Oversees the production process, coordinates activities, and supports the plant manager. Set production schedules to ensure customer demands are met, and product is delivered on time. Leading, guiding and directing employees while ensuring departmental goals are met through the OTR objectives in Safety, Quality and Cost. To maintain a safe and clean work environment for all production employees.
Essential Functions :
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.
1. Ensures compliance of all organization policies, procedures, and government regulations.
2. Provides plant floor leadership for the successful day-to-day operation of the facility.
3. Shares business information with teammates through floor presence, suggest improvements to current techniques, and solving problems daily.
4. Manages the floor workflow including prioritizing team goals to ensure deadlines are met.
5. Communicates with upper management regarding any problems or issues impacting production.
6. Sets productivity goals for each assembly line.
7. Knowledge of quality control standards for ISO 9001.
8. Trains others on daily work assignments when needed.
9. Develops workflow policies and procedures to increase production while maintaining a safe operation.
10. Communication of the daily / weekly goals.
11. Other duties can be assigned based on company needs and employee capabilities.
Competencies :
1. Communication Proficiency
2. Ability to coach and motivate employees
3. Time Management
4. Collaboration Skills
5. Personal Effectiveness / Credibility
6. Strong management skills
7. Stress Management / Composure
Required Skills / Abilities :
1. Must be able to supervise employees
2. Excellent attendance
3. Knowledge of quality management systems
4. Able to maintain a dependable and flexible work schedule that could include some Saturdays
5. Willing to take on projects as needed
6. Maintains a professional appearance
7. Must have high level of interpersonal skills to handle sensitive and confidential situations
8. Position continually requires demonstrated poise, tact, and diplomacy
9. Patience and determination a must.
Supervisory Responsibility :
This position has direct supervisory responsibilities. With production projects or work assignments, employee will need to coordinate and direct employees in order to meet / satisfy individual / company objectives.
Work Environment :
This position operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, and filing cabinets. At times, employee might be exposed to manufacturing environment, including forklift traffic, fumes, noise, and operating manufacturing equipment.
Physical Demands :
1. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to squat. Must be able to bend at the knees, and flexible enough to work in awkward positions such as stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, climbing, or balancing.
2. Regularly lift and / or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and / or move up to 25 mounds and occasionally lift and / or move up to 120 pounds.
3. Required continuous standing and / or walking.
4. Required to occasionally sit, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, climb or balance.
5. Frequent use of hands to finger, handle or feel parts, use tools, or controls.
6. Frequent reaching with hands and arms.
7. Requires the ability to hear and talk.
8. Temperature will vary from below 60 degrees in the winter to greater than 95 degrees in the summer.
9. Specific vision abilities required by this job include distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
10. The noise level in the work environment is moderate to loud.
Position Type and Expected Hours of Work :
This is a full-time position. Days are Monday through Friday; hours will vary according to work location. In order to meet our customer demands and internal objectives, at times this role will be required to work outside of the normal schedule, including weekends.
Travel :
No overnight travel is expected for this position. There may be occasional local day travel or overnight travel as it relates to training activities or support of assigned plants / locations.
Required Education and Experience :
1. High School diploma or equivalent education.
2. Minimum of 3 years in production supervisory roles.
Preferred Education and Experience :
1. Experience working in a fast pace, high-growth company.
2. Project Management experience.
3. Manufacturing experience preferred.
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Other job duties and responsibilities may also be assigned by the incumbents manager at any time based upon Company need.
OTR Engineered Solutions is an equal opportunity employer and will not tolerate discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, ethnicity, national origin, marital status, veteran status, genetic information or any other legally protected classification or status.
Production 2Nd Shift • Chandler, IN, US