Manufacturing Manager

Summary/Purpose

Responsible for Safety, Quality, Cost and Delivery for all areas of responsibility.

Essential Duties and Accountabilities:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential duties satisfactorily.

• Provide leadership to manufacturing and maintenance departments consisting of team leads, technicians and operators.
• Develop an annual operating plan for department to support company operating planning cycle.
• Plan capital and expense budget requirements.
• Be accountable to operating plan and financial commitments.
• Lead improvement activities for quality, delivery, cost and safety objectives.
• Identify training and development needs for department team members
• Support continuous improvement through Kaizen and leading positive change.

• Support company policy and administer fairly and consistently
• Facilitate good communications with leaders and team members for establishing expectations and problem resolution and goal setting
• Maintain efficiency through lean manufacturing principles, human resource planning and flexibility
• Other duties as assigned by management.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• This position supervises the manufacturing and maintenance supervisors.

Job Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.

• Supervisory knowledge in a manufacturing environment
• General understanding of highly sophisticated equipment and software
• General understanding of mechanical blueprints and electrical diagrams
• Understanding of quality assurance system
• General understanding of cutting tools and material (machining)
• General understanding of production control in mass-production manufacturing
• Solid problem-solving skills using a variety of statistical and root cause tools
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Experience with lean production concepts and tools
• Positive attitude to support company policies
• Flexibility with new ideas and different environments
• Motivational and supervisory skills in large group
• Ability to work overtime and weekends when necessary
• Ability to deal with stress and emergency situations
• Ability to train others
• Highly motivated and high energy level
•  Understand and implement TS 16949 and ISO 14001 as a foundational principle of operations

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field and minimum 10 years of experience in manufacturing
• 3+ years of supervisory experience

Work Environment/Physical Demands:

• Work shift as assigned and overtime is required, as needed.
• Will be required to do the following throughout the shift: standing, bending, pushing, pulling, reaching above and below shoulders, moving left to right repetitively, grasping, and fine finger dexterity. 
• May be required to lift during shift up to 40 lbs.
• Specific vision abilities required with this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• The performance of this position requires exposure to manufacturing areas which require the use of personal protective equipment such as steel toed shoes, safety glasses with side shields.