Supervises, organizes and develops the team, materials, and equipment to meet production and quality goals in a safe work environment.

Position located in Building 1.

• Ensures effective employee relations. Provides coaching and development of their employees. Resolves employee issues and reviews and responds to their suggestions.
• Maintains an environment that supports and promotes the core values and culture of Contec, including support of Contec’s policies, programs, and procedures.
• Effectively plans, organizes and directs the work to be performed through assigned Leads to meet production and quality goals.
• Provides adequate staffing resources based on the skills matrix.
• Ensures production equipment and processes are safe and properly functioning. Follow escalation protocols to remove roadblocks.
• Organizes Kaizen activities for process improvement with Leads, On-the-Job Trainers and Operators.
• Ensures their employees receive timely and adequate training to perform their jobs.
• Assesses employee performance and provides appropriate individual feedback in a timely manner.
• Provides emergency response leadership as needed.
• Responsible for maintaining time and attendance and approving PTO. Must communicate to appropriate supervisor who has been scheduled off and when.
• Participates and works within ISO 9001-2008 quality standard guidelines in accordance with Contec’s quality goals.
• Others as assigned.

Approachability: Is easy to approach regarding issues, concerns, and suggestions; puts the extra effort to put others at ease and embraces the “open door policy”; can be warm, pleasant, and gracious.Develops Talent: Develops employees through in-the-moment coaching, encouragement and continuous feedback.Builds Effective Teams: Effectively manages teams with appropriate and diverse mix of styles, perspectives, experience; and creates a feeling of belonging and strong team morale; creates the feeling of team output over individual output.

Process Management: Knowing the most effective and efficient processes to get the job done with a focus on continuous improvement in the production environment.

Listens Effectively: Attentively listens to employees, peers, managers while absorbing the information being spoken in order to take appropriate actions.

Problem Solving: Making sense of complex, high quantity information and asking the right questions to effectively solve production problems and personnel conflicts.

Managing Direct Reports: Ability to coach, develop, manage, and provide performance feedback, positive and negative to direct reports. Reviews performance regularly and conducts timely performance discussions, even the difficult ones.

Communicates Effectively: Is effective in a variety of communication settings: one-on-one, small and large groups, or among diverse styles and position level.

Action Oriented: Seizes new opportunities and tough challenges in the work area with a sense of urgency, a can-do attitude, and enthusiasm.

Able to demonstrate support and adherence to Contec’s core values: respect for others, doing “whatever it takes” within Contec’s core values, vision and strategic direction, exhibiting integrity, having a tolerance for risk, understanding there is life outside of work, and enjoying the ride.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S.) from four-year College or University; or one to four years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

Directly supervises employees on each shift in their production department(s). Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies, procedures and applicable laws. These responsibilities include the authority to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, direct, reward or discipline employees, adjust grievances, or effectively recommend such actions. Maintains necessary skills and training needed to carry out all duties satisfactorily.

• Competitive market salary with annual incentive
• PTO starting at 17 days
• 10 company observed holidays plus 1 floating holiday
• Community service PTO (up to 40 hours annually)
• Insurance benefits, including medical (PPO), dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance
• Two types of Flexible Spending Accounts, 1) Medical Spending Account and 2) Dependent Care Spending Account
• 401k and a company match (100% up to 3%, and then 50% of the next 2% deferred)
• Tuition Reimbursement Opportunities
• Family Benefits
  • Adoption Assistance Program, Infertility Treatment Coverage
  • Maternity and Parental Leave
• Onsite Amenities
  • Onsite gyms, onsite health clinic, canteen for refreshment
• Hybrid Work Options (based on department operations)