Title:  Production Foreman

Summary:

Lead and manage resources, tools, training and direction for production employees to be safe, effective and efficient. Balance resource constraints to ensure products meet quality standards, are on time, and within budget.  

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensure safety, quality and on-time delivery of product by leading personnel to ensure fulfillment of production schedules at the lowest possible cost.
• Be a champion of safety by supporting plant safety training, driving safety, processes and leading safety communication.
• Hold teams accountable to processes, systems and results.
• Actively coach and implement lean processes and tools
• Work with Supervisors and Team Leaders to prevent and/or resolve issues early.
• Ensure standardized work and process discipline are followed
• Suggest changes to equipment, tools, and methods
• Gain the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, ethics and authenticity.
• Build strong effective teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals.
• Create a climate where people motivated to do their best to help the organization win.
• Foster cross functional team approach at all levels.
• Remove barriers to progress and develop the team

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. 

• Previous direct supervisory or similar leadership experience
• Experience in a high-mix, high-customied, low-volume manufacturing environment.
• Experience with ISO-9001 requirements and processes
• Experience with Lean Manufacturing
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills
• ERP system experience- SAP Preferred
• MS Office, Word, Outlook and Excel software experience

Education/Experience:

• Minimum 5yrs of related experience required
• High School diploma or general education degree (GED) required
• Associates Degree in Business, Engineering, Operations Management, Manufactuing Technology preferred or equivalent combination of education & experience

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

• Lean Sigma

Language Skills:

• Ability to read and understand English instructions.
• Ability to speak effectively with employees of organization.

Mathematical Skills:

Abilty to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

Physical Requirements:

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, use hands to handle or feel tools and parts. Must reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear.  The employee is frequently required to walk and climb or balance.  The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and fumes or airborne particles.  The employee is frequently exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals, outside weather conditions, and vibration.  The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places.  The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.