Job Description
Job Description
Salary : Scope of Position :
Working under the general direction of the Plant Manager, performs a wide variety of duties associated with supervising the fabrication department. Provide information and guidance in all fabrication activities and issues to managers and employees. Serves as a backup to the Plant Manager when absent.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities :
- Plan work, make assignments and assist in training new employees.
- Supervise Fab team operating two shears, five brake presses, three punch presses, one fiber optic laser, plus other miscellaneous machines.
- Practice visible leadership on the floor providing technical and administrative oversight of work through observation and floor surveillance.
- Clearly communicate job expectations and performance requirements.
- Ensure all visual performance and scheduling boards are up to date.
- Take an active role in continuous improvement initiatives, including planning and leading such projects.
- Implement 5S tools and methodologies
- Participate in scheduling and production planning.
- Maintain inventory control of department that utilizes 5 million lbs. of metal annually.
- Order material (sheet metal), dies, tools and shop supplies for the department.
- Check weights on material to make sure we received the correct order.
- Check BOMs from engineering and mark-up all BOMs jobs to be fabricated in the shop.
- Work with engineering in making new fabricated parts or in redesigning fabricated parts.
- Work with purchasing on material ordering to reduce stocking levels.
- Work with vendors to find solutions to late or incorrect shipments.
- Support the needs of other supervisors / leadmen to get units out the door.
- Track employee time daily work time, vacation days, and bonus days
- Responsible for reducing indirect labor in the department.
- Maintain accurate files for costing of jobs.
- Fabricate special in-house projects as needed.
- Conduct monthly safety talks.
- Conforms to all EHS, Quality, & Environmental Management System policies, objectives and obligations.
- Perform any other related duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Position Requirements :
10+ years of proven supervisory experience in a discrete manufacturing sheet metal shop.Strong oral and written skills.Indepth technical knowledge of fabricating metalsAble to read mechanical drawingsUnderstanding of applicable federal, state and local regulations.Self-starter with a strong sense of urgency.