Production Manager

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Promote a safety-first culture by driving safe behaviors and hazard elimination.
• Create and foster an environment that is conducive to teamwork and demonstrates genuine concern for the development of all employee
• Support and drive continuous improvement/lean concepts and techniques throughout the manufacturing process in the achievement of cost reductions and process effectiveness.
• Ensure that a consistent, systematic and logical approach to problem solving, decision making, systems improvement and planning are continually and thoroughly applied by manufacturing.
• Provide feedback and support related to maintenance activities of the factory, including infrastructure, facility maintenance, plant preventative maintenance and utilities (as applicable).
• Manage the production activities of the factory in the attainment of production deliverables (safety, quality, efficiency, effectiveness, scrap, cost per earned hour, build/schedule attainment, delivery, etc.).
• Implement and drive sustainability of 5S strategies and continuous improvement activities.
• Provide coaching and mentoring to staff through ongoing feedback and formal performance reviews.
• Perform regular workplace inspections.
• Conduct safety talks, staff meetings and department/line meetings.
• Ensure that safety and environmental standards are promoted and followed.
• Be involved in accident/incident investigation programs.
• Ensure that new employees are trained on department hazards and safe operation of equipment.
• Drives product quality improvement through process adherence and mistake proofing.
• Follows and comply with all Operational Procedures and policies as outlined in the Employee Handbook, Quality and Environment programs (i.e., IATF, ISO 14001)
• Performs other duties as required in support of Company goals.

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• University degree and/or post high school education in related discipline or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated success and proven results within companies serving equipment manufacturers.
• Experience supplying steel fabricated components and assemblies to leading equipment manufacturers.
• A thorough knowledge of the product development and steel fabrication processes.
• Extensive knowledge and leadership in the principles and practice of Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement and small progressive manufacturing disciplines.
• Strong leadership, management, presentation and relationship-building skills.
• Excellent planner and implementer with the ability to make things happen.
• Willingness to work hands-on with all levels of the plant, commanding respect while developing positive relationships.
• Ability to promote a culture of innovation and keep employees positively motivated.
• Ability to see the big picture. Understand how various functions integrate and the importance of the entire organization working as a single team.
• A strong and passionate career focus.
• Excellent command of the English language, verbal and written.