Assembly Supervisor

EK Machine • Fall River, MA

8d • Onsite

About The Position

Supervises and develops employees in the assembly department through training and observation. Leads assemblers and mechanical techs, enforces safety policies, and communicates with management and other leads. Responsible for preparing and organizing tasks, managing the build schedule, and utilizing ERP for production status. Evaluates processes for improvements in quality, tooling, and run times, and develops standard work and work instructions. Troubleshoots issues with project managers and engineering, and directs the assembly team on proper techniques. Assembles functional parts, installs components, and may operate welding equipment. Conducts interviews and employee reviews.

Requirements

• Associate's degree (A. A.) or equivalent from two-year College or technical school; or two to three years related experience and/or training and a High School Diploma or GED; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry.
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
• Occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear.
• Must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and may occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Nice To Haves

• Qualified in the use of forklifts, cranes and other lifting apparatus to aide in the assembly process.

Responsibilities

• Leads assemblers and mechanical techs in the assembly department.
• Communicates and enforces safety policies.
• Communicates with assembly manager.
• Reports information on employee progress and issues for ongoing performance evaluations.
• Reports information on production efficiencies and delays.
• Communicates with electrical lead throughout production.
• Communicates with purchasing regarding purchased components.
• Prepares and organizes weekly and daily tasks for the assembly department, including off shift tasks.
• Manages build schedule and daily updates associated with it.
• Utilizes ERP for production status, time adjustments, job hour reviews.
• Evaluates all processes within area of responsibility for ways to improve in quality, tooling usage, and run times.
• Responsible for developing and sustaining 6S areas.
• Communicates with project managers and engineering to troubleshoot, maintain schedule, determine customer supplied parts arrivals.
• Reads and understands blueprints.
• Directs assembly team on proper assembly processes and techniques.
• Studies blueprints, sketches, drawings, manuals, specifications, or sample parts to determine sequence of operations, and setup requirements.
• Assembles functional parts of enclosures and tanks using hand tools, levels, plumb bobs, and straight edges.
• Is qualified in the use of forklifts, cranes and other lifting apparatus to aide in the assembly process.
• Assembles and installs electrical and electronic components, pipe systems and plumbing, machinery and equipment.
• Conducts interviews for assembly positions with HR.
• Conducts employee reviews.
• May operate welding equipment to cut or weld parts.
• Develops standard work, work instructions, processes.
• Confers with managers, engineers, production personnel, or others to resolve assembly problems.
• Maintains a clean and organized work area.
• Directly responsible for Working Leads that lead 30-40 employees in the Assembly area.
• Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws.
• Responsibilities include training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work.
• Communicates any problems that arise to the Assembly Manager.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree