Department Coordinator

Peoria Production Shop

Job Description

Company Mission: To be the premier employer for individuals with disabilities.

Title: Department Coordinator

Brief Description: Works with a team that organizes and directs operations in a manufacturing environment. Reports to department supervisor and completes tasks as assigned.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• With direction from the department supervisor, schedules and directs production activities and establishes production priorities for products in keeping with effective operations and cost factors.
• Provides leadership to a diverse workforce.
• Determines labor needs according to schedules.
• Provides leadership for employee relations through effective communications, coaching, training, and development.
• Answers questions and resolves any problems that arise with workers or production.
• As assigned, keeps in contact with customers and provides quality customer service.
• Committed to practicing 5S.
• With direct supervisor's direction, develops and implements operating methods and procedures designed to eliminate operating problems and improve product quality.
• Keeps Production Whiteboard up to date.
• Works with department supervisor to revise production schedules and priorities as a result of equipment failure and operating problems.
• Ensures compliance with company standards for cost control, waste reduction, quality, safety, and complete and on-time delivery.
• Notifies supervisor of material needs
• Commitment to ISO and Lean Manufacturing standards.
• Operates RF Gun to move parts
• Other duties as assigned.

Education/Experience:

• 3+ years' experience as a Lead in a production or warehouse facility.
• Associate's degree in business or a related field or proof of continuing education preferred.
• History of training department staff.

Language Skills:

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information to employees.

Reasoning Ability:

• Ability to define and solve practical problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions either in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions.

Additional Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge Microsoft Office.
• Working knowledge Excel.
• Ability to multitask.
• Knowledge of production equipment and tools such as a forklift, electric hand or pallet jacks, automated baggers, electric tape machines, sewing machines, label printers, and cutting tools.
• Knowledge of packaging work orders and sales orders.
• Knowledge of human behavior and motivational factors affecting employee performance and self-esteem.
• Skill to work in a team-oriented environment.
• Ability to use basic office equipment including printer, fax machine, and copy machine.
• Ability to adapt to ever changing priorities and/or situations.
• Ability to pay attention to detail.
• Ability to handle pressure of deadlines and stay patient while tasks are being performed.

Strength/Physical Demands:

• Must be able to be on feet for 8 hours each day either standing or walking.
• Regularly required to bend, stoop, or reach with hands and arms.
• Lifting and carrying up to 20 pounds with the occasional lifting of up to 25pounds, with infrequent lifting or carrying of small tools or objects.

Work Conditions:

• Must be willing to work hours necessary to complete tasks.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• Clean modern workplace and climate-controlled shop floor.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• PTO
• 403B - retirement plan
• Long Term Disability
• Hospital Indemnity
• Legal
• Accident Insurance
• Critical Illness
• Employer paid Life Insurance
• Employer paid Short Term Disability
• Bonus Opportunities