Unit Supervisor III

Job Title: Unit Supervisor III 35043

Description:

• Is responsible for achieving departmental/area goals and objectives.
• Supervises semi to highly skilled production and/or maintenance employees on an assigned shift to ensure the manufacture of products within established delivery, quality, safety and cost standards.
• The supervisor is the first-line liaison between the production employees and the management staff and thus also serves the function of representing the company's interests with the shop floor staff.

Responsibilities:

• Establishes employee environment regarding communications, feedback and overall guidance.
• Ensures that assigned personnel have appropriate training, work instruction and tools to successfully do their job.
• Monitors Control Plans, troubleshoots workmanship problems and generally supervises production activities to ensure that manufactured products meet or exceed all established quality requirements.
• Administers employee policies, practices, procedures and work rules appropriate for the unit.
• Monitors individual and line performance and takes corrective action including discipline, as needed and responds to complaints to ensure the Company and employees adheres to policies, practices, procedures and work rules.
• Determines manufacturing and/or distribution priorities based on the production schedule and makes daily assignments including filling vacancies and assigning overtime in order to adhere to the Customer Delivery date.
• Plans for maintenance of equipment and facilities to maximize the uptime and utilization of capital equipment assets.
• Monitors and makes corrections to stay within the department operating budget targets.
• Directs departmental continuous improvement plans and activities.
• Implements and monitors safety programs and housekeeping.
• Perform ductile and gray iron recipe and chemistry calculations
• Manage the iron ow from melting iron in coreless furnaces, holding iron in induction furnaces and then pouring into molds via vertical channel pouring furnaces or pouring cars
• Execute strategic department initiatives, weekly schedules, and daily plans
• Manage employees and keep them accountable for their actions regarding Safety, Quality, Delivery and E ciency

Shift:

• This position will work a variable shift so candidates must be open to working 1st, 2nd and 3rd shifts.

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree in Metal Casting, Business, or similar discipline, or four or more years' relevant work experience

What Skills You Need:

• Excellent communicator, who thrives on solving problems and working in a team environment
• Experience with, or supporting, shop oor manufacturing and/or warehouse operation
• Demonstrated team leadership skills
• Experience communicating across functions (such as: supply management, engineering, operations, and human resources)
• Ability and exibility to work across variable shifts based on production needs

What Makes You Stand Out:

• Experience with continuous improvement pay plans (CIPP)

• Experience with wage/union employee policies, practices, procedures, and work rules
• Experience in leadership or supervision of a union workforce
• Working knowledge of the CI continual improvement process and 5S
• 3 or more years of experience in a coreless melt furnace, preferably with medium frequency furnaces
• Experience in induction furnaces
• Experience with refractory related practices in an iron foundry
• Chemistry control experience in a gray and ductile iron foundry