Senior Lean Manager, Advanced Facilities Group

Best People Right Culture. These are the driving forces behind JE Dunn's success. By hiring inspired people, giving them interesting and challenging work, enabling them with innovative tools, and letting them share in the company's rewards, we've found a sustainable way to grow in our industry for the last 100 years. Our diverse teams around the country strive to enrich lives through inspired people and places everyday, and we need inspired people like you to join us in our pursuit of building perfection.

The Senior Lean Manager will assist with oversight on Process Improvement and Knowledge Management initiatives and manage Lean processes and resources at a regional level. This position will be responsible for helping develop the regional Lean strategy, establishing Lean practices and ensuring Lean training and coaching delivery. All activities will be performed in support of the strategy, vision and values of JE Dunn.

• Makes most decisions and consults with supervisor as needed.

• National Lean Director.

• Trains internal staff on Lean tools.
• Helps develop and maintain Lean transformation processes and programs.
• Coaches and supports project teams and/or internal customers with implementation of the Lean tools and continuous improvement programs.
• Leads daily and weekly stand-up through a lead/co-facilitate/coach model and actively participates in the development and maintenance of the organization's ongoing Lean journey.
• Challenges project team members and employees to identify, remove and resolve constraints that prevent the team from fulfilling commitments.
• Maintains level of standards of Lean tools used among project teams or within the organization.
• Trains and coaches employees and team members to understand the Work Flow Commitment Loop (reliable promising).
• Assumes responsibility for bringing all components of the Last Planner System together to function as a system and trains and coaches the team in LPS practices.
• Looks for opportunities to improve current training materials.
• Serves as an ongoing resource for assigned projects and employees to help identify opportunities for improvement.
• Works with and supports national departments to bring Lean into all aspects of work.
• Trains and coaches on process improvement, A3s and other Lean tools.
• Coaches internal employees in leadership roles on Lean processes.
• Serves as a thought partner with National Director of Lean for overall Lean Strategy Deployment.
• Develops marketing messages that support a national Lean strategy.
• Responsible for training materials, including developing, improving, maintaining and finding new materials.
• Manages staffing and project support assignments for the region.

• Exhibits thought leadership regionally, congruent with overall company strategy.
• Manages and actively participates in the development and maintenance of the region's ongoing Lean journey.
• Develops and maintains Lean transformation processes and programs.
• Participates in the external Lean Construction Community activities and events to enhance knowledgebase.
• Facilitates Kaizen and Process Improvement events within the region and at a corporate level.
• Manages staffing and project support assignments for the region.
• Leads monthly updates to the Regional Presidents and DCOs.

• Ability to perform work accurately and completely, and in a timely manner.
• Communication skills, verbal and written – Advanced.
• Proficiency in MS Office – Intermediate.
• Ability to facilitate meetings and build consensus – Advanced.
• Ability to conduct effective presentations – Intermediate.
• Ability to provide performance management feedback and complete evaluations.
• Ability to manage a team.
• Ability to coach – Intermediate.
• Ability to adapt and respond to dynamic situations.
• Ability and desire to master new skills.
• Ability to lead change management and Lean efforts – Intermediate.
• Listening skills – Intermediate.
• Ability to read a situation and make sound recommendations – Intermediate.
• Ability to speak confidently in large sized groups.
• Open learner and highly coachable.
• Knowledge…