Production Lead

Brief Job Description: -

The Production lead will manage the activities of the metals department to ensure safety for plant personnel, achieve quality products are made, productivity numbers, and cost targets are met to ensure that on time production is maintained in accordance with established company standards and practices.

Responsibilities: -

• Plan and achieve safety, quality, customer delivery and cost targets.
• Implement and maintain visual KPI reporting to drive high performance teams.
• Evaluate personnel requirements based on business and employee needs.
• Recommend equipment, tooling, and processes to support business objectives.
• Evaluate training requirements and request necessary training.
• Conduct departmental meetings and ensure applicable tier meetings are conducted regularly.
• Report any equipment that is not in safe operating condition and remove it from use.
• Maintain a good standard of housekeeping.
• Train and instruct employees in the performance of their work, assigned jobs, and familiarize employees concerning company and departmental policies and procedures.
• Establish skill development plans for direct reports to foster an environment of career improvement and talent development.
• Planning and scheduling production activities and supervising the production process.
• Ensuring the effective management of production lines of an organization.
• Ensuring quality systems are in place and utilized to guarantee the integrity of products.
• Ensure accurate costing for responsible work centers and seek improvement opportunities.
• Evaluate fabrication capacity model and ensure a properly level loaded plan that aligns with demand.
• Develop programming practices that align with plant inventory and material utilization goals.
• Working out the material and human resources as needed.
• Working with managers effectively to execute the policies and goals of the organization.
• Liaising with different departments such as suppliers, managers and so on to prevent any probable delay.

Qualifications: -

• Bachelor’s degree in manufacturing technology, Engineering, Business Administration or equivalent preferred.
• 10+ years’ management experience.
• Good communication skills, both oral and written
• MS Office and ERP systems experience
• Formal training and/or 2 years experience with equipment programming software
• Ability to develop and coach a diverse team
• Knowledge of ISO and Lean Manufacturing/Six Sigma
• 10 years’ experience in production management, scheduling and metal fabrication processes preferred
• Proficient in use of measuring instruments, i.e. calipers, protractors, etc.
• CNC Operating Experience preferred

Physical & Environmental Demands: -

• Capable of lifting up to 50 pounds.
• Light manufacturing: -

Time Travel Required: -

• Less than 10%