Shop Manager (Header Dept.)
Green Country
CATOOSA, OK
Permanent
- Determine work procedures, prepare work schedules, and expedite workflow within the Header department. Issue written and oral instructions.
- Assign duties and examine work for exactness, neatness, and conformance to policies and procedures.
- Study and standardize procedures to improve efficiency of workers.
- Maintain harmony among workers and resolve grievances.
- Confer with other managers in the shop to ensure coordination of other functions such as production, inventory management and quality assurance.
- Manage policy deployment in the areas of Lean Manufacturing techniques, quality, cost reduction, complete and on-time delivery, safety, customer satisfaction, employee relations, visual controls and plant performance measures.
- Manage the activities of the department, under the direction of the V.P. of Operations and follow established procedures and approved processes.
- Plan, schedule, and coordinate departmental activities to fulfill sales orders, meet inventory requirements, and to meet delivery dates.
- Must be able to manage multiple tasks and priorities and easily adapt to changing situations.
- Knowledge of all manufacturing methods, techniques, and related equipment.
- Must be able to read and interpret drawings and specifications.
- Regularly communicate with maintenance staff about repair and maintenance needs on all equipment in the department.
- Ensure that proper safety and incident reporting procedures are followed; bring problems to the attention of the Safety Manager/Technician or HR Manager.
- Manage material requirements to increase inventory turns and reduce levels on hand.
- Provide leadership for problem resolution to facilitate fast improvements and improved working relationships.
- Identify, communicate and drive implementation of capital investments and improvement projects.
- Identify employees’ skills and develop them by coaching and counseling employees on a regular basis.
- Conduct annual performance review and provide continual feedback on both positive and negative performance.
- Conduct weekly safety meetings; monitor quality of work performed in accordance with the company’s Quality Plan.
- Plan daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly productions to meet the completion dates as stated on the New Generation Operation Schedule (NGOS) report.
- Review and update NGOS schedule, as needed.
- Plan for the number of people required per position in accordance with the budget.
- Responsible to managing the department’s budget, including the putting together of the department’s budget and monitoring the results each month during the budget year.
- Regular attendance, ability to arrive at work punctually, ability to work on–site.
- Ability to work cooperatively with others, ability to deal respectfully with the public, customers, vendors, other employees, managers, and executive management.
- Ability to perform multiple tasks concurrently, ability to work in a fast-paced environment, ability to interchange with others in the department.
- Ability to supervise 60 to 75 non-exempt employees.
- Carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with GEA Rainey's policies, procedures and applicable laws.
- Responsibilities will include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
- Directing employees’ work; setting and adjusting rates of pay and hours of work of employees; planning and controlling the budget for department; providing for the safety of the employees; planning the work; determining the techniques to be used; apportioning the work among the workers.
- 10 years minimum experience
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
- Minimum 5 years in general management experience in a manufacturing environment required.
- Background check
- Drug screen