About this role
Job Purpose : Supervises shop employees in a manufacturing and assembly environment: plans and assigns work, implements policies and procedures and recommends improvements in production methods, equipment, operating procedures and working conditions.
Qualifications:
- Education and Experience: Associates degree in Business Administration, Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering, Quality Systems, or other related technical areas or 2 3 years of previous experience in supervision leading workers in a manufacturing environment. Both are preferred.
- Knowledg e: General knowledge of mathematics and problem solving techniques, lean manufacturing, and a working knowledge of MRP or ERP systems (Plex preferred).
- Skills & Abilities : Computer skills utilizing MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook). Must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills, and first-class interpersonal skills.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities of the Job:
- Assign daily job tasks to production employees, cell technicians and material handlers.
- Manage employees training, performance, scheduling of vacation and personal time, daily reporting of absenteeism, etc.
- Ensures effective employee relations. Provides employee coaching and development. Makes employment decisions. Resolves employee issues through problem resolution.
- Responsible for monitoring and/or implementing legal compliance measures as detailed in the employee handbook and related State and Federal laws.
- Balances quality, productivity, cost, safety and morale to achieve positive results in all areas. Works to continuously improve in all areas.
- Manages departmental performance measures, including visual controls and provides regular progress reports to manager. Monitor daily production schedule to insure shipping dates are achieved.
- Works with QA, Engineering, Maintenance and Tool room with problem solving issues during Quality Alerts and other shop issues.
- Maintain clean, safe and secure shop environment including reporting any work-related accidents and implementing corrective action to prevent reoccurrence.
- Ensure all quality standards and procedures are followed.
- Additional duties as assigned by plant manager.
Training Requirements: New Hire Orientation, Accident Reporting and Investigation, PLEX
Level of Authority:
- Authority to recommend hire, terminate, promote, transfer, or discipline direct report workers.
- Authority to appraise employee productivity and efficiency, and recommend merit wage increases.
- Authority to recommend changes to work instructions, if required. Can issue "OK to run" instructions on jobs with problems, based on available information.
- Authority to immediately correct safety issues.
Physical Demands: Requires standing or walking a total of 4-6 hours in an 8 hour day, but no more than 2 hour at any one time; sitting a total of 1-2 hours in an 8 hour day, but no more than 1 hour at any one time; frequently requires lifting less than 10 lbs, but occasionally may lift 50 lbs or less 3-5 times in a week; intermittently (5-10% of the day) may need to stoop/bend, crouch, kneel, twist, reach and pull or push objects; exposure to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable.
Qualifications
Qualifications:
- Education and Experience: Associates degree in Business Administration, Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering, Quality Systems, or other related technical areas or 2 3 years of previous experience in supervision leading workers in a manufacturing environment. Both are preferred.
- Knowledg e: General knowledge of mathematics and problem solving techniques, lean manufacturing, and a working knowledge of MRP or ERP systems (Plex preferred).
- Skills & Abilities : Computer skills utilizing MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook). Must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills, and first-class interpersonal skills.