RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage daily production activities to ensure work is completed safely, efficiently and according to schedule.
• Plan, prioritize and coordinate production workloads based on customer demand, available resources, material availability and business priorities.
• Monitor production progress and address delays, bottlenecks, staffing needs and workflow issues to support on-time completion.
• Ensure employees follow established work instructions, production processes, quality requirements and operating procedures.
• Coordinate with the warehouse and other supporting departments as needed to ensure production has the materials, parts and supplies required to complete scheduled work.
• Communicate production status, capacity constraints and potential schedule impacts to the appropriate internal contacts.
• Monitor production performance, including productivity, output, quality, rework and on-time completion, and take action when results are below expectations.
• Ensure equipment, tools and production areas are maintained, organized and suitable for safe and effective operations.
• Experience defining, creating and developing KPI’s.
• Promote a strong safety culture and ensure production employees follow all applicable safety policies, procedures and safe work practices.
• Identify and address workplace hazards, unsafe conditions and operational risks; ensure incidents and near misses are reported and followed up appropriately.
• Ensure production work meets established quality standards and that defects, nonconformances and rework are addressed.
• Maintain clean, organized and orderly production areas and reinforce housekeeping expectations.
• Partner with EHS and Quality to support audits, corrective actions, training and compliance requirements.
• Lead, coach and develop production employees by setting clear expectations for performance, attendance, productivity, quality and teamwork.
• Coordinate staffing, training and employee development to ensure production needs are met.
• Address day-to-day employee and performance concerns in partnership with HR and appropriate leadership.
• Identify opportunities to improve production processes, workflow, labor utilization, equipment effectiveness and material flow.
• Use production data and key performance indicators to evaluate results, identify trends and implement practical improvements.
• Coordinate with supporting departments to resolve issues that directly affect production activities.

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES

• Strong leadership and employee-management skills.
• Knowledge of production operations, planning, scheduling and workflow coordination.
• Strong organizational, problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Ability to prioritize work, manage changing demands and meet production deadlines.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills across departments and levels of the organization.
• Strong focus on workplace safety, product quality and operational discipline.
• Ability to use production data, build KPIs and business systems to monitor performance.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and experience with ERP or other production-management systems preferred.

EXPERIENCE

• 8+ years of experience in a manufacturing, production, repair/rebuild or related operations environment.
• Previous experience supervising or managing production employees.
• Experience with production planning, scheduling, workflow coordination and performance monitoring.
• Experience supporting safety, quality and continuous-improvement initiatives.

EDUCATION