Responsibilities + Supervises an effective team; includes planning and holding meetings, preparing and conducting performance appraisals as appropriate, managing staffing levels (including vacations, overtime, and leaves of absences), assisting with career development (motivates, coaches, and trains to acquire maximum quality, productivity, morale, and cooperation), approving time and attendance, and prioritizing and making work assignments. + Provides effective feedback to employees, both positive and negative. Maintains appropriate documentation for all disciplinary actions taken. + Directs training and orientation of employees to ensure EHS rules are known and understood, to improve work performance, and acquaint employees with company policies and procedures. + Ensures compliance with company policies, procedures, and practices. + Promotes EHS and continuous improvement initiatives and culture. + Interacts with their employees and other departments in order to manage the flow of product through the operation. + Creates a total awareness among assigned employees of Company policies, regulations, procedures, and business initiatives. Enforces compliance and acts as a positive resource for information and questions. + Responds to emergencies. Assists in troubleshooting production problems. Investigates and analyzes. Initiates or recommends actions to correct deviations and variables affecting schedules, costs, quality, and other factors. + Prepares and analyzes documentation as required (i.e. production reports, log sheets, etc). + Reviews work procedures for safety regulations and concerns. + Plans, develops, and implements new methods and procedures designed to improve operations, minimize operating costs, and effect greater utilization of labor and materials. + Performs audits for safety compliance; facilitates the 6S audit program. + Complies with all EHS rules required for the work environment. + Performs other duties, as assigned. Key Metrics and Objectives + Introduce the buddy system across the site and re-structure the training department from DL to IL + Complete the training hours for new hires, evaluations, and productivity tracking expectations in a timely manner + Develop trainers to become better coaches by teaching others. Increase training hours for trainers + Develop and install the training stations for metal and wax accordingly. Develop a showroom for new hires and install on the induction room. + Establish a new structure named coach of coaches for shop floor training. Deploy de initiative across the shifts to ensure alignment Education: Bachelor's Degree from accredited institution. Job Roles + Anticipation--asks questions to understand needs of multiple stakeholder groups; prepares operation for optimal execution; contributes as a strategic partner to planning process + Reliability--leads by example; provides goal and measurement information to others; facilitates safe environment; works effectively within parameters of bargaining unit contract + Optimizer--improves processes; executes production for maximal output; eliminates waste; increases quality; aligns activity and resources to desired outcomes; sets others up for success + Facilitator--interacts with internal and external stakeholders at multiple levels; furnishes accurate instructions to others; acts as liaison between planning, management and execution elements of the business + Responsiveness--deals effectively with the unforeseen; modifies labor schedule or other variables as needed based on circumstances + Influence-- delegates effectively; capable of explaining the “why” behind a recommendation or directive; advocates for the business; maintains approachability; deals with conflict and change effectively + Organization and structure--plans daily; coordinates to deliver on time; ensures efficiencies while balancing priorities of multiple projects and stakeholder groups; has contingency plans + Observation--sees and hears through the lens of performance; enables accuracy in scheduling, quality in production and relationship with customers; makes recommendations and changes based on patterns and data; monitors for feedback and communicates findings; sees physical and personnel issues and acts on observations; has a “finger on the pulse” of what occurs within the plant + Ownership--accepts accountability for the performance of others and the business; inspires ownership and improvement in others; invites measurement