Production Controller

• Directs all day-to-day activities of all department employees
  
• Mentor and develop employees
  
• Understand and support the company training system, coaching, and disciplinary actions for all team members
  
• Participate in Leadership Development and team-building activities.
  
• Responsible for entering any safety concerns and maintenance issues discussed during meetings and discovered by employees to the appropriate department for resolution
  
• Chair and contribute to the daily inter-shift production meetings
  
• Communicate and train personnel regarding process changes during shift meetings
  
• Responsible for developing and accurately maintaining the production furnace schedules ensuring furnace loads are appropriately combined and loads created to ensure a continuous workflow and on time delivery
  
• Manage the incoming area and develop a plan to expedite work effectively and efficiently
  
• Accurately record downtime and generating corrective action to address negative trends
  
• Communicate job delays to Customer Service Department to ensure that exceptional customer relationships are maintained
  
• Manage the turnaround metrics, promises, and default delivery dates
  
• Process Monitoring
  
• Real-time monitoring of furnace charts to ensure conformance with work order requirements
  
• Ensure that all employees complete daily furnace check sheets
  
• Assist operators in monitoring and correcting issues
  
• Contribute to the weekly departmental maintenance meeting, weekly quality meeting, and 6S meeting
  
• Build relationships with critical external divisional accounts.
  
• Allocate resources to maintain work areas and the basic working conditions of the facility and equipment.
  
• Perform a daily walk-around assessment of plant condition and sources of damage and takes the appropriate actions to correct.
  
• Manage 6S and determine and manage the daily, weekly, and monthly 6S cleaning schedules.
  
• Ensures all employees, including themselves, meet or exceed the 6S requirements of the facility.
  

Requirements

• 3+ years of production control experience
  
• Heat treating experience is a plus
  
• Experience in training and developing employees
  
• Proficient with MS Office
  
• Experience using Bluestreak or similar QMS system
  
• Strong knowledge of basic math
  
• 6S safety focused mindset
  
• Effective leader and mentor
  
• Excellent written & verbal communication skills
  
• Strong time management skills
  
• Self-motivated
  
• Able to work collaboratively with internal and external customers
  

Benefits

• Health and dental coverage
  
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
  
• Employer matched 401(k)
  
• Educational reimbursement
  
• On-site health care, health coaching, psychiatric care, chiropractor, massage, & acupuncture services
  
• 8 paid holidays
  
• Paid Vacation (begins accruing from day 1)