Supervise Shop Floor Activities Including Scheduling of Individual Work Activities

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• Supervise shop floor activities including scheduling of individual work activities.
• Monitor customer ship dates and adjust schedule to meet delivery demands.
• Instruct, guide and train workers in proper manufacturing and assembly procedures.
• Monitor employee performance, recommend promotion, discipline and guide employees when required.
• Insure safe work practices are in place and monitor conformance to safety requirements.
• Lead maintenance of equipment and make upgrades to equipment to increase production.
• Initiate process changes to reduce costs of manufacturing.

• Meets with customer and source inspectors to provide technical support, pricing and turnaround times.
• Monitors daily work schedules and priorities based on planned job completion and customers’ needs.
• Reviews and evaluates Shop Supervisor performance on an annual basis and as necessary, considering areas of attendance, professionalism, machining/shop skills, documentation and supervisory skills.
• Implements problem solving techniques as it applies to individual jobs.
• Purchases new tooling, equipment and supplies as necessary, and with corporate office approval to maintain or improve efficiency, quality or service offerings of the company.
• Reviews and resolves conflicts with regards to customer relations, job performance and quality control.
• Manages facility costs, oversees expenditures and income.

• Supervise all shop floor activities including job scheduling and contracted labor during management transition.
• Interview and recommend for hire shop supervisors to replace outgoing management group.
• Interview, skill test and recommend for hire rail car assembly work force.
• Maintain a safe working environment, and serve as management representative on Safety Team.
• Develop and implement process improvements including training of work force.
• Contract development and negotiation team member between HRU and TWU 234.
• Coach, counsel, and discipline shop employees including termination. Review job performance; appraise job results.

• Production control of startup rail car assembly facility.

• Liaison between HRU and contracted management / labor group to assemble rail cars.
• Anticipate assembly problems before they happen and adjust work scope to maintain continuous rail car assembly.
• Institute procedure changes to increase the efficiency of the assembly process.

• Coach, counsel, and discipline union shop employees. Review job performance; appraise job results; and answer employee grievances.
• Member of contract negotiation team between management and KSEA union.
• Manage supervisors and all shop floor activities including job scheduling, equipment maintenance, tool room pulls, and shipping/receiving.
• Establish and complete the production plan. Review order performance and priorities at regular production meetings with shop supervision and manufacturing engineering.
• Achieve financial objectives by establishing and maintaining the operating budget.
• Lean process improvements and direct Kaisens to increase productivity.
• Monitor equipment utilization, job order performance to establish standards, and quality performance. Review results with shop supervision and initiate the appropriate improvement measures.
• Maintain on time delivery performance.
• Maintain a safe working environment, and serve as management representative on Safety Team.

• Monitor shop procedures and work instructions to assure compliance to ISO 9000 standards.
• First piece inspection for each work center.
• Rigging and 25 ton crane operation to load and move product.
• CNC lathe set up, program and operation to manufacture fluid film bearings.

• Set-up and operation of CNC lathes.
• Assisted with programming of machines when needed.

• Assist in quotation of incoming contracts.
• Programming and distribution of work load.
• Inspection and shipping of finished parts.

• Sales of parts and accessories.
• Ordering of merchandise, inventory and customer service.

• Courses in Business, Supervision, Mathematics and Science.

• Coaching and Teambuilding Skills for Managers and Supervisors.
• Supervision and Time Management
• Leadership Development
• Resistance Welding