Job Description :
Hands-on approach to plan, design, arrange, change, optimize, and lead the manufacturing processes, including all employees related to direct labor.
Tasks :
- Ensure estimated cycle times are met by continuously improving process flows, removing unnecessary motion / processes, and eliminating waiting time.
- Ensure short-term commitments are met by personally following the product and removing any obstacles.
- Ensure long term commitments are met by properly planning manpower and machines
- Monitoring and mentoring leads supervisors to improve efficiency
- Develop goals for leads and supervisors to improve overall management skills
- Hold leads and supervisors accountable for deadlines
- Make decisions on the fly to keep production moving
- Build employee schedules to best suit the needs of the company
- Developing and implementing process control techniques and procedures into manufacturing environments.
- Analyzing manufacturing process flows continually for the enhancements of quality, cost reduction, and throughput.
- Collaborating with engineering regarding product tooling and design to ensure efficient production methods.
- Conferring with vendors in determining product specifications and arranging equipment, parts, or material purchase, and evaluating products according to quality standards and specifications.
- Estimating staffing requirements, production times, and relative costs to provide data for operational decisions.
- Coordinate and implement technical training for employees.
- Providing engineering support in the production department to troubleshoot and resolve technical problems.
- Coordinating maintenance work assigned to technicians and outside vendors.
- Review timecards and approve time off request as needed
- Supporting company policies and procedures, goals and objectives, specified regulations, and goods manufacturing practices.
Skills :
Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.Instructing - Teaching others how to do something.Management of Personnel Resources - Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.Monitoring - Monitoring / Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.Attributes :
Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.Written Comprehension - The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.Written Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.Speech Recognition - The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.Speech Clarity - The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.Preferred Experience and Education :
10+ years’ experience in Production ManagementBachelor’s or associate degree in mechanical engineeringSolid understanding of GD&T and metal fabrication processesReading and understanding technical documents and drawingsRequirements :
Must be able to lift 50 lbs. or less