FUNCTION:

Perform functions to supervise hourly work force engaged in the manufacturing of Company products.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Accept responsibility for your Safety and the Safety of others by using Safety awareness to eliminate unsafe acts and correct unsafe conditions.
• Participate in Lean events and initiatives to support a culture of continuous improvement.
• Actively participate in 5S and STOP activities.
• Ensure required PPE is available and worn properly.
• Participate in the development of JSA procedures and ensure employees are following these procedures.
• Supervise the activities of the department; assist with training, support and guidance; contribute to the performance evaluation process; determine the department’s staffing requirements consistent with the volume and budget levels, authorizing overtime as necessary.
• Inspect products to verify conformance to specifications and direct setup and adjustments of machines.
• Initiate or suggest plans to motivate workers to achieve work goals.
• Confer with other supervisors to coordinate activities of individual departments.
• Evaluate and prioritize work orders to assure on-time delivery.
• Ability to perform activities of those supervised.
• Ensure employees are meeting output standards and customer demand.
• Schedules machine time, eliminating unnecessary down time.
• Ensures productivity is completed at efficient levels by measuring cost of quality, on-time delivery, revenue per team member, and cycle time.
• Investigate and recommend manufacturing processes in order to improve efficiency.
• Conduct safety audits/inspections.
• Responsible for any other special projects as assigned.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCED REQUIRED:

• Associate’s Degree or equivalent from two-year college, technical school, or equivalent experience
• Minimum of 5 years of direct supervision
• 3 – 5 years of experience in a manufacturing/production environment preferred
• Experience with heavy duty press machines, progressive dies and coils, and injection molding machines (dependent on facility)
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office
• Excellent written and verbal skills

FUNCTION:

Plans, coordinates and manages the quality assurance program designed to ensure quality production of products consistent with established standards by performing the following duties.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Participate in Lean events and initiatives to support a culture of continuous improvement.
• Facilitate and participate in safety initiatives as designated.
• Formulate and maintain quality assurance objectives complementary to corporate policies and goals.
• Oversee Quality Management System and or ISO 9001 program to maintain compliance with corporate quality initiatives, including internal facilitation and direct interface with outside consultants/facilitators and registrars.
• Manage incoming sampling/inspection of supplied materials; assuring non-conforming materials are removed from facility.
• Qualify new Technicians and Inspectors in quality control and ISO procedures, methods, and standards, as well as product knowledge and company policy. Assure all training and qualifications are documented.
• Oversee facility Field Service Report process and work to provide timely completion.
• Monitor quality performance by gathering relevant data and producing statistical reports.
• Serve as facility contact for regulatory agencies in regard to quality matters.
• Review operations and confer with technical or administrative staff to resolve production or processing problems.
• Work with new product design, development, and sampling.
• Have direct contact with customers in regard to complaints, returns, and issues resulting from non-conforming products.
• Hire, train, evaluate, or discharge staff, and resolve personnel grievances.
• Develop or implement quality control systems, analyzing production, quality control, maintenance, and other operational reports to detect quality issues.
• Prepare and maintain production reports or personnel records.
• Coordinate or recommend procedures for facility, or equipment maintenance or modification, including the replacement of machines.
• Responsible for any other special projects as assigned.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCED REQUIRED:

• College degree
• Four years of managerial/supervisory experience in a quality/manufacturing environment
• ISO 9001 implementation experience, lead auditing preferred
• Six Sigma, TQM knowledge a plus
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office
• Proficiency in statistical software (i.e. Mini-Tab) a plus
• Excellent written and verbal skills

FUNCTION:

Provides technical leadership and support in maximizing process performance in assigned area or plant.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Accept responsibility for your Safety and the Safety of others by using Safety awareness to eliminate unsafe acts and correct unsafe conditions.
• Leads and support a culture of continuous improvement in both events and daily activity.
• Leads improving Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost in assigned area and in the facility overall.
• Is the In Control and Capable leader for the assigned area or process.
• Ensures product is run to ALP and customer specification.
• Ensures product documentation is up to date through active use of change control and ECN’s.
• Leads, performs and teaches root cause problem solving.
• Functions as the technical expert for hourly personnel, including process techs, in assigned processes.
• Actively seeks to improve the capability and performance of machinery, processes, and people in assigned process areas.
• Effectively plans, implements and directs projects, including capital projects.
• Analyzes and drives action from KPI’s daily. Can connect KPIs to plant and area financial performance. Prioritizes actions based on KPI and financial impact.
• Participates in new product development and existing product improvement.
• Ensures design for manufacture. Understands the customer’s utilization of the part and understands form, fit and function. Performs PPAP and communicates findings to customers.
• Performs process capability studies and uses the appropriate statistical techniques to analyze the data and draw sound engineering conclusions.
• Is a subject matter expert in metrology for the department, understands the various measurement tools available, and can run Gauge R&R studies following the procedure of the AIAG.
• Has a basic understanding of statistical variation in manufacturing processes and can use basic statistical tools (SPC charts etc.) to understand any process.
• Produces competitive analysis materials comparing product with its key competitors.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCED REQUIRED:

• Bachelor’s degree (BA or BS ) in engineering or technical field from four-year college or university.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in a plastics processing or similar environment or equivalent education. Experience with coatings applications and sputtering processes preferred.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, 2D and 3D CAD software.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills.
• Strong problem solving skills.
• Strong mechanical aptitude.
• Able to read, interpret, and manipulate drawings and understands tolerance stack.
• Knowledge of controllers and PLC’s.

FUNCTION:

Oversees product engineering and marketing projects by organizing and controlling project elements.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Accept responsibility for your Safety and the Safety of others by using Safety awareness to eliminate unsafe acts and correct unsafe conditions.
• Participate in Lean events and initiatives to support a culture of continuous improvement.
• Manage project development and execution from instauration to closure.
• Work with product engineers to outline goals, budget, timing, deliverables, project scope, and required resources.
• Prepare and provide a project schedule to all participants to identify the commencement of their tasks.
• Clearly communicate expectations to project sponsors and team members.
• Resolve issues and solve problems throughout the project cycle.
• Track and report project milestones and provide status reports.
• Lead, coach, and motivate team members on a positive basis.
• Develop tools and apply best practices for execution and project management.
• Ensure successful archive of project documents after project completion.
• Assure quotes are accurately completed in a timely manner and published in a professional manner. Track and report on success rates, timeliness, and quotation process.
• Contact customers directly to resolve quotation, pricing, drawing, specification, or other issues.
• Establish and maintain product and price codes.
• Monitor margin performance and make pricing recommendations.
• Head project meetings to collect and disseminate information pertaining to projects.
• Track revenues, expenditures, and scheduling, and advise department heads of any cost status deviations.
• Monitor cost activity to ensure projects are accurate and completed within budget.
• Track and ensure all project invoices are processed per acknowledged terms.
• Responsible for any other special projects as assigned.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCED REQUIRED:

• Bachelor’s Degree in business or similar and at least 5 years of related experience and/or training
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and the ability to use manufacturing software
• Proficiency in AutoCad desirable
• Excellent written and verbal skills