Strom Minnesota is currently looking for a Production Manager for our client in Delano, MN.
Job Purpose:
The Production Manager manages the shop operations, including equipment needs, scheduling, supervision and training of employees, implementation and enforcement of safety and quality programs.
Essential Job Functions / Primary Responsibilities:
- Manage Shop Personnel (orientation and training)
- Monitor equipment needs and recommend changes/upgrades as appropriate
- Conduct daily/weekly meetings to ensure safety and quality standards are met
- Develop and enforce proper procedures
- Maintain employee morale
- Monitor and correct operation of equipment
- Operating heavy equipment, such as industrial saws, cranes, forklift
- Maintain knowledge of code and safety requirements/regulations
- Plan installations and service work
- Document / analyze rework issues
- Document safety issues / ”near misses”
- Quality inspections
- Manage Job bins
- Manage inventory/shop supply needs
- Assist customers with technical questions and parts orders
Other Responsibilities:
- Complete other projects and/or task as assigned to support business needs
- Awareness of Company’s Mission, Vision and Values
- Awareness of Company’s Quality Policy and how it pertains to your job
- Contribute to the effectiveness of the quality management system, including the benefits of improved performance
- Knowledge of the implications of not conforming with the quality management system requirements
Other Expectations, Skills and Abilities:
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Flexible and adaptable to fast paced changing environments
- Ability to travel and work off-site at the customer’s facility (commissioning, maintenance, troubleshooting). Typical travel can be from 10% to 30%. Travel is mid-west, domestic and international
- Good listening and communication skills
- Ability to communicate clearly by conveying and receiving ideas, information and direction effectively
- Ability to use mathematics to solve problems
- Ability to read, write and comprehend English
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and/or guidance.
- Ability to work both as part of a team and on own initiative
- Ability to perform tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance
- Ability to work under pressure, plan personal workload effectively and delegate
- Ability to identify and resolve problems in a timely manner and gather and analyze information skillfully
- Ability to use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems
- Ability to manage tasks with competing priorities and deadlines
- Ability to Select and use training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things
Education:
- Two-year Technical education, work experience, or related degree
Experience:
Desired
- At least 5 years’ experience in a supervisory role
