Production Manager

Forest River, Inc.

$100K — $115K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Management experience required
  • Quality-focused mindset
  • Ability to read technical drawings
  • Strong problem-solving skills
  • Excellent interpersonal and leadership abilities
  • Consistent attendance record

Responsibilities

  • Manage production employees effectively
  • Develop and oversee production policies and procedures
  • Build and lead a cohesive production team
  • Create and maintain production schedules for all product lines
  • Coach and develop production staff while providing strategic direction
  • Streamline operations by managing and directing corporate policies
  • Handle recruitment, training, and termination of production staff as needed
  • Oversee facility maintenance and manage production premises
  • Review processing schedules to inform work procedures and assignments
  • Monitor labor efficiencies and manage cost containment efforts
  • Develop equipment usage schedules and ensure availability of tools
  • Set and review quality assurance metrics while contributing to budget planning
  • Implement training programs for new staff onboarding
  • Utilize LEAN principles to optimize production quality and speed
  • Collaborate with engineering and design teams to ensure proper vehicle construction

Benefits

  • Medical coverage
  • Dental coverage
  • Vision insurance
  • 401k retirement plan
Full Job Description

Pay Range:
  • $100,000 to $115,000

Benefits:
  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k
Responsibilities
  • Managing Production Employees
  • Development, management, and oversight of production, policies, and procedures implemented to better document and streamline all company production practices.
  • Build and lead a production team while overseeing all aspects of production.
  • Creation and maintenance of production schedule for all product lines.
  • Lead and direct the work of production staff, including coaching employees, skill development, cross training & communicating strategies and work tasks with a vision.
  • Streamlining corporate operations by creating, managing, and directing operational policies and ensuring that such policies adhere to company standards and help to increase operational efficiency.
  • Recruiting, hiring, training, counseling, and termination of production staff, as required, to support the quality of operations.
  • Manage the facility and facility maintenance.
  • Overseeing manufacturing, including reviewing processing schedules and production orders to determine work procedures and assignments.
  • Maintain and manage labor efficiencies and cost containment.
  • Developing equipment usage schedules and timelines as well as ensuring the production team has all required equipment to complete tasks correctly.
  • Monitoring and developing cost targets, lead times, quality assurance and contributing to budget and planning exercises.
  • Fostering quality improvements and develop quality metrics, including monitoring and validating equipment and services in use.
  • Implement and maintain a production staff on-boarding training program.
  • Utilize and implement LEAN manufacturing principles to ensure that our vehicles are built with absolute quality in the fastest time possible.
  • Work closely with engineering, design staff and outside vendors to ensure vehicles are being built and designed properly.
Qualifications
  • Must have Management Experience
  • Quality minded
  • Ability to read Prints
  • Good Problem Solving Capabilities
  • Strong people skills/Ability to Lead Others
  • Good Attendance

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