Supervise the daily activities of the machining department. Maintain a safe work environment. Assign hourly personnel, establish goals, determine workflow, and schedule daily departmental activities. Administer operational policies, procedures, progressive discipline, and attendance policies.
Primary Responsibilities :
- Responsible for establishing and promoting a safe and clean work environment.
- Assign hourly employees to their daily tasks/activities to support manufacturing schedules.
- Establish daily/project goals for the hourly workforce.
- Provide leadership for daily departmental activities.
- Establishes work center staffing and effective teams for implementation of department productivity and utilization goals.
- Initiate continuous improvement activities and actions to improve departmental processes and workflow.
- Coach performance and development. Provides training and resolves problems for hourly employees.
- Insures good communication across shifts.
- Complete all communication and information sharing within the hourly workforce necessary to meet goals.
- Establish, maintain and continually improve relationships with hourly employees and union officers.
- Conduct performance evaluations of hourly personnel.
- Administer company policies and procedures. This includes disciplinary investigations and attendance policies.
- Maintain accurate timekeeping in Dayforce and Cronetwork.
Principal Working Relationships :
Supervisors, Planners, Engineers, Union Officials, Human Resources, Safety Coordinator, Administrator, hourly work force and (Internal/External) customers.
Education :
Requires a high school diploma with 3-5 years of experience in the machining field. Journeymen Machinist/Tool & Die Maker papers are strongly recommended. A two- or four-year technical degree in machining from an accredited institution would be a plus.
Special Knowledge or Skills :
A detailed knowledge of machining fundamentals, manufacturing equipment, processes, and good interpersonal skills are required.
Prior Experience:
2-5 years supervising in a manufacturing (preferably metalworking) environment.
Previous supervisory experience in a Union environment.
Journeyman Machinist / Tool & Die Maker Papers
