Department Manager Assistant

Shaw Industries•Aiken, SC

About The Position

Shaw Industries is hiring a Department Manager Assistant to serve the Heatset Department by assisting with the day-to-day management and implementation of the department's safety, quality and production requirements. This position must be able to assist the department manager in identifying and correcting substandard processes as well as personnel issues. Shaw Industries Group, Inc. is a leader in flooring and other surface solutions designed for residential housing, commercial spaces and outdoor environments. Leveraging strengths in design, innovation and operational excellence, the company takes a people-centered, customer-focused, and growth-minded approach to meet diverse market needs. It creates differentiated customer experiences through its expansive portfolio of brands: Anderson Tuftex, COREtec, Shaw Floors, Patcraft, Philadelphia Commercial, Shaw Contract, Shaw Sports Turf, Shawgrass, Southwest Greens, Watershed Geo and more. Headquartered in Dalton, Georgia, Shaw is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. with more than $6 billion in annual sales and 18,000 associates worldwide.

Requirements

4-year degree
Process Engineer experience OR a minimum of 2 years of manufacturing experience

Responsibilities

Ensure that department personnel including supervisors, leads, QC’s and technicians are performing daily quality checks to prevent OOS yarn conditions.
Attend and participate in daily tier meetings.
Interface with corporate and division support groups as needed.
Coordinate activities of Department in the absence of the Department Manager.
Ensure incident investigations and CA/PA items completed in a timely manner.
Maintain KPI charts for department and ensure data is regularly/routinely updated.
Lead, support, and develop Heatset supervisors and associates to ensure expectations are met with regards to safety, quality, and productivity requirements.
Ensure material inventories are maintained and optimized based on production needs of the facility.
Execute daily and weekly production schedule to ensure efficient product flow between twisting and heatset. To include verifying that EOL’s are complete and disposed of in order to prevent mixed yarn potential.
Lead reliability initiatives within the department to ensure all Heatset equipment is well maintained and operates reliably.
Ensure accuracy of yarn identification and labeling before it exits the heatset process.
Work with training and HR to ensure suitable cross training for the facility.
Ensure that process changes and color changes are completed efficiently and correctly. Any out of spec conditions should be escalated to appropriate Manager.
Assist supervisors in general problem solving to help remove obstacles on day-to-day performance.
Assist technical engineering/cross functional teams to improve existing products and processes.
Lead, as directed, problem solving and continuous improvement efforts to resolve operational, manufacturing, and maintenance challenges to prevent operational delays, eliminate bottlenecks and ensure minimal costs.
Provide engineering support by troubleshooting issues that affect safety and quality performance.
Communicate as directed with downstream processing departments about any processing problems encountered.
Monitor SYRs run in Heatset and issue reports on processability.
Interface with other manufacturing departments to address and resolve engineering technical issues.
Ensure all plant rules and safety rules are followed.
Maintain high level of housekeeping standards.
Attend meetings concerning department or plant matters as needed.
Resolve employee complaints/issues.
Ensure all employees are being treated fairly and consistently.
Use Lean/Six Sigma Tools for continuous improvement.
Perform audits as required.
Support PRIDE goals.
Follow all applicable Lockout/Tag-out procedures.