About The Position

Supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in operating a variety of machines to manufacture parts or products. This role involves analyzing work orders, creating machining schedules, managing materials, interpreting specifications, and ensuring product quality and customer deadlines are met. The supervisor is responsible for developing and implementing measures to improve production methods and equipment performance, as well as maintaining production records and justifying capital equipment needs.

Requirements

  • One year certificate from college or technical school; or 3 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Manufacturing experience required.
  • Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
  • Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
  • Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
  • Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
  • Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
  • Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
  • Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
  • Knowledge of Manufacturing software, Spreadsheet software and Word Processing software.
  • Regularly required to talk or hear.
  • Frequently required to stand; walk and use hands to finger, handle, or feel.
  • Occasionally required to sit; reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
  • Must regularly lift and /or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and 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

  • Investment Castings experience preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Analyzes work orders to estimate worker hours and create machining schedules that meet both internal and external needs.
  • Computes amount of stock and supplies required for operations, based on production schedules, and requisitions materials from storage area.
  • Interprets specifications, blueprints, and job orders to workers, and assigns duties.
  • Plans flow of materials through department and develops physical layout of machines according to work orders.
  • Interfaces with others in the organization to ensure customer deadlines are met.
  • Inspects and measures parts and products to verify conformance to specifications.
  • Directs workers in adjusting machines and equipment to repair products which fail to meet standards.
  • Establishes or adjusts work procedures to meet production schedules.
  • Develops, recommends, and implements measures to improve production methods, equipment performance, and quality of product.
  • Suggests changes in working conditions and use of equipment to increase efficiency of shop, department, or work crew.
  • Analyzes and resolves work problems or assists workers in solving work problems.
  • Maintains time and production records.
  • Develops capital equipment justifications for machine tools and process technology to improve quality, cost, and cycle times.
  • Estimates, requisitions, and inspects materials.
  • Directly supervises employees.
  • Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws.
  • Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
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