Area Manager – Edenton, NC

Shift Hours

mostly M-F, day shift, but will vary with workload

Job Description

Directs and coordinates activities of production department(s) in processing materials and manufacturing products within their area by performing the following duties:

• Develops weekly schedules to meet or achieve the current SQDIPP goals (safety, quality, delivery, inventory, productivity, profitability)
• Demonstrate and continuously flow down JWFI’s vision and mission
• Remain cognizant that the company’s highest priority is our employees by promoting and exemplifying behaviors that are indicative of our goal to remain the Employer of Choice

Essential Duties

Essential Duties: include the following, other duties may be assigned:

• Prepares operation schedules and coordinates manufacturing activities to ensure SQDIPP goals are met.
• Develops plans for cost and process improvements, modifies production programs to maintain and enhance a profitable operation.
• Assumes responsibility for shop organization by ensuring everything has a location and is clean.
• Increases communication and feedback from all employees in their area and keeps all management boards updated weekly.
• Upholds the company’s policies and procedures such as; safety, attendance, productivity, start and stop times

Education Level

Associates degree in related field preferred

Experience

Minimum of four (4) years of related experience.

Formal Leadership training is required.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of the job, the employee is required to have the ability to concentrate and perform responsibilities by maintaining a constant state of focus and mental alertness. While performing the duties of the job, the employee is regularly required to stand, use hands (including gripping & grasping) and reach with arms. The employee is frequently required to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl and talk or hear. The employee will frequently walk. The employee must occasionally lift and/ or move up to 50 lbs. Specific vision requirements such as color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Work Environment

The employee is regularly exposed to fumes or airborne particles. There is frequent exposure to moving mechanical parts with occasional exposure to wet and/ or humid conditions and extreme cold or heat. The employee is at risk of electrical shock and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.