JOB DESCRIPTION
Shift:12 hour shifts/nights - 6pm to 6am (2-2-3 schedule)
PREFERRED:
- Completed Bachelor’s degree in Business or Engineering
- Leadership or supervising experience in an industrial manufacturing or manufacturing setting
- Electrical, mechanical, electronic controls and process troubleshooting experience
- Six Sigma Green Belt and continuous improvement experience preferred
- Strong mechanical aptitude
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
Living the safety stand and adhering to safety responsibilities
- Ensure employees completion of all required safety training.
- Lead execution of monthly team safety requirements – including near miss reporting, safe work permits, safety meetings, pre-shift safety inspections, departmental inspections, etc. and builds a culture where safety is the number one priority.
- Participates in the investigation of safety incidents and leads root cause analysis to drive for permanent resolution.
Achieve customer satisfaction and quality commitments.
- Understand and communicate customer expectations throughout the Operations Department, and ensure all products meet customer standards and requirements.
- Ensure timely and accurate production to schedules in order to meet or exceed delivery to promise.
- Ensure operational procedures are followed to product specifications, and quality metrics meet customers’ needs.
- Perform root cause analysis with the involvement of operators on all quality issues and resolve.
- Train operators on problem solving skills, and coach through resolution.
Leading and Developing Talent.
- Engages all teams to collaboratively own the success of the business by contributing to continuous improvement in the areas of safety, quality, cost, productivity, etc.
- Provides candid feedback on expectations and performance to members of the team on a regular basis, and drives appropriate actions for further improvement.
- Invests in the growth and development of team members and others to achieve sustained success.
- Implements and documents corrective action when performance issues occur.
- Partners with relevant stakeholders to ensure team members are well trained and up to date on certifications required to perform the full scope of the job.
- Encourage all employees to build strong working relationships and communication through sharing, respect, candor, integrity, innovation, accountability, and fun.
- Effectively communicates critical plant performance metrics to team members on a daily basis to ensure engagement.
- Monitors and enforces all facility and corporate policies and procedures.
Managing Operations
- Reaches mutually beneficial agreement with all operating departments on required capacity specifications. Capacity specifications measures capacity related to quality, availability, and performance.
- Analyses and communicates output data to the Leader on a regular basis.
- Assesses situations and takes action to proactively mitigate potential problems.
- Ensures consistent product quality by guiding team members to analyze key process variables, maintain critical product and equipment information.
- Performs root cause analysis in partnership with key stakeholders to address quality issues, and resolves those issues in a timely manner.
- Utilizes proper resourcing to meet cost targets.
- Partners with the maintenance staff to ensure the efficiency of plant equipment.
- Verify time and attendance reports ensuring processing and production needs are met.
Leads Continuous Improvement Activities
- Leverages standard work to minimize variation and waste.
- Leads focused Improvement activities to improve process capability and efficiencies, reduce costs, and eliminate waste.
- Partners with relevant stakeholders to optimize process and drive continuous improvement initiative.
- Participates in and leads 6S events in various work areas throughout plant.
- Leads product qualification efforts with the support of key stakeholders.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Completed High School Diploma or GED required
- Three (3) years of experience leading or supervising
- Must be at least 18 years of age
PREFERRED:
- Completed Bachelor’s degree in Business or Engineering
- Leadership or supervising experience in an industrial manufacturing or manufacturing setting
- Electrical, mechanical, electronic controls and process troubleshooting experience
- Six Sigma Green Belt and continuous improvement experience preferred
- Strong mechanical aptitude
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:
- Computer literacy—MRP systems (SAP) and Microsoft Office Suite, Kronos
- Strong communications skills (written and oral) to effectively communicate with people across all levels of the organization
- Attention to detail
- Ability to work extended/Flexible hours
- Ability to prioritize and coordinate multiple tasks and projects
- Logic, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis skills
- Build strong team alignment and communication
- Coach and guide for results.
- Leads through safety and corporate vision
- Possesses strong change management skills
