Production Supervisor

Accumold; Ankeny (IA); On-site; USD 52,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Accumold in Ankeny, IA seeks an experienced Manufacturing Supervisor to coordinate order flow, ensure on-time delivery, and communicate production issues across shifts and toolroom. You will organize workflow, allocate machinery, raw materials, and labor based on IQMS data.

You will train operators, maintain work instructions, mentor staff, contribute to employee reviews, and help solve production and design problems.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required; experience or training in manufacturing quality systems preferred.
• Ability to use measuring and inspection equipment to monitor quality.
• Experience with IQMS or similar manufacturing software is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate flow of orders to ensure on-time delivery and communicate production issues across shifts and toolroom.
• Organize workflow and duties for employees and machinery; base decisions on IQMS data.
• Provide mold performance input to tool room, quality control, engineering, and production management.
• Ensure operators are trained, maintain work instructions, and record relevant data.

Skills

Leadership

Quality systems

Inspection/measurement

Training & development

Problem solving

Data interpretation

Education

High school diploma or GED

Manufacturing quality systems experience

Tools

IQMS

Job description

• Coordinates flow of orders to ensure on time delivery.Communicates effectively all production issues with the other production shifts and with the Toolroom.


• Organizes workflow and duties for employees and machinery.Makes production decisions, to ensure efficient use of machinery, raw material and labor. These decisions are based on information displayed in IQMS.


• Gives mold performance input on all new tooling, to tool room, quality control, and engineering and production manager as necessary.


• Ensures operators are adequately trained for the tasks that they are performing. Ensures work instructions to complete tasks are followed. Ensures all relevant data is being recorded.


• Conducts or provides input for employee reviews as required.


• Makes decisions on production problems and communicates these decisions to management on a timely basis.


• Develops and expands ongoing knowledge of plastic materials to become proficient and capable of using past experience to make informed processing decisions.


• Enforces all building safety and security guidelines as designated by management.


• Attends appropriate meetings as necessary to help solve customer complaints, production issues and design problems or conditions that would limit the efficient use of machines and tools.


• Once trained, incumbent may be assigned to any of the three shifts, or the weekend shift. Future rotation or change of the assigned working shift is possible. Incumbent will also fill in for other production supervisors on other shifts as required during vacation periods etc.


• Other duties as required.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• Education/Experience. High school education coursework or GED required. Experience or training in manufacturing using quality systems. Ability to use measuring and inspection equipment to monitor quality.


• Computer Skills. Ability to read and understand Real Time, Inventory and Sales Order screens in IQMS. Ability to perform basic keyboarding.


• Language Skills. Ability to read, comprehend, and utilize instructions and short correspondence with coworkers and supervisors. Ability to effectively present information to other employees, in one-on-one and small group situations.


• Mathematical Skills. Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to read and understand specification drawings for inspection purposes.


• Reasoning Ability. Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a number of concrete variables. Ability to follow simple verbal instructions.


• Other Skills and Abilities. Willingness to attend classes or training to enhance and update knowledge and skills.


• Supervisory Responsibilities. Direct work tasks to others in manufacturing. Mentors and trains employees in a team environment. Conducts or provides input for employee reviews as required.


• Physical Demands. While performing the duties of this job, the incumbent is frequently required to sit/stand and use hand to manipulate very small parts or tweezers. Sense of touch may be used to detect texture, burs and edges. Frequent movement throughout the facility is required. Normal or corrected to normal vision is required with good color vision, close vision, and ability to use microscope and adjust focus. May be required to move or transport up to 55 lbs.


• Work Environment. The duties of this job are executed in a climate-controlled environment with few temperature or humidity extremes. Noise levels will vary from very low to moderate depending on the location that the work is performed within the facility. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Use of safety glasses is required.

The description given is intended only to provide information about the general nature of the job and is not an all-inclusive list of the job duties, skills or abilities.

Employment with Accumold is “at will”, meaning that either the employee or the company may terminate employment at any time and for any or no reason.

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