JOB SUMMARY
- Coordinating all production activities needed to meet daily requirements.
- Managing production schedules, forms, and casting bed utilization.
- Meets regularly with the production personnel to communicate anticipated production sequences, to discuss potential production problems and to provide opportunity for input on improvement of work processes and workflow.
- Works with the supervisors, leads and quality personnel in scheduling the activities of the teams in the plant and yard and collaborates with the management team to optimize production quality and workflow.
- Maintains the inventory system by ensuring processes and transactions are properly executed.
- Builds production schedules, making sure production processes stay within budgets and deadlines and reviewing the productivity of an organization’s manufacturing equipment.
REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS
- The position reports to the Operations Manager.
- 10-15 direct reports.
DUTIES & ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
- Motivating, supporting, and providing guidance to production staff
- Ensuring all safety and health standards are met to keep an organization accident-free
- Communicating regularly with upper management regarding problems or issues impacting production
- Evaluating machine resources to ensure continued production and minimal downtime
- Establishing a balance between increased productivity and reduced costs of manufacturing operations
- Setting productivity goals for each manufacturing team
- Developing workflow policies and procedures that improve efficiency without compromising safety or quality
- Ensuring adequate scheduling of staff
OTHER FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Perform other duties as directed by the Operations Manager.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience managing people and teams.
- Results driven and ability to communicate.
- Ability to identify weak spots in a process to improve efficiency.
- Great planning and project management skills.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to engage employees and create a culture based on company guiding principles.
- Knowledge, skills and experience are aligned with our company’s Vision and Guiding Principles.
REQUIRED
- High School diploma required.
- 3-5 years of work experience in a Production Management or Operations management position within a Prestress, Precast or Construction environment.
