AUTOKINITON is a leading North American supplier of propulsion-agnostic, structural automotive components and assemblies. Our 100% vertical integration capabilities allow us to offer our customers end-to-end engineering, manufacturing, and in-house logistics.  At AUTOKINITON, we are building a better foundation for every vehicle on the road.

AUTOKINITON is recognized by our customers as one of the top suppliers in our industry.

Reasons you will love working here: 

Learning and Development Opportunities.  Growth Opportunities with tuition reimbursement programs, upward mobility and much more.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for performance feedback and leadership of all direct reports, including mentoring, coaching, counseling, and corrective action when situations warrant.
• Provide key input in the development of departmental strategic objectives along with the identification of key measurable indicators to support departmental objectives.
• Provide direction and leadership in accordance with the objectives of the business plan of the plant.
• Responsible for the objectives of safety, quality, production and delivery of the maintenance department in his area of responsibility.
• Responsible for the maintenance and repair of equipment to support production work.
• Responsible for managing preventive maintenance programs.
• Responsible for ensuring responsibility and discipline.
• Responsible for maintaining maximum levels of utilization and efficiency of the press.
• Drive shift manning levels and utilization to ensure budget compliance.
• Provide leadership and promote positive morale and ensure a total team concept.
• Provide the proactive leadership necessary to achieve and maintain a continuous improvement mindset for the team.
• Coordinate and evaluate the necessary training and team building.
• Coordinate and assist in the orientation of new colleagues.
• Complete individual work team performance reviews for probationary colleagues.
• Track, monitor and implement required improvement activities related to business plan objectives and issues.
• Assist with plant activities to achieve quality, productivity and cost reduction objectives.
• Provide colleagues with the necessary training to be successful in their duties.
• Communicate and prioritize daily work assignments to the team.
• Enter work orders in the MLS system.
• Ensure that work orders are completed in an efficient and timely manner.
• Communicate the overtime schedule to the work team.
• Assist in the creation of new jobs.
• Enter hours of individual colleagues in the Kronos system.
• Maintain daily communication markers for each line.
• Communicate key information to the organization through the daily "turn to shift" communication plan.
• Engineering changes assigned by Champion are communicated and coordinated accordingly with all departments.
• Participate in root cause analysis and team problem solving activities (eg 8D reports, department meetings, etc.).
• Support plant activities to achieve customer awards and quality records (eg TS 16949/ISO14001).
• Prepare all accident reports to include root cause identification and corrective action.
• Ensure that all direct reports are aware of their Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) responsibilities and hold all direct reports accountable.
• Responsible for ensuring that the entire team has the necessary tools and materials to properly perform their duties safely and efficiently.
• Ensure that all safety devices are correctly placed and used and verify the individual use of personal protective equipment (PPE) by the work team.
• Responsible for following all internal safety procedures and required by OSHA when performing all daily work activities.
• Maintain a positive working relationship with all levels of the organization.
• Maintain a high level of cleanliness in the work area.
• Compliance with all company policies and procedures (for example, Quality Policies Manual, Colleagues Manual, Level II procedures, etc.).

 Qualifications:

• Preferably two to five years as a maintenance supervisor.
• Knowledge of manufacturing, stamping and/or assembly processes required for the position.
• Strong knowledge of TS 16949 and ISO 14001 standards.

Required Skills Required Experience