Manager Production - 3rd Shift

Job Summary

Required Qualifications

• •Organized, self-starting leader
• •Accountable for providing daily direction and organizational leadership for hourly associates
• •Leading a group of up to 30 machining, assembly, and test technicians
• •Driving improvements in a dynamic and exciting work environment
• •Helping own value stream budgets
• •Resource allocation
• •Staffing strategies
• •Relentless pursuit of SPQVC excellence
• •Creating reports and records of production processes, tools issues performance, and inventory
• •Sharing reports with managers and providing suggestions to improve safety, productivity and quality
• •Preparing, maintaining, and updating documentation related to operating procedures and safety and quality standards
• •Ensuring all processes and products meet desired safety and quality standards
• •Supervising and directing the daily activities of production lines workers
• •Assigning tasks
• •Ensuring coordination between different teams
• •Ensuring safety
• •Monitoring performance
• •Training new hires
• •Managing scheduling and work conflicts
• •Monitoring safety
• •Promoting internal communication to create a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement
• •Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems
• •Ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations
• •Identifying and documenting specific problems and resolution alternatives
• •Examining a specific problem and understanding the perspective of each involved stakeholder
• •Developing alternative techniques for assessing accuracy and relevance of information
• •Helping to analyze risks and benefits of alternative approaches and obtaining decision on resolution
• •Using fact-finding techniques and diagnostic tools to identify problems
• •Knowledge of successful performance management techniques
• •Ability to apply organization's performance management system, practices, and tools to developing and improving individual, team, and organizational performance
• •Identifying opportunities to enhance performance
• •Ensuring performance goals, checkpoints, and feedback focus on behaviors
• •Providing documented input to formal performance review conducted by manager
• •Observing individual performance and providing fair and objective feedback
• •Using formal and informal rewards and recognition programs for employees
• •Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques
• •Ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment
• •Applying an assigned technique for critical thinking in a decision-making process
• •Identifying, obtaining, and organizing relevant data and ideas
• •Participating in documenting data, ideas, players, stakeholders, and processes
• •Recognizing, clarifying, and prioritizing concerns
• •Assisting in assessing risks, benefits and consideration of alternatives
• •Knowledge of the process of planning and arranging tasks and resources
• •Ability to plan and organize both time and resources to get things completed while structuring and maintaining work in a systematic and highly methodical way
• •Raising awareness of potential bottlenecks and disruptions to the schedule
• •Breaking tasks into manageable steps that can be incorporated into a personal work plan
• •Escalating concerns over competing or conflicting priorities
• •Monitoring progress continuously and adjusting tactics for handling situations on a case by case basis
• •Creating action plans that ensure the accomplishment of responsibilities
• •Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques
• •Ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors
• •Delivering helpful feedback that focuses on behaviors without offending the recipient
• •Listening to feedback without defensiveness and using it for own communication effectiveness
• •Making oral presentations and writing reports needed for own work
• •Avoiding technical jargon when inappropriate
• •Looking for and considering non-verbal cues from individuals and groups
• •Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university
• •Knowledge of machining processes, including lathe, milling, and grinding operations
• •Knowledge of mechanical assembly processes and practices
• •Previous manufacturing experience
• •Previous leadership experience
• •3rd shift: Sunday – Thursday 11:00pm – 7:00am, with OT as needed
• •Working on-site five days a week in the Pontiac, IL facility
• •Successful completion of a drug screen

Desired Qualifications

• •Top Candidates May Have: Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university
• •Knowledge of machining processes, including lathe, milling, and grinding operations
• •Knowledge of mechanical assembly processes and practices
• •Previous manufacturing experience
• •Previous leadership experience