What are the responsibilities and job description for the Maintenance Mechanical Supervisor position at Gerdau?
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GENERAL SUMMARY
This position is responsible for providing leadership guidance on establishing a productive, high performing, and safety conscious working cell environment. The major role of this job is to focus on all aspects related to safety, environmental, production, cost, quality, and people management through the continuous application of GBS principles for area/cell of responsibility.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Duties will include controlling the work flow within the area of responsibility, assist in minimizing downtime/breakdowns and maximizing productivity, monitor performance, managing routine processes, and training employees in routine management standards.
Facilitate training sessions for operators under a maintained training matrix on the compliance standards, routine methodologies, tools, policies, practices, and processes.
Coach and develop the team at failure analysis and support the QIS methodology.
Develop performance expectations, audit performance, document findings, and establish corrective action plans.
Collaborate with and encourage operators on subjects pertaining to the GBS processes, audits, 5S initiatives, needs assessments, preventive maintenance and safety management processes and procedures, QIS, Kaizen Events, and other process routine management activities to identify opportunities for improvement and solve problems.
Conduct trend analysis, compile, and analyze symptoms and failures.
Administer all safety activities. Coordinates all emergency preparedness practices, policies, and procedures.
Track performances on control items. Ensure compliance. Design and implement new as well as update existing standards.
Audit performance, document findings, and develop corrective action plans.
Oversee, contribute to, and support daily routine management activities including the GBS Processes/Tools in the day-by-day work. Establish and negotiate cell goals and manage Action Plans for area/cell of responsibility cell goal achievement.
ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILTIES
The major role of this job is to ensure routine management efforts are followed and opportunities for improvement in processes, products, and production within the area of responsibility are identified. The Routine Facilitator is responsible for ensuring standardization of processes within the area of responsibility. These duties will include needs assessments, auditing, coaching of production/quality improvement programs and standards, ITS training, 5S improvements, development and implementation of cost and environmental control goals, development and implementation of new and current preventive maintenance and safety management processes and procedures.
The Routine Facilitator will be responsible for standardization administration as it relates to processes in control standards, management standards, routine procedures, job aids, one point lesions, and process guarantee tables. This position is responsible for ensuring that standardization processes are properly documented and training is provided to personnel responsible for operating in accordance with the standards. This position is accountable for auditing performance, documenting findings, and developing corrective action plans. These duties will include standard compliance audits as well as development and implementation of new and existing standards. • The incumbent will lead Failure Analysis when significant problems occur and compare performance to existing standards. This job is responsible for making appropriate updates to standards when needed. This job is responsible for conducting performance audits against standards and developing appropriate corrective action to ensure compliance of standards. The incumbent must possess good communication skills, have the ability to articulate ideas, give feedback, and resolve conflicts, Must be results oriented and have the ability to motivate others.
QUALIFICATIONS
The requirements listed below are representative of the minimum qualifications necessary at the entry to this role and critical for the satisfactorily performance of essential duties. The education credentials must be earned from an accredited school/college/university. Education Bachelor’s Degree Engineering, Business Administration or Material Science Required Work Experience 5 – 7 years experience in an industrial or manufacturing environment with exposure to standardization and production quality met. Previous qualifying experience in scrap processing, melting, casting, rolling, maintenance, finishing.
Required Work Experience shipping/warehouse operations, and supervisory/facilitation a must.
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