2nd Shift Production Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Summary:
Manage, supervise, direct, control and administer manufacturing operations assigned. Ensure compliance with safety, quality, production, and cost. Execution of the production schedule to effectively meet all customers’ requirements and expectations.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
This list of duties and responsibilities is not all inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities as management may deem necessary from time to time.
Manage and supervise assigned Team Members to the parameters defined within the STMC Employee Handbook. Lead, support and enforce company safety policies. Overlap coverage as required with management staff. Ensure concise execution plan exists for current and following shifts. Always an agent and ambassador for STMC which requires you to lead honorably by example. Interact with, coach, and support the entire team. Be an accessible positive team resource and positive influence for all team members. Assist with the interviewing process of new hire candidates. Set the standard for performance expectations. Be fair, equitable, unbiased, and accessible to all team members.

1. Directly manage and supervise employees in the Folding, Laser, Pemming, Spot Weld, Press Brake, Shakeout, Shipping, Tool Room, Turret, Weld departments at all locations to support published department work schedules.
2. Organize and assign work to utilize available team skills, experience, knowledge of equipment and tooling to achieve the best advantages of overall productivity, quality, workmanship, lead-time, and value.
3. Maintain acceptable operational costs with effective processing control to identified standards, and controlled person-hours including overtime.
4. Provide direction, instruction, training, coaching, and mentoring to all team members as needed under your report.
5. Identify, analyze, diagnose (if possible) machine malfunctions, and expedite needed repairs by notifying the maintenance manager and reporting events in maintenance work order software (Dude Solutions).
6. Provide feedback information to support Engineering, Quality, Purchasing, and Account Managers to assist with and/or implement ideas to enhance processing efficiency, simplification, methods or tooling, labor, scheduling, and cost reduction.
7. Maintain and promote team adherence and conformance to company policies, rules, and regulations (Employee Handbook).
8. Compose employee performance reviews, including goal creation with achievement milestones.
9. Assume responsibility for quality of process and team workmanship, efficient material handling and workflow, and order management consistent with manufacturing objectives and performance goals.
10. Ensure all employees are properly trained for the job being performed in safety, quality, and knowledge of the processing position and expectations.
11. Identify and correct all clocking transactions for your team. Manage, develop, and train as required for successful team clocking transactions.
12. Embrace, encourage, and promote lean continuous improvement initiatives and activities.
13. Schedule and assemble production meetings and huddles to review manufacturing requirements including schedules, quality expectations, productivity, and processing efficiency.
14. Follow, promote, and perform all established Quality procedures and participate in improving team quality performance.
15. Perform related duties as assigned and must be flexible to adjust as situation dictates (i.e.) assist with set-ups, inspection, etc. to keep production moving and eliminate down time. This requires a “whatever-it-takes” working attitude.
16. Support and participate in the company’s established Youth Apprenticeship (YA) program by following program guidelines, providing training, mentoring apprentices, and promoting safe work practices and workforce development.

Daily Expectations and Responsibilities:

1. Help the production teams to get off and running at the beginning of each shift. Ensure everyone has received and understands their work instructions, directions and where they are needed for positive contribution.
2. Coordinate production plan with colleagues and distribute to each department including priority instruction and expectations.
3. Confirm appropriate staffing is applied in all areas to support the production plan.
4. Prepare and plan for meetings, interviews, or events on the calendar.
5. Review and correct inaccurate data from the previous day including timecards, and follow-up with team member coaching.
6. Review and respond timely to emails to support your teammates.
7. Handle personnel conflicts appropriately within your scope, utilize HR as needed.
8. Spend frequent time on the floor interacting, engaging, supporting, coaching, and mentoring your team.
9. Participate in employment candidate interviews as required.
10. Observe, assess, and pursue opportunities to improve processing efficiencies.
11. Monitor “Live Schedule,” and various other daily reports to effectively react to fluid schedule activity.
12. Create a scripted plan for hand-off with direction to support second shift production. Expectations to include contingency considerations.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

1. Extensive knowledge of fabrication techniques, equipment and tooling applications, raw materials, and utilization of measuring instruments.
2. Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing applications and concepts.
3. Knowledge of Manufacturing Quality Systems, Processes, Standards and Quality Assurance Principles
4. Strong supervisory, leadership and team building skills.
5. Proficiency in PC software applications (M1, MS Office, etc.)
6. Efficient keyboard skills to effectively type 40 WPM. Pursuit of professional training is recommended.
7. Read and interpret documents such as policies & procedures, drawings, routings, P.O.’s,  
8. Communicate effectively with all employees within the organization, promote positive two-way dialog.
9. Exercise sound judgment and effective problem solving.

Education and Experience :
Typically requires education equivalent to an associate degree in Supervisory or Management concepts, business, or technical subjects together with 8+ years’ hands-on supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment.

Physical Demands :
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand for extended periods and use hands to finger, handle, or feel sheet metal materials, machine controls, and tooling. The employee is occasionally required to walk; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear while communicating with team members or performing equipment adjustments.
The position involves frequent lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, and positioning of sheet metal parts during machine setup and operation. The employee must be able to:

• Lift and carry sheet metal parts weighing 10 lbs. to/from a container, cart, or pallet from floor to 43" and from 43" to 57" repetitively.
• Lift and carry 35 lbs. from floor to 43" and from 43" to 57" for multiple repetitions.
• Occasionally lift and carry 45 lbs. from floor to 43" and from 43" to 57".
• Push and pull metal sheets/parts on a 43" adjustable work surface using up to 45 lbs. of force in forward, lateral, and backward motions.
• Perform reaching activities in forward, backward, and side directions while standing.
• Bend to and from the floor while standing during material handling and setup activities.
• Maintain balance on each leg for 30 seconds.
• Stand and walk for extended periods while performing machine setup, part loading, and inspection activities.

Specific vision abilities required in this role include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus, necessary for reading measurements, inspecting parts, monitoring machine operation, and ensuring accuracy and safety.

Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The employee works in a factory environment and is occasionally exposed to wet, humid conditions and chemicals. He/she is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles and frequently works near moving mechanical parts. The noise level in the work environment is loud.
The above statement reflects the general details necessary to describe the principal functions of the occupation describes and shall not be construed as a detailed description of all the work that may be inherent in the occupation.

 

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