Title: Production Manager
Position summary: Hands on approach to plan, design, arrange, change, optimize, and lead the manufacturing processes including all employees related to direct labor.
Tasks:
· Ensure estimated cycle times are met by continuously improving process flows, removing unnecessary motion/processes, and eliminating waiting time.
· Ensure short-term commitments are met by personally following product and removing any obstacles.
· Ensure long term commitments are met by properly planning manpower and machines
· Monitoring and mentoring leads supervisors to improve efficiency
· Develop goals for leads and supervisors to improve overall management skills
· Hold leads and supervisors accountable for deadlines
· Make decisions on the fly to keep production moving
· Build employee schedules to best suit the needs of the company
· Developing and implementing process control techniques and procedures into manufacturing environments.
· Analyzing manufacturing process flows continually for the enhancements of quality, cost reduction, and throughput.
· Collaborating with engineering regarding product tooling and design to ensure efficient production methods.
· Conferring with vendors in determining product specifications and arranging equipment, parts, or material purchase, and evaluating products according to quality standards and specifications.
· Estimating staffing requirements, production times, and relative costs to provide data for operational decisions.
· Coordinate and implement technical training for employees.
· Providing engineering support in the production department to troubleshoot and resolve technical problems.
· Coordinating maintenance work assigned to technicians and outside vendors.
· Review timecards and approve time off request as needed
· Supporting company policies and procedures, goals and objectives, specified regulations, and goods manufacturing practices.
Skills:
· Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.
· Instructing - Teaching others how to do something.
· Management of Personnel Resources - Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best peoplefor the job.
· Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
· Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, askingquestions as appropriate and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
· Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Attributes:
· Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
· Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and
· sentences.
· Written Comprehension - The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
· Written Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
· Speech Recognition - The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
· Speech Clarity - The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
Experience and Education:
· Bachelor’s or associate degree in mechanical engineering
· Solid understanding of GD&T and metal fabrication processes
· Reading and understanding technical documents and drawings
· Must be able to lift 50 lbs. or less
· 10+ years as a Production Manager, Manufacturing Manager, Plant Manager, or Operations Manager
· Experience in Metal fabrication, CNC machining, Welding , Assembly operations
· Lean Manufacturing / Continuous Improvement background
· Strong leadership of 30 to 100+ shop-floor employees
Pay: $80,000.00 - $120,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Application Question(s):
- How many years of experience do you have managing production operations in a metal fabrication, machining, welding, or manufacturing environment?
10+ years
7–9 years
5–6 years
Less than 5 years
- Do you have experience reading and interpreting engineering drawings, blueprints, and GD&T (Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing)?
Preferred Answers:
Extensive experience
Moderate experience
Limited experience
No experience
- How many employees have you directly supervised in a manufacturing environment?
Work Location: In person
