Manufacturing Area Manager JOB SUMMARY The primary function of this position is to support team members to meet daily safety, quality, and production requirements. The following factors serve as expectations, and will be used to measure the relative performance for individuals in the Manufacturing Manager role:
- Work with Team members and other leaders to monitor standards of work and process flow within the department or work area to meet production and customer requirements.
- Responsible to execute goals and objectives for the plant.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES - Lead the activities of team members of production of quality parts in accordance with work instructions and company policy to ensure a quality product delivered on time.
- Responsible for maintaining safety standards as required by law and company policy.
- Coach and provide technical expertise to resolve issues and create and ensure corrective action(s) are implemented.
- Ensure the appropriate level of accountability for goals and objectives at the team member levels.
- Monitor and take appropriate timely improvement action to meet production quality and quantity.
- Utilize problem solving techniques, teamwork building strategies, process control, and continuous process improvement tools to meet or exceed the operating goals/metrics.
- Facilitate team member workflow management, workforce scheduling and team member placement to ensure the facility and company goals are successfully met or exceeded.
- Maintain adherence to company policies, safety standards and good housekeeping practices.
- Responsible for the completion of Accident Investigation forms in areas of responsibility
- Responsible for implementation of safety countermeasures and doing root cause analysis to determine appropriate safety changes that are needed to improve plant safety.
- Responsible to adhere to all site safety policies and procedures.
- Coach and model safe behaviors, respect for environment and 6S behaviors.
- Champion safety practices at the site.
QUALIFICATIONS - Education: Bachelor's degree; or four to ten years' related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Experience: Manufacturing experience preferred.
- Certifications/Licenses:
- Other Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Language Skills - Ability to read, understand and comprehend document such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, procedure manuals, Oracle reports and Internal Methods Sheets (IMS). Ability to carry out instruction in written, oral or diagram form. Excellent team skills and able to interact with other employees, engineers and leadership. Ability to report progress with engineers to solve issues.
- Mathematical Skills - ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
- Reasoning Ability - Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
- Computer Skills - Knowledgeable of Microsoft Office and Manufacturing software. Knowledge of computers.
WORKING ENVIRONMENT - The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Safety requirements for this position are safety glasses and steel-toed work boots.
- Physical Demands: Standing/Walking long periods of time. Candidate will need to be able to stand/walk for extended periods of time up to 6+ hours at a time.
- Travel Requirements: None
This is a full time position Pay Range:
