NDT Area Manager

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Business strongly preferred or substituted by experience.
• Equivalent background with a minimum of three years casting operations experience.
• Minimum of 1 year experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Previous supervisory experience with progressive advancement and increasing responsibility preferred.
• Able to work flexible hours including off‑shift and weekends based on the business need.
• Have a strong sense of urgency with the ability to work independently.
• Able to meet deadlines and be accountable for quality/quantity.
• Comfortable using a team approach to problem solving.

• Provide leadership and maintain a positive work atmosphere that will result in excellent relationships with customer, vendors, employees, co‑workers, and supervisors.
• Responsible for supervision of department employees including training, discipline, and staffing.
• Responsible for the safe manufacture of castings while meeting all manufacturing requirements.
• Responsible for satisfying all quality and productivity requirements in the most cost‑effective manner.
• Coordinate department priorities and communicate daily with the engineering, quality, production control, finance, human resources, other production areas, and vendors.
• Ensure that all department production methods and practices are consistent with internal quality standards, customer requirements, and the AS9100 program.
• Coordinate production with required schedules to meet customer requirements.
• Control flow of products, materials and utilization of labor throughout departments.
• Direct and approve, following financial department guidelines, all requisitions for maintenance activities and purchase of department consumables.
• Provide leadership for development and implementation of effective systems for improving internal and external quality, cost improvements, and on‑time delivery to the customer requirements.
• Develop and coach supervisors and employees on all shifts with emphasis on building a winning team.
• Communicate all issues to the workforce working toward required goals.
• Effectively collaborate with manufacturing engineers to achieve scrap, cost and safety requirements.
• Manage the movement of product through the production area.
• Ensure that standard operating procedures and engineering procedures are current, accurate and that all work is done in compliance to ensure maximum quality.
• Monitor the Operations safety program and ensure that all employees comply with safety regulations.
• Ensure that the Operations departments’ high standard of housekeeping is met.
• Any and all additional responsibilities as required or assigned.