Supervisor-Fabrication

SC Electric Company•Chicago, IL

49d•$78,870 - $103,191

About The Position

As an S&C Electric team member, you'll work on projects that have real-world impact. You'll help transform the grid for resilient and reliable power worldwide. S&C has more than a 100-year history of innovation and has been 100% employee-owned since 2012. We continue this legacy as a trusted, forward-thinking leader in the electrical industry. You will advance a safer, more reliable, and more resilient electrical grid. Our products help the grid adapt to severe weather and transition to clean energy. We're big enough to be a respected industry leader but small enough for you to impact our company directly. Our commitment gives you opportunities to impact on and off the job positively. Join S&C to make an impact on tomorrow's energy challenges and become an employee-owner! Join Our Team as a Supervisor! Are you passionate about Leadership? S&C Electric Company is seeking a dynamic individual to coordinate our Supervisor function. As a Supervisor, you'll be crucial in ensuring smooth operations and supporting our diverse team. The Supervisor - Fabrication is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the department, leading a team of skilled team members to achieve Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in safety, quality, delivery, and cost (SQDC). The Supervisor - Fabrication manages welding, finishing, and other fabrication operations, ensuring fabricated parts meet quality standards and production timelines. This role requires strong expertise in the assigned area of fabrication, which may include press brake, punch press or other types of machinery and the ability to inspect and troubleshoot issues in fabrication processes.

Requirements

High School Diploma
Knowledge and understanding of metal fabrication processes, including best practices for fabricating and finishing metal in the assigned area (i.e. Welding, Painting, Grinding, or Electroplating best practices).
Good leadership skills within a manufacturing environment, with an ability to lead, guide, motivate, and delegate to deliver results.
Solid critical thinking, organizational, planning, and project management skills, creative problem-solving when obstacles arise.
Good interpersonal skills to establish meaningful relationships built on mutual trust and respect, navigate and resolve conflict, moderate behaviors, and foster collaborative working relationships amongst a diverse audience.
Great communication skills, (written, verbal, listening, and presentation) able to liaise with internal stakeholders from support staff to function leadership.
Adequate financial math skills with the ability to support budgetary decisions.
Good analytical skills with the ability to use and analyze data to drive informed decisions and problem-solve issues.
Proven success partnering across teams, creating effective partnerships at all levels, and collaborating at an operational level.
Adapts to change and different ways of doing things quickly and positively and finds ways to get things accomplished, even when faced with challenges.
Good analytical and problem-solving skills with an ability to leverage data to distil trends and insights that drive continuous improvement

Nice To Haves

Associate's degree in a technical discipline, Operations, Engineering, or a related field.
Experience with Press brake machines or other types of machining equipment
Decision-making capabilities with an ability to make balanced and informed decisions that help S&C achieve business goals
Knowledge of safety regulations and a commitment to maintaining a safe work environment
The ability to work beyond normal working hours according to company needs.
Proficient computer skills, including experience using Oracle HCM and Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook)

Responsibilities

Leadership & People Management: Uphold and promote a professional work environment, addressing minor conflicts and fostering teamwork in line with S&C's values. Monitor team tasks and provide regular feedback, both constructive and encouraging. Recognize and acknowledge team achievements and guide team members toward growth opportunities through mentoring and coaching.
Department Leadership: Provide day-to-day leadership support for the department, including supporting all administrative tasks completion, issue resolution, and the seamless coordination of resources. Supervise and guide the team to ensure all job orders and daily metrics are met.
Fabrication Operations: Oversee and guide team members on fabrication processes and workflows, coordinating with department leaders and cascading best practices down to team members through team leads. Ensure team members have the correct training, knowledge, and fabrication equipment to complete their work successfully. Support the planning and coordinating of department production schedules, production rates and capacity plans, processing methods, and times. Review and ensure team understanding of goals and oversee the upkeep of KPI boards.
Quality Management: Conduct inspections of welded parts, finished products or other fabricated materials, ensuring compliance with specifications and initiating corrective actions when needed. Enforce quality control measures to ensure products meet or exceed company standards. Support initiatives to continuously improve product quality and consistency. Set and maintain high levels of product quality. Support communication of corrective action plans, resolutions, and quality results.
Health & Safety Compliance: Promote safety awareness and housekeeping, investigate and report on safety incidents, maintain and promote a safety-conscious manufacturing environment, enforce health and safety policies and procedures to create a safe working environment for all employees, and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and industry standards related to production operations.
Reporting: Create production and status reports. Communicates regularly with upper management regarding problems impacting production. Reports issues regarding production, quality, maintenance, or personnel to function leadership.
Budget Support: Support the Manager in overseeing department's budget, providing recommendations and helping to review expenditures.
Compliance: Understand and comply with all applicable Company policies and rules
Maintain regular and punctual attendance
Attend in-person or virtual meetings as requested or required
Communicate effectively and respectfully with others
Other responsibilities as assigned