POSITION SUMMARY

Supervises the activities of hourly colleagues to achieve optimal levels of safety, quality, productivity and delivery to assure internal and external customer satisfaction.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

· Support the Company’s mission, vision, values and goals in performance of daily activities.

· Responsible for performance feedback and leadership of all direct reports including mentoring, coaching, counseling and corrective action when situations dictate.

· Provide key input into the development of departmental strategic goals along with identifying key measurable to support the departmental goals.

· Provide direction and leadership consistent with plant business plan goals.

· Responsible for maintenance department safety, quality, production and delivery objectives in his/her area of responsibility.

· Responsible for maintaining and repairing equipment to support production jobs.

· Responsible for managing the preventive maintenance schedules.

· Responsible for ensuring accountability and discipline.

· Responsible for maintaining maximum levels of press utilization and efficiency.

· Drive shift manning levels and utilization to assure compliance to budget.

· Provide leadership and promote positive moral and ensure a total team concept.

· Provide the proactive leadership necessary to achieve and maintain a continuous improvement mind set for the team.

· Coordinate and assess required training and team building.

· Coordinate and assist in new colleague orientation.

· Complete individual work team performance reviews for probationary colleagues.

· Track, monitor and implement required improvement activities related to business plan goals and issues.

· Assist with plant activities to achieve quality, productivity and cost reduction goals.

· Provide colleagues with the necessary training to be successful in their roles.

· Communicate and prioritize daily work assignments to the team.

· Enter work orders into the MLS system.

· Assure work orders are completed in an efficient and timely manner.

· Communicate the overtime schedule to the work team.

· Assist in new job set-up.

· Input individual colleague hours into the Kronos system.

· Maintain the communication scoreboards for each line on a daily basis.

· Communicate key information to the organization through the daily “shift to shift” communication plan.

· Champion assigned engineering changes communicate and coordinate accordingly to all departments.

· Participate in root cause analysis and team problem solving activities (ex. 8D reports, department meetings, etc.).

· Support plant activities towards achieving customer awards and quality registrations (ex. TS 16949/ISO14001).

· Prepare all accident reports to include identification of root cause and corrective action.

· Assure all direct reports are aware of their Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) responsibilities and hold all direct reports accountable.

· Responsible for ensuring the entire team has the necessary tools and materials to properly perform their roles safely and efficiently.

· Assure all safety devices are properly in place and utilized and verify individual usage of personal protection equipment (PPE) by the work team.

· Responsible for following all internal and OSHA required safety procedures in performing all daily work activities.

· Maintain a positive working relationship with all levels of the organization.

· Maintain high level of housekeeping in the work area.

· Adherence to all company policies and procedures (ex. Quality Policy Manual, Colleague Handbook, Level II procedures, etc.)

Required Skills

· Knowledge of manufacturing, stamping, and/or assembly processes as required for the position.

· Strong knowledge of TS 16949 and ISO 14001 regulations.

· Excellent organizational, analytical and communication skills.

· Ability to prioritize responsibilities in a fast paced environment.

· Ability to mentor and teach the team in effective problem solving methods.

· Experience in applying lean manufacturing concepts.

· Proven leadership ability.

· Experience as a training facilitator preferred.

· Ability to work well with others in a team environment.

· Proficient in Microsoft Office software.

· Ability to read and write in English and perform mathematical calculations.

Required Experience

· Minimum of six (6) years as a maintenance supervisor preferred, and one (1) year of management experience.

· Knowledge of manufacturing, stamping, and/or assembly processes as required for the position.

· Strong knowledge of TS 16949 and ISO 14001 regulations.

· Excellent organizational, analytical and communication skills.

· Ability to prioritize responsibilities in a fast paced environment.

· Ability to mentor and teach the team in effective problem solving methods.

· Experience in applying lean manufacturing concepts.

· Proven leadership ability.

· Experience as a training facilitator preferred.

· Ability to work well with others in a team environment.

· Proficient in Microsoft Office software.

· Ability to read and write in English and perform mathematical calculations.