Machine Shop Manager

Job Summary

The Machine Shop Manager oversees a team within the department and holds primary responsibility to ensure the efficient, timely, and cost-effective production of high-quality products. This role fosters a culture of employee empowerment, collaboration, and continuous improvement by applying lean manufacturing principles, promoting quality standards, and supporting personal and professional development.

Essential Functions

• Develop quote proposal pricing for all machined components. Coordinates with the Supply Chain group and Production Leads.
• Works with the department planner for scheduling and staffing the department to ensure customer delivery schedules are met.
• Ensures quality and manufacturing metrics are established (yield & efficiencies).
• Identifies training needs and coordinates training for the department; in an organized and strategic fashion assuring flexibility and maintaining a balanced and smooth product flow.
• Leads the process of continuous improvement by means of identifying cost reduction and yield improvement opportunities.
• Continually monitors employee and departmental performance to ensure financial metrics are met (optimize efficiency and minimize variances/discrepancies).
• Engages in the early stages of the NPI process for a smooth transition to production; including floor space requirements, staffing, and training.
• Delegates tasks and sets deadlines.
• Works cross functionally to develop cost models for new products to support make/buy decisions.
• Audit job documentation throughout the shift to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Supports the shop in an engineering capacity, trouble shooting and spindle efficiency.
• Understand CNC program efficiencies
  
  
  

Additional Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a team environment through safety, excellence and respect.
• Assist process and equipment improvements
• Make recommendations regarding employee status (hire, termination, transfer)
• Perform other duties as assigned by Manager
• Works as Department Engineer
  
  
  

Job Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent Years of Experience
• Understanding of CNC program efficiency
• Formal training and/or certification in related manufacturing area highly preferred.
• Actual on-the-job experience in a machine shop is required.
• Must be able to read measuring instruments required to check product quality and blueprints with an understanding of GD&T.
• Demonstrated effectiveness as a leader
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Familiarity with business systems (ERP).
• Computer literate must be familiar with computer systems including, but not limited to, MS Office programs as well as business operating systems.
• Prior experience in a manufacturing environment with technical understanding preferred.
• Excellent leadership, communication, presentation, facilitation and training skills.
• Ability to work in a team environment across all disciplines.
• Effective written and communication skills.
• Experience with lean principles, project management, variances, and statistics preferred
• Must be analytical and problem-solving
  
  
  

Physical Requirements

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to handle and feel, as well as reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

The physical requirements section describes the physical demands and environment of the job and lists the basic physical conditions needed to perform the job. This section should also list specific physical requirements such as lifting heavy objects and standing for long periods of time.

Work Environment

This specification is intended to indicate the kinds of tasks and levels of work difficulty that will be required of positions that will be given this title and shall not be construed as declaring what the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position shall be. It is not intended to limit or in any way modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, and control the work of employees under his/her Supervision. The use of a particular expression or illustration describing duties shall not be held to exclude other duties not mentioned. Ability to competently perform all the essential duties of the position, with or without reasonable accommodation, demonstrated commitment to effective customer service delivery, and the ability to work productively as a member of a team or work group are basic requirements of all positions at Technetics.

Technetics Semi is a subsidiary of Enpro, a leading industrial technology company focused on critical applications across many end-markets, including semiconductor, industrial process, commercial vehicle, sustainable power generation, aerospace, food and pharma, photonics and life sciences.

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