Production Lead: Safety, Quality & Improvement

Cooper Standard Automotive; Bellefontaine (OH); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Cooper Standard Automotive in Ohio is seeking a capable Plant Supervisor to ensure safety, production, quality and continuous improvement goals are met. This role plans, organizes, coordinates and controls resources to achieve targets and maintain compliance with quality and safety standards.

You will lead a team, develop staff, manage breaks and overtime, and drive improvements with the Continuous Improvement teams, while collaborating with managers to review performance and actions.

Qualifications

• Four year degree or pursuing a four year degree with two to four years in supervision and/or more than 3 years of supervision/management experience.
• Ability to identify and resolve day-to-day technical and operational problems.
• Analytical skills to gather and interpret production information.
• Willingness and ability to travel, as necessary.
• Computer competency with spreadsheets, charting, and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Create a work environment where employees are respected, welcomed, safe, and empowered to excel.
• Ensure parts are built to plan and customer specifications.
• Ensure employees and team leaders are trained and empowered to meet job requirements.
• Communicate work rules and required standards of conduct.
• Assess employee performance and coach or discipline as needed.
• Identify, control and communicate risk in operations.
• Ensure staff are trained to perform their jobs safely.
• Model safe behaviors and lead by example.
• Lead incident investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective actions.
• Maintain accurate production reports.
• Organize and schedule work, breaks, overtime, vacation, and coverage to meet production needs.
• Conform to quality procedures and apply quality/process controls.
• Encourage improvement ideas from operators and assist with implementation.
• Collaborate with Continuous Improvement teams and support their implementation.
• Ensure shift communication and timely team meetings.
• Participate in manager meetings to review performance and actions.
• Attend critical parts meetings and daily walkabouts.
• May perform other duties as required.
• Participate in or lead safety processes (hazard assessments, incident investigations, etc.).

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Computer literacy (Excel, Word)

Travel willingness

Supervision experience

Education

Bachelor's degree or pursuing a four-year degree

Job description

Cooper Standard Automotive in Ohio is seeking a capable Plant Supervisor to ensure safety, production, quality and continuous improvement goals are met. This role plans, organizes, coordinates and controls resources to achieve targets and maintain compliance with quality and safety standards.

You will lead a team, develop staff, manage breaks and overtime, and drive improvements with the Continuous Improvement teams, while collaborating with managers to review performance and actions.