Assembly and Post Molding Supervisor

Join our growing Team at NIFCO, where our company’s most valuable asset is our employees! NIFCO America is a leading global supplier of functional plastic parts for the automotive industry. NIFCO offers competitive pay, top notch health benefits with low premiums/deductibles, eleven paid holidays, referral bonus, 401K program plus much more... We have a lot of opportunity for growth at NIFCO!

Job Summary: Responsible for all aspects of the shift operation regarding production, including all indirect support. Responsible for oversing, organizing, and coordinating all assembly shift activities in regards to production. Supervises all indirect assigned work to meet production targets. Monitor to ensure all safety and quality established standards are being followed.

Essential Functions:

• Meet and collaborate with other Nifco personnel, Tooling, Design, Purchasing, HR, IT, Planning, Quality, Logistics, Customer Service, Engineering, Production staff and Upper Management as needed.
• Develop and implement plans for efficient utilization of personnels, schedules, labor hours, machines, and materials.
• Review and approve all cycle counts and submit requisition and ECOs as needed .
• Communicate issues regarding schedule/jobs, inventory, and downtime to Planning as needed.
• Review, update and approve payroll for all Unit employees and indirects.
• Review and approve/deny all time off requests for the department.
• Manage, train, evaluate and advise Unit Team Leaders and other support staff.
• Lead, direct and coordinate Kaizen and 5S activities.
• Perform/administer disciplinary action for all associate infractions and escalate any associates infractions if needed.
• Ensure equipment process and product quality meet documented internal standards
• Follow and enforce all safety guidelines.
• Monitor and coordinate shift to shift communications, to ensure all team members working towards the same goals.
• Must have a strong understanding of Nifco’s quality and assembly concepts and practices.
• Must be able to work flexible hours and overtime as required by Management for production needs.

Education:

• High School diploma or GED

Skills/Experience/Requirements:

• 3 to 5 to years’ experience in assembly operations.
• Past Team Lead or Supervisory experience highly preferred.
• Must be able to read, write and speak English effectively.
• Strong computer skills in Microsoft Excel.

Safety

• Adheres to all safety guidelines and expectations (wear required PPE, follow safety protocols are followed, and report any safety incidents, accidents, and near-misses in a timely manner)
• Familiar with and can locate Safety Data Sheet
• Audits and enforces all team members to follow safety guidelines and expectations
• Understands OSHA’s “Right to Know” Policy
• 5S
• Follow 5S procedure and guidance
• Lead, train, and implement 5S to maintain standard and cleanliness
• Audits and enforces all team members to follow 5S standards and expectations
• Goals
• Achieve established section KPI's

Nifco has a long-standing policy of non-discrimination in employment. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not unlawfully