Plant Manager â Fabrication
Plant Manager â Fabrication
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Job Description
Purpose and Scope
The Plant Manager works to ensure that best practice manufacturing processes are created implemented and run efficiently. The Production Manager will oversee the daily activities of the NASL Fabrication department ensuring that it meets or exceeds our safety efficiency and quality standards and goals. This leader will take responsibility to develop and maintain an effective and teamoriented culture driving results our core values and growth. This position will demonstrate emotional intelligence and the ability to lead by example to manage a fastpaced production team and environment.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Production and Throughput
o Daily execution of production throughput to schedules problem solving and quickly resolving issues as they arise.
o Lead motivate and support a large team within a timesensitive and demanding environment including career development plans for direct reports.
o Evaluation of performance of production personnel (quality efficiency conduct etc).
o Implement relevant KPIs and manage data collection and posting of specific metrics to achieve productivity targets reduce operational and inventory costs eliminate errors and deliver excellent internal and external customer service.
o Identify and address key concerns that may impact production schedules.
o Take an active role in factory production planning.
o Maintain visibility and constant communication with other department managers staff and vendors to ensure proper operation of the business unit.
o Track staffing requirements and providing leadership in recruiting interviewing oneonone discussions disciplinary actions and supporting our annual reviews and goal setting processes.
o Organizing relevant training sessions whether for quality safety product or equipment operation related.
o Work with team members to ensure customer samples are completed to high and customer specific quality standards.
o Provide solutions to customers specific needs via understanding their current situation and critical concerns via working with other departments and directly with customers during plant visits executing tours and product and customer development and onboarding.
Quality Assurance
o Ensure output meets appropriate customer specific industry and NASL quality standards.
o Partners with Quality Assurance lead to develop implement and maintain quality assurance protocols.
o Partners with team members to complete and develop effective Corrective Actions (internally or externally driven) to combat quality deficiencies.
o Trains direct staff on specific quality requirements by customer and product.
o Meet/exceed departmental quality goals.
Health and Safety
o Enforce health and safety precautions.
o Assure proper training has been completed by current and future production staff to reduce the risk of accidents.
o Assist and or lead accident investigations within the department.
o Meet and/or exceed department safety goals.
Process Improvement
o Increase the efficiency of existing processes and procedures to enhance the companys internal capacity.
o Independently and as a partner with crossfunctional teams analyze and improve tools and systems.
o Estimating negotiating and agreeing to budgets with managers.
o Identify and implement new processes equipment automation technology etc. to increase throughput and decrease operational and inventory expense.
Reporting Relationships
The Plant Manager (Fabrication) reports directly to the Director of Engineering and Fabrication Operations
Education and Training
Bachelors degree in operations management business administration or related field. Experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.
Experience
Minimum of 6 years production experience with at least 3 years of leadership experience.
Other Skills and Abilities
Good interpersonal skills
Competent in problem solving team building and decision making.
Is selfaware resilient optimistic and open to change.
A positive and collaborative approach to others.
Demonstrated ability to perform and take proactive initiative in a fastpaced manufacturing environment.
Lean Manufacturing Proficiency
Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment and accomplish tasks through cooperation and collaboration with others.
The ability to balance and coordinate multiple projects simultaneously.
The ability to communicate clearly using written and verbal communication.
Other Qualifications
ERP Software experience (Epicor E10 is a plus)
Ability to successfully use basic office software applications (specifically MS Excel MS Word and MS Outlook)
Physical Demands
While performing the duties of this job the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger handle feel or operate objects tools or controls; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; stoop kneel crouch or crawl; talk or hear; and smell. Handeye coordination is necessary to operate drafting instruments computers and various pieces of office equipment.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full Time
