Melt Shop Manager

Supervises production employees and is responsible for discipline, safety, training, development, and general supervision of employees on specified shift. Also directs indirect resources as needed to fulfil production goals. Accountable for specified quantity, quality and cost of product within material specifications and labor standards. Must have previous foundry

A. Developing and supervising direct reports; Identifies developmental needs for each employee, trains, coaches and orients new and current employees. Observes compliance with standards. Monitors and audits job enhancement progress. Assigns daily work, evaluates performance, facilitates teamwork, coaches, counsels, and disciplines employees. Provides reinforcement and positive relationship building. Support and enforce work rules including safety, environmental, and housekeeping within the department as well as the overall plant. Supports and enforce employees wearing all safety personal protective equipment properly. Applies corrective actions in a timely manner. Communicate changes or updates to employees regarding business requirements, safety, policies, procedures, and practices. Enforces plant policies, procedures, and practices by consistently and formally coaching and counselling employees when violations occur.

B. Plans resource utilization- Determines labor needs based on departmental production requirements and assigns workstation rotations. Works with support groups to ensure efficient labor resource use plant wide (plans for outages, coordinates planned downtime, assigns direct employees to help indirect as needed). Guarantees the execution of the assigned production plans according to available resources, monitoring any deviation or anomaly and keeping constant information flux towards Plant manager. Schedules vacation, holidays, overtime, and special assignment responsibilities as determined by business operations/ needs. Provides tools, personal protective equipment, and materials to employees for job completion.

C. Solves operational problems- Identifies and defines the problem, when possible, assist in data collection and analyzing data. Use results of analysis to implement corrective action. Clearly and frequently communicates operational problems to support personnel. Assists in problem resolution as much as possible. Monitor progress of solutions implemented. Ensures employees follow corrective actions. Manages resource allocation and utilization. Work closely with continuous improvement efforts to reduce costs and create efficiencies within production and labor utilization (5S safety improvements, lean initiatives).

D. Administrative duties- Completion of daily production records. Additional responsibilities completed as required. Immediate completion of crash reports and safety instance reports.