Overview
The Production Manager will lead the activities of the metals department to ensure safety for plant personnel, achieve quality products, meet productivity numbers and cost targets, and maintain on-time production in accordance with established company standards and practices.
Responsibilities
- Plan and achieve safety, quality, customer delivery and cost targets.
- Implement and maintain visual KPI reporting to drive high performance teams.
- Evaluate personnel requirements based on business and employee needs.
- Recommend equipment, tooling, and processes to support business objectives.
- Evaluate training requirements and request necessary training.
- Conduct departmental meetings and ensure applicable tier meetings are conducted regularly.
- Report any equipment that is not in safe operating condition and remove it from use.
- Maintain a good standard of housekeeping.
- Train and instruct employees in the performance of their work, assigned jobs, and familiarize employees concerning company and departmental policies and procedures.
- Establish skill development plans for direct reports to foster an environment of career improvement and talent development.
- Planning and scheduling production activities and supervising the production process.
- Ensuring the effective management of production lines of an organization.
- Ensuring quality systems are in place and utilized to guarantee the integrity of products.
- Ensure accurate costing for responsible work centers and seek improvement opportunities.
- Evaluate fabrication capacity model and ensure a properly level loaded plan that aligns with demand.
- Develop programming practices that align with plant inventory and material utilization goals.
- Working out the material and human resources as needed.
- Working with managers effectively to execute the policies and goals of the organization.
- Liaising with different departments such as suppliers, managers and so on to prevent any probable delay.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in manufacturing technology, Engineering, Business Administration or equivalent preferred.
- 3 - 5 years’ management experience.
- Balanced mindset between the tactical operations and the business strategy
- Experience with electrical products, HVAC, Refrigeration Systems is a plus
- Savvy with L6S Tools with a strong CI mindset, to analyze problems and find their root cause: RCA, A3, 5W, RPS, etcetera.
- MS Office and ERP systems experience
- Formal training and/or 2 year's experience with equipment programming software
- Knowledge of ISO and Lean Manufacturing/Six Sigma
- 10 years’ experience in production management, scheduling and metal fabrication processes preferred
- Proficient in use of measuring instruments, i.e., calipers, protractors, etc.
- CNC Operating Experience preferred
- Good communication skills, both oral and written
- Strong command of the English language is essential for this role.
- Ability to develop and coach a diverse team
- Strong leadership skills able to influence, inspire and drive a big team (100-300 hourly employees) and influence on a cross-functional level.
Physical & Environmental Demands
- Capable of lifting up to 50 pounds.
- Light manufacturing: -
Time Travel Required