Job Summary

The Mill Supervisor is responsible for coordinating the activities for workers responsible for the milling of products to ensure all projects meet a high quality, within budget, maximizing efficiencies and in a timely manner in order to meet customer’s requirements. 

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Plan and organize the production activities of the mill to ensure that the required products are milled in time to meet the customer demands.
• Ensure customer quality expectations per engineering prints via a first article process and periodic quality checks
• Work with scheduling to ensure that all schedules are attainable on a daily basis
• Work with procurement to ensure material availability and accuracy to meet schedules.  Maintain WIP inventory
• Work with engineering through the ECR process to correct any BOM issues or improvements
• Control the use of all resources to ensure that costs are minimized and efficiencies are maintained
• Ensure all activities are done in accordance with health and safety procedures
• Maintain high morale among all employees by promoting and enforcing principles of great leadership
• Monitor the performance of employees and take appropriate action regarding promotions, demotions, leaves and disciplinary actions
• Lead the maintenance function to ensure all equipment is well maintained, free from down time and set up to maximize effectiveness.  Ensure that daily operator preventive maintenance is performed
• Promote cross training across on machinery to enhance efficiency and flexibility
• Provide leadership to ensure all employees follow the correct procedures in reporting material and labor transactions in the ERP system
• Recommend training programs to upgrade the skills of employees under direct supervision

Qualifications

• 7+ years milling experience in a wood and/or metal manufacturing environment, preferrably in the consumer environments industry
• 5+ years experience as a Mill Supervisor in a wood and/or metal manufacturing environment, preferrably in the consumer environments industry
• Thorough understanding of manufacturing processes, material optimization and CNC Programming
• Understanding of CNC Equipment
• Ability to create and maintain spreadsheets along with an understanding of manufacturing computer software (ERP preferred)
• Must be able to take independent action, to act as a problem solver and possess excellent communication skills
• Technical Skills – must be proficient in computer numerical controls (CNCs) and programmable logic controllers (PLCs), and FANUC controls and Mazak controls.  Must be proficient with robotics integration with CNCs
• Troubleshooting Skills – Ability to troubleshoot machine problems and determine resolutions, both basic and advanced.
• Team Work – Shares information with supervisor and other team members in a manner that is understandable
• Problem Solving – Requires strong programming, mechanical, and electrical problem solving skills
• Organizational – Organization skills that include record keeping with accurate and complete documentation
• Safety and Security – Observes safety and security procedures, including Lock-out/Tag-out; reports and or corrects potentially unsafe conditions; Uses equipment and materials properly

The Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer.