Lean Manager
Employment Type: Full-Time
FSLA: Salary/Exempt
Division: Project Services Group
Department: Project Services Group
Reports to: Director of Scheduling & Lean Services
Supervisory Duties: Yes
Salary Range: $120,000 - $140,000
The Lean Manager will encourage a culture focused on continuous improvement by supporting our clients, project teams and company in our efforts to incorporate lean tools and philosophy within their current processes.
Responsibilities / Essential Functions- Engage various levels of leadership to coach, train and teach Lean concepts.
- Facilitate and collaborate with internal departments and complex project teams.
- Facilitate continuous improvement events with company leaders and external clients.
- Challenge project teams to focus on building a culture of continuous improvement, challenging status quo.
- Set up a sustainable program for Daily Stand Up Audits, ensuring all jobs are holding a value add DSU.
- Train Superintendents to effectively target roadblocks from the field and communicate to teams.
- Get team to routinely pull plan with trades every 10 weeks.
- Participate in lookahead meetings, assist Superintendents on updating lean schedule.
- Set up a formal process of planning materials coming onsite and where it should be stored.
- Train workers how look for waste and what is a non-value activity.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Excellent organizational and project management skills.
- Strong initiative and problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to multi-task and self-prioritize.
- Motivated and driven.
- Ability to work in a team environment with a primary focus on collaboration.
- Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, architectural or related field.
- 5+ years of experience in construction operations and/or design preferred.
- 2+ years of experience in group facilitation and implementing collaborative delivery (Integrated Project Delivery, Target Value Delivery, etc.).
- Ability and willingness to travel up to 60%.
- Passionate about leading changes and improving company processes.
- Experience, coursework, or certification in lean practices.
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