Job DescriptionEssential Job Functions: - Promote and lead a culture of safety across all operations.
- Ensure compliance with company safety policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements.
- Address safety risks and ensure timely resolution of safety concerns or incidents.
- Oversee daily operations within the assigned area to ensure safe and efficient production.
- Ensure operations are carried out in a safe, appropriate, and cost-effective manner.
- Maintain accountability for adherence to operational procedures and standardized work practices.
- Observe work activities to ensure compliance with company standards.
- Monitor operational performance through key performance indicators (KPIs).
- Identify operational challenges and implement solutions to improve efficiency and productivity.
- Perform quality control oversight to ensure products meet customer and company specifications.
- Support and drive initiatives that improve operational processes and performance.
- Identify opportunities for process optimization and operational improvements.
- Collaborate with engineering, maintenance, quality, and materials teams to resolve operational issues.
- Lead, coach, and develop paint supervisors and team members.
- Support employee training and development initiatives.
- Drive the performance management process for supervisor-level personnel.
- Coordinate activities across shifts to promote collaboration and knowledge sharing.
- Support plant leadership initiatives and operational objectives.
- Communicate effectively with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment.
- Develop, implement, and optimize paint processes to ensure quality, cost-effectiveness, and efficiency.
- Monitor material consumption and process compliance.
- Conduct root cause analysis for paint process issues and develop corrective and preventative actions.
- Work with Engineering to identify, procure and implement new equipment and processing equipment.
- Provide technical assistance to reduce and sustain paint defect rate.
- Report on current KPI results, as well as developing additional or improved KPIs to ensure continual improvement of product and processes.
- Develop and initiate a Corrective Action plant to correct and/or prevent future occurrence of noncompliant processes or product.
- Report daily on schedule compliance, quality and through put in the prep and paint department.
- Safety, EPA, OSHA, IATF 16949 and ISO14001 compliance.
- Coordinates the training of Paint Engineers and Paint Techs, including providing mentoring on paint process techniques and best practices.
- Provide technical support and troubleshooting for paint processes.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives using 5S and Kaizen methodologies.
- Lead and participate in process audits to ensure adherence to standards and identify opportunities for improvement.
Qualifications: - Minimum ten (10) years of experience in process engineering, preferably paint processes.
- Minimum of five (5) years of experience managing paint engineers and/or paint techs in a manufacturing environment.
- Proficiency with robotics and automation systems.
- Experience in automotive or Tier 1 supplier manufacturing.
- Experience supervising production supervisors or frontline leaders.
- Experience working in high-volume manufacturing environments.
- Strong knowledge of manufacturing operations and operational management principles.
- Understanding of organizational effectiveness and operations management.
- Familiarity with business and financial principles impacting manufacturing performance.
- Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent organizational and problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to analyze operational data and production metrics to drive improvements.
Education: - Bachelor's degree in manufacturing, Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Business, or a related field or equivalent experience.
If you enjoy innovation, and an opportunity to learn and contribute to a growing organization, CSP is the place for you!
