Shift Manager

Responsibilities

• Lead the production workforce in the manufacturing of New Carlyle products, meeting specified schedules, productivity, and quality objectives.
• Report production, material, and manpower usage, equipment, and process problems on a timely and accurate basis.
• Maintain product integrity by ensuring compliance with established manufacturing and/or quality specifications.
• Promote a teamwork approach among shift employees and between functions.
• Accomplish required duties through cooperative efforts with maximum employee participation in decision making.
• Train production team members to perform job requirements safely and effectively, in accordance with established standard operating procedures.
• Operate the facility raw‑material batching systems.
• Coordinate assigned maintenance assistance to prevent or repair equipment malfunctions or damage, minimizing downtime.
• Recommend improvements and/or modifications to equipment, processes, and procedures to increase productivity and efficiency.
• Provide input to the Production Manager for regular team meetings to share information, discuss problems, priorities, opportunities, resolve conflicts, and develop team building.
• Monitor personnel and equipment for unsafe acts or conditions and correct them immediately.
• Provide leadership to the Furnacing team and plant‑wide involvement groups to drive continuous improvement in the facility.
• Responsible for payroll functions for employees in the Furnacing department (reviewing/approving time‑off requests, time‑card review/approval, etc.).
• Assist Technical and Marketing in new product testing and development, process improvement implementation, and initiation of plant‑system and equipment improvements.
• Work overtime as required to provide shift coverage for vacations, start‑up of additional manufacturing processes, and other duties as assigned.
• Drive safety strategy in alignment with the site safety strategy, leading continuous improvement of safety culture and systems.
• Support employees in removing barriers to drive safety improvements.
• Conduct Safety Gemba (Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma), verifying safe behaviors, correcting physical hazards, and validating adherence to policies.
• Manage people by defining and enforcing clear areas of ownership and accountability, allocating resources effectively, and building a high‑performing team.
• Conduct monthly coaching sessions with direct reports to develop leadership and achieve results.
• Demonstrate integrity through behavior and encourage others to do the same; be relied upon to do the right thing.
• Drive quality in collaboration with the Quality Manager to execute a quality improvement plan, address short‑ and long‑term improvements to reduce customer complaints, and manage adherence to departmental quality control plans.
• Ensure process capability and minimize process scrap through the use of suitable problem‑solving methodology.
• Drive operational performance and control cost by achieving departmental performance targets that reduce cost of production (OEE, labor efficiency, weekly absorption), ensuring continuous improvement methodology across the department, and meeting/exceeding cost‑saving targets.
• Work with the Maintenance Manager to improve engineering reliability and achieve targets.
• Work with the Production Planning Department to ensure customer satisfaction with OTIF efficiency.

High School Diploma or GED equivalency is required.

• 3+ years of related experience focused within Manufacturing Operations as a leader, particularly in continuous, high‑volume operation.
• Knowledge of supply chain, planning and logistics activities.
• Experience of practical application of Lean, TPM and/or Six Sigma tools.
• Experience of responsibility for departmental safety and quality aspects of operations.

• Strong knowledge of computers and computer programs.
• Must be able to function as a member of a team and be able to work under general supervision.
• Self‑starter capable of operating independently.
• Must be able to maintain expected quality levels.
• Comply with all site required policies and procedures.
• Ability to organize high volumes of work and information.
• Strong time…