Lean Manager

Great work starts with great people. At Flintco, you’ll find respect, stability, and opportunity to grow your career. Established in 1908, Flintco maintains offices in 8 major cities and employs more than 900 talented and humble professionals. Ranked among the largest and safest contractors in the nation, we deliver projects across a wide range of market sectors, including healthcare, education, hospitality, sports, mixed-use/residential, advanced industries, and renewable energy. With self-perform capabilities in concrete, steel fabrication and erection, site work, and other critical services, we bring a distinct in-house advantage to every project. Guided by the core principles of our Ethos Safety, Quality, Honesty, Integrity, and Innovation our culture is rooted in accountability, collaboration, and commitment to shared success. Beyond the jobsite, we invest in the communities we call home, strengthening the places where we live, work, and build.

Job Summary

As a member of the Production Support team within Construction Support Services, the Lean Manager plays a project-focused role responsible for guiding Lean implementation across a segment of Flintco’s project portfolio. This position supports production planning and control processes, ensures alignment with company strategic initiatives, and advises leadership on recommended improvements.

This Lean Manager role is based in the Springdale, Arkansas area and requires up to 15% travel. This position reports to the Senior Lean Manager

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• 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).
• Conduct regular Lean assessments, compile defined metrics, analyze trends, and advise leadership on improvement opportunities and measurable goals.
• Support development and delivery of internal and external training on Lean2.0®, Lean practices, and introductory Lean concepts.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with departments to advance Lean strategy, supporting work acquisition, execution, safety, quality, and team development.
• 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.
• Partner with Flintco operations and support staff with technical support in area of expertise, including presentation, facilitation, training content development and training.
• Facilitate and manage events for the Flintco Community of Practice (FCoP).
• Follows and enforces Safety Rules and Practices.
• Stop work if necessary to resolve matters that affect safety, quality and/or inhibit the logical progress of work.
• 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.
• Advise leadership on implementation effectiveness of Lean tools and approaches.
• Passion for team and people development, including your own.
• Potential exists to manage direct reports.

Knowledge/Skills/Ability

• Strong ability to prioritize and manage tasks independently with limited oversight.
• Naturally curious and skeptical; able to challenge assumptions constructively and engage in healthy conflict to drive team success.
• Proficiency applying PDCA and structured problem-solving methods across operational and business processes for continuous improvement.
• Strong organizational, analytical skills, and project management skills; ability to identify trends and conduct root cause analysis.
• Demonstrated ability to:
  • Facilitate meetings and build consensus.
  • Deliver effective presentations.
  • Learn and master new technical and interpersonal skills.
  • Lead change management and Lean implementation efforts.
  • Build collaborative internal and external relationships.

Education

Preferred B.S. Degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or related field; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Experience

• Experience managing projects from planning through post-completion, including project schedule oversight.
• Proficiency with Lean construction practices, including Last Planner System®.
• Familiarity with commercial and/or industrial construction processes and procedures.
• Familiarity with commercial construction market in geographic area.

Preferred Characteristics

• Experience with data analysis, modeling, and performance metric development.
• Background in operational excellence, continuous improvement, and/or process improvement.
• Experience with implementing and sustaining multi-trade prefabrication and/or modularization.
• Proficiency with Touchplan or other similar digital collaborative planning platforms.
• Certifications such as LCI-CPC, CM-Lean, and/or Lean Six Sigma.
• Competency in applying value stream mapping, kaizen, A3 problem solving and documentation, 5S, DMAIC, root cause analysis, and/or data visualization management.

Physical Requirements

- Physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- 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.
- The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
- Occasionally, especially when managing multiple projects and during problematic opening and/or closing phases of projects, mental stress can be taxing.
- May be required to work long hours for extended periods of time.

Special Job Dimensions

The office provides a safe and healthy work environment, is adequately heated and cooled, is free from exposure and extreme conditions, has appropriate lighting and office furnishings, and is smoke-free and drug-free. While performing the duties of this position in the fabrication shop, warehouse, maintenance shop or at a project site, the employee could be regularly exposed to any number of the following, including, but not limited to: moving mechanical parts; moving machinery; high, precarious places (including, but not limited to, being raised several hundred feet in a bucket); close tight quarters; rough and sloped terrain; fumes or airborne particles; drilling and blasting activities; welding activities; toxic or caustic chemicals; the potential of falling rock; and outside weather conditions. The employee may be occasionally exposed to risk of electrical shock and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is generally loud.

* 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.