Manufacturing Leader I

Btd Manufacturing, Inc.; Lakeville (MN); On-site; USD 75,000 - 112,000; Full time

Job summary

BTD Manufacturing, Inc. in Lakeville, MN, seeks a Manufacturing Supervisor to lead daily operations and ensure safety, quality, and timely production. You will align department actions with management decisions, prioritize work, and communicate across teams.

The role requires strong supervisory experience in manufacturing, knowledge of production systems, and the ability to hire, plan, assign, and develop staff while maintaining ethical standards.

Qualifications

• Graduation from high school or equivalent plus two years of related technical or three years of related on the job training.
• At least four years of recent supervisory manufacturing experience, which includes the following skills and abilities:

Responsibilities

• Communicates with Manufacturing Manager daily to ensure Leaders' decisions and actions align with BTD's objectives for areas of responsibility.
• Communicates with employees daily to ensure they know and are carrying out BTD's objectives for safety, productivity, quality and timeliness.
• Assumes the responsibility to make decisions independently and then consult the next level of management if necessary.
• Uses production schedule to appropriately prioritize equipment by department so that jobs are delivered to customers on time.
• Manage payroll information, maintain vacation, holiday, overtime for hourly employees.
• Works with fellow manufacturing leaders to ensure critical equipment and departments are staffed.
• Monitors work area to ensure that it is safe and enforces safety policies and reports deficiencies as appropriate.
• Establishes performance standards, monitors employee performance and directs work to maximize performance.
• Maintains ethics and integrity congruent to the Company's mission and values.
• Responsibilities include hiring, planning, assigning and directing work; appraising performance, rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and assuring problems are resolved; developing leadership in all people.
• The qualifications listed above are guidelines. Other combinations of education and experience could provide necessary knowledge, skills and abilities to perform this job.

Skills

Communicates well

Manufacturing systems knowledge

Plan and organize

Supervise personnel

Office equipment operation

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Safety is #1 at BTD: Our expectation is that every employee: 1) strictly follows safety policies, rules and safe work methods. 2) Promptly corrects or reports safety hazards or unsafe conditions. Promptly reports injuries for prompt diagnosis and treatment. 3) Makes regular suggestions for safety process improvements to support continuous improvement in safety.

Essential Functions

1. Communicates with Manufacturing Manager daily to ensure that the Leaders' decisions and actions are aligned with BTD's objectives for the areas of responsibility.
2. Communicates with employees daily to ensure that they know and are carrying out BTD's objectives for the department, including safety, productivity, quality and timeliness.
3. Assumes the responsibility to make decisions independently and then, if necessary and/or appropriate, consult the next level of management.
4. Uses production schedule to appropriately prioritize equipment by department so that jobs are delivered to customers on time.
5. Manage payroll information, maintain vacation, holiday, overtime for hourly employees.
6. Works with fellow manufacturing leaders to ensure critical equipment and departments are staffed.
7. Monitors work area to ensure that it is safe and enforces safety policies. Corrects safety deficiencies or brings them to the attention of Maintenance, Engineering or management as appropriate.

Leadership Responsibilities

1. Establishes performance standards, monitoring employee performance and focusing the Department's attention to areas of opportunity to maximize performance.
2. Maintains ethics and integrity congruent to the Company's mission and values.
3. Responsibilities include hiring, planning, assigning and directing work; appraising performance, rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and assuring problems are resolved; developing leadership in all people.

Education, Experience and Skills Required

Graduation from high school or equivalent plus two years of related technical or three years of related on the job training. At least four years of recent supervisory manufacturing experience, which includes the following skills and abilities:

1. Communicates well, using oral, written, and listening skills.
2. Strong working knowledge of manufacturing systems, quality requirements, industrial engineering, and tool engineering.
3. Ability to plan, organize, direct and coordinate manufacturing production programs including proven public relations skills.
4. Ability to supervise personnel in a manner conducive to efficient performance and high morale.
5. Ability to operate general office equipment including manufacturing related applications on microcomputer.

The qualifications listed above are guidelines. Other combinations of education and experience could provide necessary knowledge, skills and abilities to perform this job.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of the job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use of hands and fingers to, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of the job, the employee may be exposed to weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. (EO/AAMet/Disability Employer).

Compensation Salary Range: OTC10: $74759 - $112172 The range for this position is being displayed in compliance with all state and local regulations. Salaries are set based on a number of factors to include an individual's job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and education. This means that no two candidates are alike. Please keep in mind that the range mentioned above is the full base salary range for the role. Hiring at the maximum of the range would not be typical in order to allow for future & continued salary growth. The range provided above does not include additional compensation such as bonus, health benefits, vacation, 401(K) match, etc.

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