Manufacturing Supervisor - Injection Molding

Department: Manufacturing / Operations / Quality

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: US - Oklahoma - Oklahoma City

Description

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.

• 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

• 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.

• 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).

• Intermediate: Alphanumeric data entry, spreadsheet.
• Basic: Word processing/typing, Internet browser. 

• None.

• While performing the functions of this job, the employee is:
  • Continually required to stand and walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and talk or hear.
  • Regularly required to reach with hands and arms.
  • 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.

• 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.

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