Operations Manager - Machine Shop

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Business Job Title:

Operations Manager - Machine Shop

Job Summary:

The Machine Shop Manager position manages local scheduling and real-time operations that facilitate the maximization of resources (human and automated) to achieve customer satisfaction, productivity, schedule adherence and business goals.

Job Responsibilities & Essential Functions of the Job:

Safety

• Drive a culture of safety in line with company goals and through leading by example in all areas of safety.
• Partner with members of safety teams to manage risk and improve processes.
• Hold employees accountable while evolving best practices through continuous improvement.

Talent Management

• Drive operational efficiency and transactional discipline mindset throughout your organization.
• Develop staff by coaching, counseling, mentoring, motivating, and training direct reports using a continuous improvement approach while holding employees accountable and monitoring progress.
• Employ a variety of communication strategies to improve employee engagement and ensure employees understand, are regularly updated, and aligned on the business and business objectives.
• Empower supervisors to evaluate and develop knowledge, skills, and abilities of their talent per business needs.
• Collaborate with other departments and corporate management to improve cross functional communication and operational efficiencies.
• Develop a high performing organization through the recruitment, development, and retention of the team.

Quality/Continuous Improvement

• Provide leadership towards continuous improvement in both quality and productivity.
• Reinforce cross functional collaboration across the organization
• Understand and utilize KPI's to provide visibility to employees and drive change.
• Participate in data analysis to drive results and identify root cause.
• Establishes and maintains good housekeeping practices throughout facility - create a system so there is a place for everything, and everything is in its place, establish orderly flow, eliminate waste, organize the workplace, and sustain established procedures; lead-by-example.

Productivity/Cost Controls

• Monitor, control and communicate activities per agreed budget and KPI's.
• Drive communication to ensure understanding of the business and strategic objectives through clear definition of roles and responsibilities.
• Deliver on short- and long-term commitments.
• Develop departmental budgets, resource plans, and ensure that there are the resources in place to act on them.

• Achieve optimal performance in both productivity and quality through a strong quality and preventative maintenance focus

Job Requirements:

• Education generally equivalent to a Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent practical experience), preferably in a manufacturing discipline.
• Requires 10+ years of manufacturing experience.
• 5+ years of previous manufacturing leadership experience.
• Education and/or experience in LEAN/5S is a plus.
• Requires mathematical skills that require the ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide, and perform trigonometric calculations.
• Requires a strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite applications.
• Requires good oral and written communication skills in order to interact with all levels in the organization.
• Must be able to read and understand blueprints, specifications, and routings.