Manufacturing Supervisor - Injection Molding
Department: Manufacturing / Operations / Quality
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: US - Oklahoma - Oklahoma City
Description
Responsible for supervising staff who manufacture assigned Franklin Electric products. Meets budgetary goals for efficiency, finances, safety, and scrap.
Key Responsibilities
- Leads the activities of the manufacturing team members.
- Manages the repair or replacement of faulty production equipment.
- Regularly checking machinery and checkpoints to ensure safe and efficient workflow. Implements and maintains safety standards as required by law and company policy.
- Excellent organizational skills. Plans and manages the production schedule. Coordinates production startups, shutdowns, and changeovers.
- Monitor and improve production processes to ensure maximum output and cost efficiency.
- Manages employee performance, hiring, discipline, development, and recourse planning.
- Ensures the appropriate level of accountability for manufacturing goals and objectives.
- Plans and monitors capacity maximization.
- Monitors and takes appropriate timely improvement action to meet manufacturing (safety, quality, delivery and cost containment and improvement measures)
- Leads continuous improvement activities for assigned functions.
- Follows up on production processes to ensure quality specifications are met and takes immediate corrective action to correct any substandard work.
- Actively participates in cross-functional teams to help achieve the department goals.
- Reviews reoccurring maintenance and/or repair problems with manufacturing engineering to help determine the appropriate action to correct the root cause.
- Studies the department operations to assist in the development of new or improved methods of tooling and/or production processes.
- Performs other related duties as required or assigned.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Supervises supervisory and/or non-supervisory employee(s).
- Interviewing and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance, rewarding, and disciplining employees; assisting in addressing complaints and resolving problems
- Working with Human Resources on employee issues to ensure timely actions to employee concerns and disciplinary issues.
Skills Knowledge and Expertise
POSITION QUALIFICATIONS
Skills and Abilities
- Thorough working knowledge of injection molding processes, machinery resins, and auxiliary equipment.
- Knows statistical process control. (Demonstrates a knowledge and understanding of SPC functions)
- Strong communication skills. Effectively communicates information and responds to questions in person-to-person and small group situations with customers, clients, the general public, and other employees within all levels of the organization.
- Maintains confidentiality and uses discretion with business information.
- Reads and understands documents such as policy manuals, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
- Writes routine reports and correspondence.
- Adds, subtracts, multiplies, and divides numbers (using currency and other forms of measurement).
- Utilizes common-sense understanding in order to carry out written, oral, or diagrammed instructions.
- Deals with problems involving several known variables in situations of routine nature.
- Plans the time, method, manner, and/or performance sequence of own work; may also occasionally assist in planning work assignments performed by others within a limited area of operation.
- Frequently makes decisions of both minor and major importance, which may affect the work operations of other employees and/or clientele to a moderate degree.
- Completes some moderately repetitive tasks.
- Uses noncomplex machines and equipment (adding machines, calculators, copy/fax machines, etc.).
- Visually distinguishes and interprets wording and symbols from such work tools as blueprints, work instructions, books, manuals, and computer screens.
- Multitasks projects involving employee, machine, and material issues.
Education and Experience
- Equivalent of four years of high school (required).
- Bachelor’s degree in manufacturing, business administration or a related field (preferred).
- Three plus years of relevant supervisory experience in a manufacturing setting (required).
- Experience with continuous improvement, Six Sigma methodology (Green or Black Belt), and/or lean manufacturing (preferred).
Computer Skills
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Intermediate: Alphanumeric data entry, spreadsheet.
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Basic: Word processing/typing, Internet browser.
Certificates and Licenses
PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES
- While performing the functions of this job, the employee is:
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Continually required to stand and walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and talk or hear.
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Regularly required to reach with hands and arms.
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Occasionally required to sit.
- The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.
The company will make reasonable accommodations to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and expectations.
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
- While performing the functions of this job, the employee may be subjected to fumes or airborne particles, moving parts, and risk of electrical shock.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Why Work at Franklin Electric?
Becoming a part of the Franklin Electric team not only provides outstanding benefits, it also opens doors to opportunities for future growth. Enjoy peace of mind with a world-class company. But more importantly, be satisfied in knowing you make a difference.
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