Production Manager

Job Summary

Plans, Organizes, manages, and controls production functions of the plant to produce quality products on the most profitable, safe, and efficient basis at competitive costs while promoting the highest priority for team member safety, engagement, and good housekeeping practices.

Reports to:

Plant Manager.

• Displays laser focus efforts for personal and company achievement of “Driving Forward” Behaviors.
• Conducts plant inspections to ensure safe work practices by visual observations, awareness, personal guidance and corrective action to ensure required procedures and practices are implemented and followed.
• Responsible for compliance to HSE&E and OSHA standards.
• Manages and leads production operations through thorough knowledge of all production processes; continually aware of customer requirements, work schedules and quality levels; staffing; ratio of indirect to direct labor; overall cost of doing business with a mind toward profit and loss; and production of parts on schedule.
• Ensures that quality is maintained and costs are held to a minimum.
• Analyzes and determines production material, equipment and manning requirements by studying daily operating results, through daily meetings and contact with various department heads.
• Determines how to overcome production problems, follows up to ascertain that problems have been corrected or determines next best course of action; champions close cooperation between production and other departments.
• Develops and maintains standardized work procedures for manufacturing operations and enforces the implementation and utilization of these procedures.
• Directs, assists, leads, trains, motivates, and manages all manufacturing supervisors and superintendents in the production departments in the performance of their assigned functions.
• Keeps all plant staff functions thoroughly informed of production changes which can impact compliance.
• Recommends and implements approved changes to manning structure.
• Responsible for the timely performance measurable evaluations of subordinates, including scrap, machine utilization, line inhibitors, customer returns, turnover, absenteeism, safety, housekeeping, standardized work, payroll accuracy, etc.
• Recommends solutions, action plans, and conflict resolution to the staff during production operations.
• Responsible for identification, implementation and verification of continuous improvement opportunities.
• Responsible for implementation and compliance with shop floor standards such as BOS, 5S, all Policies and Procedures, and Employee Relations Activities.
• Responsible for overall results of production operations.
• Develops staff to create adequate succession planning throughout production departments.
• Assigns tasks to direct reports as needed to ensure KPI goals and Customer Quality Expectations are met.
• Coordinates departmental support/focus (Quality, Purchasing, Operations, etc.) as required to ensure customer expectations are exceeded.
• Displays a demeanor and leadership style consistent with the Company’s values and management philosophy. Ensures safeguard of company property, information, data, and equipment.
• Jointly establishes individual objectives through analysis of, and familiarity with, production job functions.
• Responsible for the department KPI and related reporting including scrap, machine utilization, line inhibitors, customer returns, turnover, absenteeism, safety, housekeeping, standardized work, payroll accuracy, etc.
• Understands and participates in HSE&E practices, activities, and training as required; reports accidents, occupational illnesses, and HSE&E emergencies as applicable; informs appropriate personnel of known HSE&E conditions.
• Ensures compliance with Equal Employment Opportunity and affirmative action requirements, and all safety policies and safe working procedures.

• Adhere to all Health, Safety and Environmental Standards and participate in all required training.
• Report occupational injuries, illnesses, and accidents.
• Report hazardous, unsafe and unhealthy conditions.
• Assist plant in achieving safety goals and maintaining AMS objectives.
• Participate in EHS activities…