2nd Shift Garage Supervisor

BAE Systems•West Manchester Township, PA

13d•$75,254 - $127,930

About The Position

The Garage Supervisor leads complex manufacturing activities, with a primary focus on the Vehicle Test Garage. The role plans, organizes, staffs, controls, and directs manufacturing operations, including combat vehicle assembly, structure and vehicle painting, and vehicle testing. It assesses and applies methods to improve safety, product and process quality, efficiency, productivity, equipment, and process performance; recommends changes to working conditions, machine tools, and plant facilities; and coordinates with relevant functions to optimize return on assets and contain costs. The supervisor leads and develops employees, determines staffing levels, manages personnel actions as needed and consistent with policy, and develops staffing plans for direct and indirect labor and administrative personnel. The role manages work-in-process inventory to support production commitments while controlling costs, provides accurate activity data and recommendations to management, government, and customer personnel, and collaborates with manufacturing, engineering, and quality on cost-effective manufacturing methods, equipment, tooling, gaging, and large-structure painting and assembly processes. The position is responsible for maintaining a safe work environment and ensuring compliance with safety objectives, policies, and OSHA regulations.

Requirements

Typically requires a bachelor's degree in a related discipline and 6 years of experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Knowledge of general manufacturing processes such as machining, welding, fabrication, assembly, and finishing.
Knowledge of blueprint reading and interpretation, safety management techniques, routings, process sheets, work instructions, labor reports, quality statistics, inventory monitoring, standards interpretation, quality management metrics and tools, capacity requirements planning (CRP), and key performance indicators (KPI).
General understanding of statistical process control (SPC) and materials requirement planning (MRP).
Collaborative working experience with other departments and teams.
Ability to identify, define, interpret, and develop creative solutions to complex problems, including innovative solutions.
People-management experience and a proven ability to manage, lead, inspire, motivate, and train others toward goals and established performance standards.
Effective verbal and written communication skills.
Computer skills, including MS Office and function-related software.

Responsibilities

Plan, organize, staff, control, and direct medium-sized, complex manufacturing activities, including combat vehicle assembly, structure and vehicle painting, and vehicle testing.
Assess and apply measures, methods, and techniques to improve safety, product and process quality, efficiency, productivity, equipment, and process performance.
Recommend changes in working conditions and modifications to machine tools and plant facilities.
Coordinate with personnel in safety, quality assurance, master scheduling, facilities engineering, environmental management, and cost management to optimize return on assets.
Select, direct, train, develop, and review subordinates; determine staffing levels and manage hiring, training, promotion, transfer, compensation actions, and termination as required and consistent with policy.
Provide leadership for employee development and share responsibility for development and self-development with the immediate manager.
Develop and implement staffing plans for direct and indirect labor and administrative personnel to maximize safety, quality, efficiency, utilization, and productivity.
Manage work-in-process inventory, ensure availability to meet production commitments with cost containment, and develop and implement procedures to optimize inventory.
Provide management, government, and appropriate customer personnel with complete, current, and accurate department activity data and management recommendations.
Collaborate with manufacturing, engineering, and quality to define manufacturing methods, machine-tool and industrial-equipment needs, tooling, gaging, and cost-effective large-structure painting and assembly processes.
Maintain a safe work environment and ensure compliance with safety objectives and policies.
Ensure compliance with OSHA regulations.
Focus primarily on the Vehicle Test Garage.