Lead shopfloor associate's in safety, Quality, and Cost driven performance at PSE department. Monitor shift results to KPI targets to meet departmental objectives and react quickly to deviations to product flow and equipment/operational topics.
Primary Job Duties and Responsibilities:
Manage all production and personnel activities in the department on shift including, but not limited to: Training, conducting corrective counseling/disciplinary action; preparing and conducting performance appraisals, support upgrades, transfers, hires, and terminations, evaluating and approving requests for time off/overtime; resolving disputes, etc.
- Act as a team role model to positively lead and influence team members to partner together and achieve individual and business goals.
- Coordinate production schedule to meet customer delivery requirements efficiently.
- Create and sustain a cultural environment which develops key talent for manufacturing.
- Communicate regularly with employees, advising them of excellent or problematic work.
- Responsible for production quality and work standards implementation.
- Collaborates and communicates closely with technicians on shift regarding equipment performance and priority.
- Drive cost reduction projects and productivity improvements.
- Monitor and appraise employees’ performance on a yearly basis including counseling of employees to support them achieving their career goals and take disciplinary action, when necessary, in accordance with company policy.
- Interpret and administer Company policy.
- Work closely with managers and supervisors to achieve departmental and Company goals.
- Develop with other departments (TEF, MFE, QMM, LOG, etc.) future manufacturing strategies.
- Provide input about production flow topics and the daily staffing of equipment to meet monthly budgets.
- Communicate and monitor key operational metrics.
- Provides feedback to the team manager regarding production team members' performance.
- Ensures that all employees are following PQI's, VA's, Guidelines, and related process documentation and training instructions.
- Work closely with production team members and other shifts to provide consistent expectations and drive continuous improvement.
- Support 5S, housekeeping, and continuous improvement, daily.
- Assign personnel responsibilities and ensure teamwork among everyone on shift to maximize efficiency and minimize downtime on production equipment.
- Ensure the accurate recording of production data (SMC) across your shift on all equipment.
- Ensure collaboration between shifts (passdown, communication, etc.). Assist and support other team members in meeting department and site goals. Provide support in trials, and/or project work / other special requests.
- Ability to work in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Meeting daily the output, OEE, iDC target on the dedicated equipment.
Driving daily improvements (output, OEE, iDC) to ensure targets are met or deviations are compensated for.
Monitor and react quickly to deviations and critical process indicators / SMC data on the shop floor. Perform process confirmations as required to ensure standards are adhered to.
Execute process trials with MFE guidance as needed to improve process understanding and support improvements.
Mentor and train operators and technicians in process knowledge, reaction plans and troubleshooting skills to improve output, OEE and iDC. Participate in expert team meeting exchanges with the lead plant / establish working relationship.
Troubleshoot machine, process and operator deviations and involve support resources as needed to correct fast deviations.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.