Area Manager

The Area Manager is an important member of the manufacturing team and is responsible for ensuring that production, quality and safety goals are met.? This individual will lead a team of manufacturing and support employees and will use strong communication and leadership skills to achieve plant goals/metrics.?

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

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  Believes and advocates for continuous improvement.

  
  

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  Actively participates in Continuous Improvement program and events.

  
  

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  Manage the coordination and execution of daily standup meetings with Leads.

  
  

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  Maintain standardized visual management system within work areas to achieve targeted deliverables.

  
  

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  Drives safety initiatives to ensure a safe work environment. Focuses on incident and accident reduction through identification of first aid, near misses, and behavioral based observations.

  
  

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  Reviews daily labor and customer demand requirements.

  
  

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  Ensure successful cross-training plan is executed across work areas through reviewing/updating current training matrices, SOP's, and customer quality requirements.

  
  

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  Provides hiring, on-boarding, promotion and disciplinary action recommendations, as well as performance evaluations and feedback for direct reports.

  
  

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  Ensure proper transactions occur to ensure inventory accuracy.

  
  

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  Assist in planning, production, testing and inspection processes within the work area.

  
  

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  Keep Operations Leadership informed of actual or anticipated schedule problems, material shortages, tool and/or equipment problems, quality issues, safety concerns, and general housekeeping practices.

  
  

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  Provide an effective response to Quality related issues to prevent reoccurrence.

  
  

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  May perform other related duties as assigned.

  
  

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  Ensures labor and material standards in ERP system are accurate and achievable.

  
  

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  Investigates labor and material variances from ERP system and identifies root cause and corrective actions.

  
  

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  Train and maintain compliance for proper router completion.

  
  

QUALIFICATIONS (Knowledge/Skills/Education)

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  Good leadership, coaching, communication and training skills.

  
  

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  Minimum 2 years proven shop floor operations leadership/supervisory experience in a high-tech manufacturing environment, including Braze, Heat Treat, Welding, Machining and EDM.

  
  

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  Must possess necessary interpersonal communication skills, written, verbal and other technical skills to properly direct, assist and train personnel.

  
  

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  Working knowledge and experience in Lean manufacturing concepts and techniques.

  
  

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  Ability to understand and interpret blueprints and engineering specifications.

  
  

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  Aerospace, FAA, PMA experience preferred.

  
  

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  Microsoft Dynamics AX experience preferred.

  
  

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  Microsoft Office experience preferred.

  
  

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee frequently is required to talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel or crouch.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works near moving mechanical parts.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.