Production Supervisor - Casting

Magna International, Inc

Birmingham, Alabama

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JOB DETAILS

SKILLS

Auditing, Automotive Technology, Casting, Chassis Engineering, Communication Skills, Continuous Improvement, Corporate Policies, Disciplinary Action, Environmental Health, Ergonomics, Leadership, Machine Tool, OSHA, Operational Support, Operations Processes, People Management, Problem Solving Skills, Procedure Implementation, Process Improvement, Product Engineering, Production Management, Quality Metrics, Safety Process, Safety Training, Safety/Work Safety, Team Lead/Manager

LOCATION

Birmingham, Alabama

POSTED

4 days ago

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What we offer:

At Magna, you can expect an engaging and dynamic environment where you can help to develop industry-leading automotive technologies. We invest in our employees, providing them with the support and resources they need to succeed. As a member of our global team, you can expect exciting, varied responsibilities as well as a wide range of development prospects. Because we believe that your career path should be as unique as you are.

Group Summary:

Cosma provides a comprehensive range of body, chassis and engineering solutions to global customers. Through our robust product engineering, outstanding tooling capabilities and diverse process expertise, we continue to bring lightweight and innovative products to market.

Job Responsibilities:

PURPOSE OF POSITION: To provide assistance to the Casting Department Manager in a way that supports the Magna Charter, Corporate Constitution, customers, investors and employees. He/She will support the departmental leadership and employees to successfully meet goals and objectives by providing guidance, technical expertise and resources needed in order to be safe, productive, and produce quality parts.

RESPONSIBILITY AND AUTHORITY:

The Casting Production Supervisor is responsible for all employee's safety and well-being, overall development and supervision of Team Leaders and employees, health and safety, quality, customer cost, productivity, and ergonomic issues through using the company policies and procedures and the Magna Employee's Charter as a guideline. He/She will provide supervision and direction to the Casting employees/operators in the Casting department area assigned to them ensuring that the Customer, People and Investor goals are balanced and met.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE POSITIONS:

1.Follow and enforce all plant safety rules and policies.

2. Follows and supports Kamtek Castings and Magna's operating principles, including:

a. Magna Employee Charter - Operating under its principles by treating all employees equally, fairly, and with dignity and respect without favoritism.

b. Open Door Policy - Facilitates the process without fear of reprisal. Solves issues by encouraging two-way, open, and friendly communication.

c. C48 - Listens to issues and concerns and responds within 48 hours

d. 5S - Maintains and promotes good housekeeping by following the philosophy "Everything has a place. Everything in its place".

e. Safety First - Leads by example and enforces all of the plant's safety rules and procedures by wearing PPE at all times and immediately addressing all safety concerns. Promotes an environment where zero injuries are the expected standard.

f. Company quality and environmental policies.

g. Core values - Treat all employees equally, fairly, with dignity and respect, without favoritism in accordance with company values.

3. Supports efforts to achieve department and plant goals on Employee Opinion Survey.

4. Follows the escalation process when equipment is down.

5. Perform minor correction to equipment. Contact the area leader or proper support personnel to report machine or tooling problems.

6. Recommends proposals for improving products, processes, systems, and work environment through the continuous Improvement process and encourages employees to participate in the process as well.

7. Understand and promote Magna's philosophies (Magna Operational Principles, Corporate Constitution and Employee's Charter).

8. Follow, comply and enforce all operational procedures/policies as stated in the employee Environmental Health and Safety programs (Magna and OSHA Standards). Responsible to ensure employees are properly trained and adhering to such policies, enforcing disciplinary actions when safety infractions occur, and conduct Team Safety Talks as required.

9. Ensure weekly safety talks in pre-shift meetings are being conducted with employees signing safety training roster

10. Routinely make visual inspections of emergency evacuations routes correcting any safety concerns immediately

11. Ensure daily pre-shift inspections are completed, conduct unplanned inspection audits on a weekly basis and planned inspection audits once a month.

12. Schedule, supervise, coordinate, and direct the activities of employees to ensure that production levels and quality standards are met. Monitor throughout day and make adjustments to support operations.

13. Establish and maintain effective commun

About the Company

Magna International, Inc

We are a leading global automotive supplier with 347 manufacturing facilities and 94 product development, engineering and sales centres in 27 countries. We have over 159,000 employees focused on delivering superior value to our customers through innovative processes and World Class Manufacturing.

COMPANY SIZE

10,000 employees or more

INDUSTRY

Automotive and Parts Mfg

FOUNDED

1957

WEBSITE

http://www.magna.com/

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