Supervisor of Machining II, 3rd Shift

Supervise the daily activities of the machining department. Maintain a safe work environment. Assign hourly personnel, establish goals, determine workflow, and schedule daily departmental activities. Administer operational policies, procedures, progressive discipline, and attendance policies.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Responsible for establishing and promoting a safe and clean work environment.
• Assign hourly employees to their daily tasks/activities to support manufacturing schedules.
• Establish daily/project goals for the hourly workforce.
• Provide leadership for daily departmental activities.
• Establishes work center staffing and effective teams for implementation of department productivity and utilization goals.
• Initiate continuous improvement activities and actions to improve departmental processes and workflow.
• Coach performance and development. Provides training and resolves problems for hourly employees.
• Insures good communication across shifts.
• Complete all communication and information sharing within the hourly workforce necessary to meet goals.
• Establish, maintain and continually improve relationships with hourly employees and union officers.
• Conduct performance evaluations of hourly personnel.
• Administer company policies and procedures. This includes disciplinary investigations and attendance policies.
• Maintain accurate timekeeping in Dayforce and Cronetwork.

Principal Working Relationships:

Supervisors, Planners, Engineers, Union Officials, Human Resources, Safety Coordinator, Administrator, hourly work force and (Internal/External) customers.

Education:

Requires a high school diploma with 3-5 years of experience in the machining field. Journeymen Machinist/Tool & Die Maker papers are strongly recommended. A two- or four-year technical degree in machining from an accredited institution would be a plus.

Special Knowledge or Skills:

A detailed knowledge of machining fundamentals, manufacturing equipment, processes, and good interpersonal skills are required.

Prior Experience:

2-5 years supervising in a manufacturing (preferably metalworking) environment.

Previous supervisory experience in a Union environment.

Journeyman Machinist / Tool & Die Maker Papers