Operations Department Leader

Corning•Town of Canton, NY

29d•Onsite

About The Position

The Manufacturing Department Supervisor/Operations Department Head is responsible for providing technical input, solutions, and options for improving productivity and efficiencies in the assigned areas of the plant. This individual will be responsible for ensuring a motivated and skilled workforce and will directly supervise the department supervisor and/or team lead. The Individual will be required to assess skills, write performance reviews and recommends and/or provide training to ensure department personnel are technically competent to perform assigned tasks in the facility. The Corning Canton facility is a continuous operations facility.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree, Bachelor in Engineering preferred
2 years in prior supervisory or military leadership experience
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form.
Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business documents.
Ability to write reports and business correspondence.
Ability to effectively present information to groups.
Excellent communication, interpersonal and leadership skills
Outstanding organizational and time management skills
US Citizenship required
In order to comply with Corning’s government contract requirements at this location, if you receive an offer of employment for this position, you will need to provide documentation of your U.S. citizen status.

Nice To Haves

Project management skills preferred
Union experience a plus

Responsibilities

Responsible for the development and implementation of activities in production area to meet goals in productivity, quality, and cost control.
Establish priorities for the department and works closely with Plant Engineering Manager, Plant Operations Manager, and the HR Manager to ensure the effective utilization of available resources.
Prioritizes production schedules based on product introduction, equipment efficiency, and materials supply.
Work with support functional groups to ensure manufacturing plans are executed per cost and schedule goals of the plant.
Lead projects that support manufacturing needs.
Oversee projects within their production departments to ensure critical path, milestones and objectives are met.
Receives and gives work assignments with general instructions.
Directs subordinates to achieve assignments using established guidelines, procedures, and policies.
Interact with subordinate supervisors, outside customers and functional peer groups at management levels - interaction normally requires the ability to gain cooperation of others, conducting presentations of technical information concerning specific projects/schedules, etc.
Provides immediate supervision to a unit or group of employees, assigning tasks, and checking work at frequent intervals.
A portion of time is normally spent performing individual tasks related to the unit or sub-unit.
Encompasses the direction and inspection of the performance of individuals or a team of associates who put together components to make assemblies, subassemblies, or completed units, or make or process raw materials into finished products in an industrial environment.