Shop Manager

• Manages the Department Supervisor(s), ensuring their teams are well managed; supports recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees
• Assigns duties, gives verbal and written instructions, and reviews work for conformance to quality and safety standards
• Organize workloads and determine sequence priorities base on production schedule.
• Use KPIs and other metrics to monitor manufacturing efficiency and make adjustments to improve productivity
• Coordinates daily with Production Control Department to forecast and adjust manufacturing schedules and determine outsourcing as needed to meet project schedules.
• Ensure a safe workplace, leads the team to improve safety in the shop and enforce the use of mandated safety tools and procedures.
• Coordinate daily with the quality department to manage quality standards, including monitoring scrap rates and minimizing waste.
• Provides technical guidance to team members and consults with other resources when needed
• Reviews labor charges, labor estimates purchase requisitions, and department schedules
• Ensure shop equipment operates safely and is maintained at basic condition levels, maintaining preventive/proactive maintenance activity schedules and adjusting as needed
• Motivating employees, be a positive source of influence, lead by example and encourages autonomous work by empowering employees
• Develop and deliver training and development plans to ensure succession planning and retention
• Actively participate and lead improvement project activities centered on Safety, Cost, Quality, Throughput, and waste reduction opportunities.
• Recommend investments in new machinery and changes to plant / process layouts.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed
• Other Duties as assigned

• English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Engineering and Technology — Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
• Production and Processing — Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.

• Time Management — Managing one's own time and the time of others.
• Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Monitoring — Monitoring/Assessing performance of you, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

• Verbal and Written Expression and Recognition — The ability to listen to, understand and communicate information and ideas presented through spoken or written words and sentences.
• Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
• Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.

• Remain stationary for 50% of the time
• Move/traverse throughout the office to access file cabinets and office equipment
• Operate a computer and other productivity machinery
• Inspect documents
• Communicate with others through talking/hearing
• Read/identify/assess forms and correspondence.

• Degree in Business, Operations, or Industrial Management.
• 8 years’ experience in a manufacturing (metal forming, welding, wiring and assembly).
• Experience managing a workforce under a collective bargaining agreement.
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Experience working with SAP (preferred).

• Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control and cost.
• Knowledge of Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA).
• Strong leadership skills, with the ability to build teams, motive staff, develop employee skills, and coach supervisors
• Effective organization, written and oral communication skills.
• Strong strategic thinking, analytical, and problem-solving skills

Daifuku Airport America Corporation offers an excellent compensation package which includes:

• Medical/RX Insurance – three plan options (2 with HSA with employer contributions)
• Dental &Vision Coverage
• $500 sign on bonus
• $500 UNLIMITED Referral Bonuses
• 401K Retirement Plan – with a company match of 100% on the first 4% of employee contributions
• Employer paid Life Insurance
• Medical and dependent care Flexible Spending Programs
• Voluntary Benefits (ie: Critical Illness, Accident, Dependent Life)
• Short term disability
• Employee Assistance Plan
• Paid vacation and sick time, (10) paid holidays per year, and (1) floating holiday

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