Production Manager

Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • High School diploma or GED required, with a 2-year Associate's Degree preferred.
  • 5+ years in a supervisory role within manufacturing.
  • Strong leadership capabilities.
  • Proficiency in performance management and problem-solving.
  • Effective communication and time management skills.
  • Technical capacity relevant to manufacturing processes.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and supervise shop employees, ensuring effective relations and performance.
  • Maintain workflow and monitor production processes to enhance efficiency.
  • Schedule and assign personnel to meet production targets.
  • Drive continuous improvement in safety, quality, delivery, cost, and team morale.
  • Implement and enforce organizational standards and policies.
  • Educate staff on safety and compliance, maintaining a clean work environment.
  • Manage departmental performance metrics and report on progress.

Benefits

  • Health and welfare benefits available.
  • Retirement plan options.
  • Potential annual bonus eligibility.
  • Relocation assistance may be provided for qualified candidates.
Full Job Description
Job Description

The Supervisor of Operations' position is responsible for supervising shop employees in a manufacturing and assembly environment. This position plans and assigns work, coaches/develops, motivates, counsels, and disciplines employees, implements policies and procedures and recommends improvements in production methods, equipment, operating procedures and working conditions.

Essential Job Duties/Responsibilities:

1. Provides leadership & ensures effective employee relations. Provide employee coaching and development. Makes employment decisions. Resolve employee issues.

2. Maintain effective work flow by monitoring steps of the process; observing process control points and equipment; monitoring personnel and resources; studying methods; implementing cost reductions; developing reporting procedures and systems; facilitating corrections to malfunctions within process control points; initiating and fostering a spirit of cooperation within and between departments.

3. Complete production plan by effectively scheduling and assigning personnel; establishing priorities; monitoring progress; revising plans; resolving problems; reporting results of the processing flow on shift production summaries.

4. Drive continuous improvement in Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, and Morale to achieve positive results in all areas. Work to continuously improve in all areas.

5. Enforce organization standards and assist in the revision or formation of new policies.

6. Maintain a safe and clean work environment by educating and directing personnel on 5S, housekeeping, equipment preventative maintenance, and maintaining compliance with established policies and procedures.

7. Manage departmental performance measures, including visual controls and provides regular progress reports to manager.

8. Manage Non-Conforming Material reports so material is dispositioned in a timely manner. 9. Performs accident investigations and lead corrective actions.

10. Report on inventory levels.

11. Manages department priorities.

12. Tracks absenteeism and timekeeping.

Supervision Scope:

This position supervises all employees of the department and is responsible for the performance and efficiency of the employees within that department.

Educational Requirements:
  • High School or GED Diploma required
  • 2-year Associate's Degree preferred with 5 + years in a supervisory role within a manufacturing environment


Experience/Knowledge/Skills Required:
  • Leadership
  • Performance Management
  • Problem Solving/Analysis
  • Results Driven Personality
  • Communication Proficiency
  • Time Management
  • Technical Capacity
  • Orientation presentation


Specialized Working Conditions and % Travel: (i.e.: hearing, vision, extreme temperatures)

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 65 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Working conditions can be dirty, extreme hot/cold temps, loud noises. Travel % = 5% or less.

The salary range for this role is $85,000-$95,000.

Relocation may be provided if candidate meets qualifications:

Qualifications

Additional Information

Our job titles may span more than one career level. The salary rate for this role is currently $68900-98200 The actual salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, education, business needs, market demands and work location. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. More information on offered benefits, which include health, welfare, and retirement, are available at mywabtecbenefits.com. Other benefit offerings for this role may include annual bonus, if eligible.

About Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation (Wabtec)

Wabtec Corporation is an American company formed by the merger of the Westinghouse Air Brake Company and MotivePower Industries Corporation in 1999. It is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Wabtec manufactures products for locomotives, freight cars and passenger transit vehicles, and builds new locomotives up to 6,000 horsepower. The company merged with GE Transportation on February 25, 2019.

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