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.

JE Dunn’s Advanced Facilities Group (AFG) combines Mission Critical, Advanced Industries, and Industrial & Manufacturing into one high-performing team focused on cutting-edge work to serve innovative clients on large Industrial & Manufacturing, Data Center, and Semiconductor projects. As part of the Advanced Facilities team, you'll work on some of the most advanced construction projects across the country, growing your career alongside our diverse team of industry professionals.

Role Summary

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.

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• Autonomy & Decision-Making: Makes most decisions and consults with supervisor as needed.
• Career Path: National Lean Director
   

Key Role Responsibilities - Core

• 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. 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. 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

Key Role Responsibilities - Additional Core

In addition, this position will be responsible for the following:

• 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
• Manage