Header Manager

Catoosa, OK
Full Time
Manager/Supervisor

Summary:  Directs and coordinates activities of Header, Machining, and Paint department (s) in processing materials or manufacturing products in industrial organization by performing the following duties personally or through subordinate supervisors.

 ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESONSIBILITIES include the following:

  • Determine work procedures, prepare work schedules, and expedite workflow within the Header department.
  • Issue written and oral instructions.
  • Assign duties and examine work for exactness, neatness, and conformance to policies and procedures.
  • Study and standardize procedures to improve efficiency of workers.
  • Maintain harmony among workers and resolve grievances.
  • Confer with other managers in the shop to ensure coordination of other functions such as production, inventory management and quality assurance.
  • Manage policy deployment in the areas of Lean Manufacturing techniques, quality, cost reduction, complete and on-time delivery, safety, customer satisfaction, employee relations, visual controls and plant performance measures.
  • Manage the activities of the department, under the direction of the V.P. of Operations and follow established procedures and approved processes.
  • Plan, schedule, and coordinate departmental activities to fulfill sales orders, meet inventory requirements, and to meet delivery dates.
  • Must be able to manage multiple tasks and priorities and easily adapt to changing situations.
  • Knowledge of all manufacturing methods, techniques, and related equipment.
  • Must be able to read and interpret drawings and specifications.
  • Regularly communicate with maintenance staff about repair and maintenance needs on all equipment in the department.
  • Ensure that proper safety and incident reporting procedures are followed; bring problems to the attention of the Safety Manager/Technician or HR Manager.
  • Manage material requirements to increase inventory turns and reduce levels on hand.
  • Provide leadership for problem resolution to facilitate fast improvements and improved working relationships.
  • Identify, communicate and drive implementation of capital investments and improvement projects.
  • Identify employees’ skills and develop them by coaching and counseling employees on a regular basis.
  • Conduct annual performance review and provide continual feedback on both positive and negative performance
  • Conduct weekly safety meetings; monitor quality of work performed in accordance with the company’s Quality Plan.
  • Plan daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly productions to meet the completion dates as stated on the New Generation Operation Schedule (NGOS) report.
  • Review and update NGOS schedule, as needed.
  • Plan for the number of people required per position in accordance with the budget.
  • Responsible to managing the department’s budget, including the putting together of the department’s budget and monitoring the results each month during the budget year.
  • Regular attendance, ability to arrive at work punctually, ability to work on–site.
  • Ability to work cooperatively with others, ability to deal respectfully with the public, customers, vendors, other employees, managers, and executive management.
  • Ability to perform multiple tasks concurrently, ability to work in a fast-paced environment, ability to interchange with others in the department.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Ability to supervise 60 to 75 non-exempt employees. Carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with GEA Rainey's policies, procedures and applicable laws. Responsibilities will include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
  • Directing employees’ work; setting and adjusting rates of pay and hours of work of employees; planning and controlling the budget for department; providing for the safety of the employees; planning the work; determining the techniques to be used; apportioning the work among the workers.

QUALIFICATIONS 
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

COMPUTER SKILLS
Personal computer skills including electronic mail, record keeping, routine database activity, word processing, spreadsheet, graphics, etc.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
  • High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
  • Minimum 10 years in general management experience in a manufacturing environment required.
LANGUAGE SKILLS
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.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS
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.

REASONING ABILITY
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.  Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS 
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, talk and hear, and taste and smell.  The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.  The employee is occasionally required to sit.  The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to fumes or airborne particles. The employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts; extreme heat; ultra violet radiation and vibration.  The noise level in the work environment is usually loud. The employee is subject to extreme weather conditions of temperatures above 100 degrees Fahrenheit and/or below 32 degrees Fahrenheit for periods of more than one hour.  The employee should also consider the effect of other environmental conditions, such as wind, precipitation, and humidity.

Kelvion Inc., is an Equal Employment/Affirmative Action Employer
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