Production Manager manages operations of production areas to ensure that volume, cost, waste, and quality standards are achieved. Follows overall production schedules to manage staffing and establish daily and shift production goals. Being a Production Manager monitors shift production metrics to identify and resolve issues and implement process improvements. Coordinates maintenance, turnarounds, and downtime for efficiency and speed. Additionally, Production Manager ensures that staff training processes, equipment, gear, and tool requirements are fulfilled to comply with health and safety regulations. Coaches teams in best practices to provide a safe and efficient work environment and resolve escalated issues and problems. Typically requires a bachelor's degree. Typically reports to a senior manager. The Production Manager manages subordinate staff in the day-to-day performance of their jobs. True first level manager. Ensures that project/department milestones/goals are met and adhering to approved budgets. Has full authority for personnel actions. To be a Production Manager typically requires 5 years experience in the related area as an individual contributor. 1 - 3 years supervisory experience may be required. Extensive knowledge of the function and department processes. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)
Production Manager
Location:
Chattanooga, TN
Type:
Full-time, Exempt
Reports To:
Chief Financial & Operating Officer
COMPANY OVERVIEW:
Branch Technology exists to create a beautiful built world, impacting a wide variety of industries including construction, aerospace, logistics, and more. Its patented technology utilizes the power of creative design, software, robotic automation, and lean manufacturing to provide solutions to our diverse customer base. We’re growing and are attracting top talent to be part of the team that includes seasoned leaders from 3D printing, software, architecture, robotics, manufacturing, design, product development, and technology.
POSITION OVERVIEW:
The Production Manager is a servant leader overseeing the daily progress made in all operational areas within the factory. Key focal points for this position are factory leadership, throughput accountability, optimization that leads to profitability, and processes that are scalable. The Production Manager fosters an environment of consistent adherence to our quality management system, recruits excellent production team members, cross-trains to mitigate the risk of downtime, stewards factory assets (e.g. robotics, equipment, tooling, and facilities), and strategically considers supply chain management. The best candidate will be creative with shift scheduling to accommodate the innovative nature of our technology, will apply common-sense methodologies to process flows, will be discontent with a disorganized or messy factory, will champion waste reduction, can thrive in a multi-shift environment, has a knack for data-driven decision-making, and sees the wisdom in resource budgeting. The ideal team player is well organized, has a self-starting work ethic, and is the company’s loudest advocate for his or her direct reports. This teammate is as comfortable leading entry-level employees as in meeting with company executives. This Brancher thrives in a fast-paced environment where new ideas and concepts are developed, often with little or no precedent, and embodies our six core values of humble genius, other centered, relentless execution, designed beauty, intense collaboration, and wise stewardship.
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