Engineering/Maintenance Manager

The Engineering/Maintenance Manager oversees all shift operations in the assigned areas of responsibility in a manner that enhances the plant's safety, personnel engagement, quality of product, productivity, cost reduction, and tool & equipment maintenance. Actively participates in 3rd Party audits representing their departments.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for maintaining a safe work environment through coaching, training and proactively leading GEMBA walks and ensuring all safety policies are being adhered too.
• Ensure team members are successfully trained to ensure product quality meets or exceeds customer expectations according to internal and external specifications as communicated on the work instructions.
• Lead and maintain a “visual workplace” – production boards, equipment status boards, etc.
• Proactively achieving OTIF through continuous improvement and productivity that includes; uptime, scrap yields, cycle times, and cavitation standards.
• Review scheduled production runs based on customer requirements and communicate priorities across all three shifts.
• Ensure Preventive Maintenance for assembly equipment are scheduled and completed on time.
• Responsible for filling out appropriate documentation, ensuring team members do their documentation accurately, including performance evaluations, accident reports, vacation requests, and counseling forms, etc.
• Ensure every team member is properly trained, oriented and in compliance with the company’s safety, machine operation and Quality Policies. 
• Review and update team members’ job descriptions and hold them accountable for maintaining a safe work environment, delivering exceptional performance results, while maintaining harmony among workers.
• Responsible for shift meetings with team members to ensure communication of expectations, discuss any issues related to safety, quality or productivity that need to be addressed.
• Directs and coordinates revision of production plan, employee’s schedules and priorities as result of equipment failure or operating problems.
• Maintain effective control over time and attendance, reflecting adequate information in the time tracking system.
• Initiates or suggests plans to motivate workers to achieve work goals.
• Lead, motivate, participate, and train team members, to promote growth in a team oriented environment.
• Lead CI projects and/or be a proactive participant on project teams in support of continuous improvement and new product launches.
• Any task or assignment written here does not restrict the tasks that may be assigned. Management may assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job.
• Reporting on the performance of the quality management system and on opportunities for improvement to management.
• Ensuring the promotion of customer focus throughout the organization and in particular, your area of responsibility.
• Ensuring that the integrity of the quality management system is maintained when changes to the quality management system are planned and implemented.
• Ensuring that the processes are delivering their intended outputs.
• Support all EHS activities and strictly Reporting on the performance of the quality management system and on opportunities for improvement to management.
• Ensuring the promotion of customer focus throughout the organization and in particular, your area of responsibility.
• Ensuring that the integrity of the quality management system is maintained when changes to the quality management system are planned and implemented.
• Ensuring that the processes are delivering their intended outputs.
• Support all EHS activities and strictly adhere to all work instructions and safety procedures.
• Immediately report any unsafe or unhealthy working condition to your supervisor/leadership adhere to all work instructions and safety procedures.
• Immediately report any unsafe or unhealthy working condition to your supervisor/leadership

Qualifications and Skills:

• High school diploma or equivalent. Bachelor’s degree in a related field preferred.
• 3-5 years of supervisory experience in an injection molding/assembly manufacturing environment
• Experience with leading lean manufacturing and continuous improvement projects.
• Thermoplastics processing, high cavitation molding, lean-continuous improvement tools, scheduling, training, safety programs
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, procedures manuals, operating and maintenance instructions, equipment manuals.
• Must possess the ability and desire to work together in a team-oriented environment. 
• Communication skills are essential to promote growth and quality in a team-oriented environment. 
• Excellent leadership skills.
• Excellent interpersonal, as well as strong written and oral communications skills.
• Computer skills including Windows, related MS Office software and other manufacturing software.
• Must be available to work as required to meet production demand.