xPL Manufacturing Lean Specialist

Position Description:
Support xPL project team adoption of continuous improvement using lean continuous improvement concepts, methodology, principles, policies, and Last Planner System. Supplement team efforts to strengthening adoption of continuous improvement culture within assigned projects.

Essential Duties & Key Responsibilities:

• Provide information and education to support xPL project teams to engage in continuous improvement practices and activities using lean concepts, methodology, and principles.
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• Conduct on-going manufacturing facility audits, to review facility project status, identify challenges and opportunities, and work with xPL operations and leadership teams to establish measurable goals for improvement.
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• Provide guidance to facilitate project teams to adopt learning resources to develop and follow a structured plan to achieve manufacturing goals.
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• Develop educational workshops to support development and implementation of assigned facility improvements and innovation.
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• Be accessible and develop consistent presence on manufacturing floor to work with each team to establish and set up lean practices (e.g., Visual Management, 5S, others).
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• Other activities, duties, and responsibilities as assigned.
  

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree from accredited degree program with minimum of 3 years of related continuous improvement or lean experience or equivalent combination of education, training and experience
  
• Ability to read, understand, and interpret contract documents, drawings, specifications, scopes of work, and project schedule
  
• Able to anticipate and communicate issues, risks and information to non-technical audiences
  
• Experience with lean continuous improvement concepts, principles, and methodologies
  
• Able to guide, educate, and support adoption on continuous improvement practices
  
• Knowledge of building construction, means and methods, scheduling and cost control procedures, general contract understanding, general conditions, subcontract documents, drawings and specifications, and Trade practices
  
• Knowledgeable of Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) practices
  
• Proficient project management skills, able to prioritize competing demands and meet deadlines
  
• Demonstrate leadership management skills and ability to develop relationships with stakeholders and indirect reports across organizational levels
  
• Professional presentation delivery with clear verbal and written communication skills, able to present information clearly for easy understanding and for non-technical audiences
  
• Proficient computer skills and Microsoft Office suite of applications, and collaboration tools
  
• Travel required
  

  Physical Demands:
  The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls, and reach with hands, talk, and hear. The employee frequently views a computer monitor and frequently uses a computer keyboard. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Performance of the required duties require physical ability to climb permanent and temporary stairs, passenger use of construction personnel hoists, ability to climb ladders and negotiate work areas under construction. The employee is regularly required to be mobile, and the employee regularly travels both short and long distances via a variety of conveyances. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

  Work Environment:
  The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee performs work on-site at construction work sites, office locations, and/or off-site venues. While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in an office setting. The noise in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate in an office setting. While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works manufacturing work sites where the employee is exposed to moving mechanical parts, high precarious places, fumes, airborne particles, outside weather conditions, and risk of electrical shock. The noise in the work environment is usually moderate to loud. The employee is required to work in compliance with company safety policies, procedures, and applicable laws.

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