What are the responsibilities and job description for the Operations Supervisor I position at Hunter Defense Technologies, Inc.?
Join the team that is a leader in engineering, designing and manufacturing of leading-edge military expeditionary products and rugged industrial/commercial products since 1937.
What We Offer:
- Health benefits, including telehealth medical services, Dental & Vision
- Life, AD&D & Disability (paid for by the company)
- 401K with a company match
- Safe & clean work environment
Essential Duties:
- Execution of manufacturing schedule to ensure customer on time delivery
- Attends daily production meetings to review build plans and to work jointly with Materials to identify any risk in meeting plan
- Develops work-around plans to mitigate risk to ensure customer on time delivery
- Ensures safety policies are adhered to including policy for notification of incident and follow through of appropriate actions
- Tracks key metrics daily/weekly/monthly
- Ensures timely root cause analysis is performed and corrective actions initiated for gaps in key metric performance versus targets. Root cause analysis will be conducted utilizing standard approach per corporate policies and procedures
- Ensures corporate and departmental policies and procedures are followed
- Participates in Kaizen events, also to include lean manufacturing principles (visual, 5S, KanBan, etc)
- Tracks headcount per Corporate goals; hire and replace as required
- Develops and tracks training needs per corporate goals
- Conducts employee annual performance reviews
Education/Experience/Other Skills & Abilities:
- High School diploma or GED required; Associates or Bachelor’s degree in business or related field a preferred
- Minimum of three to five years of relevant leadership and experience in a manufacturing facility
- Ability to work from verbal and written instructions
- Demonstrated leadership and coaching/mentoring ability
- Experience with Industrial Engineering concepts and 5S/6S techniques
- Knowledge and familiarity with standards (ISO, AS, etc)
- Goal oriented and team focused to ensure completion of projects in a timely manner
- Must be highly self-motivated, customer centric with proven leadership ability
- Demonstrated ability to multi-task and prioritize many different projects and workload
- Possesses computer skills with demonstrated proficiency in standard business software packages (e.g., Microsoft Office)
- SAP experience a plus
This position requires access to or use of export-controlled technical data or technology controlled by the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) or Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Accordingly, applicants must be U.S. Persons or must be eligible to obtain the required export authorizations from the U.S. Department of State or U.S. Department of Commerce. A U.S. Person is defined as a U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident, or a person who is a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act (8 U.S.C. 1324(b)(a)(3).
Disclaimer: This job description is not designed to be a complete list of all duties and responsibilities required for this role.
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