Shift Manager

Job Requirements

Why work for us?

Alkegen brings together two of the world's leading specialty materials companies to create one new, innovation-driven leader focused on battery technologies, filtration media, and specialty insulation and sealing materials. Through global reach and breakthrough inventions, we're delivering products that enable the world to breathe easier, live greener, and go further than ever before.

With over 60 manufacturing facilities with a global workforce of over 9,000 of the industry's most experienced talent, including insulation and filtration experts, Alkegen is uniquely positioned to help customers impact the environment in meaningful ways.

Alkegen offers a range of dynamic career opportunities with globe-spanning reach. From production operators to engineers, technicians to specialists, sales to leadership, we're always looking for top talent ready to bring their best. Come grow with us!

Job responsibilities and duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Lead the production workforce in the manufacture of New Carlisle products, meeting specified schedules and productivity and quality objectives
• Report production, material and manpower usage, equipment and process problems on a timely and accurate basis
• Maintain product integrity by ensuring compliance with established manufacturing and/or quality specifications
• Promote the teamwork approach among shift employees and between functions
• Accomplish required duties through cooperative efforts with maximum employee participation in decision making
• Train production team members to perform job requirements in a safe and effective manner, according to established standard operating procedures
• Operate the facility raw material batching systems
• Coordinate assigned maintenance assistance to prevent or repair equipment malfunctions or damage to minimize downtime
• Recommend improvements and/or modifications to equipment, processes and procedures to increase productivity and efficiency
• Help provide input to Production manager for regular team meetings to share information, discuss problems, priorities and opportunities, resolve conflicts and develop team building
• Monitor personnel and equipment for unsafe acts or conditions and correct them immediately
• Provide leadership to the Furnacing team and plant-wide involvement groups in order to drive continuous improvement in the facility
• Responsible for payroll functions for employees in the Furnacing department (reviewing/approving time off requests, timecard review/approval, etc.)
• Assist Technical and Marketing in new product testing and development and process improvement implementation and to initiate plant system and equipment improvements
• The position will require the individual to work overtime to provide shift coverage for vacations and the start-up of additional manufacturing processes
• Other duties as assigned
• Work overtime as needed

Drive Safety

• Lead the departmental safety strategy in alignment with the Site Safety Strategy

• Drive excellence in safety culture and systems. Safety as our #1 focus

• Support employees in removing barriers to drive safety improvements

• Conduct Safety Gemba (Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma) verifying safe behaviors, correcting physical hazards and validating adherence to policies

• Manage People

• Define and enforce clear areas of ownership and accountability to meet key objectives

• Allocate resources effectively and fully utilize assets to produce optimal results

• Create a trusting relationship with peers and reports

• Conduct monthly coaching sessions with direct reports to develop leadership and achieve results

• Demonstrate integrity through behavior and encourage others to do the same.

• Be relied upon to do the right thing

• Build a high performing team through identifying and supporting high potential employees and identify/manage/replace employees that are underperforming

• Drive Quality

• Collaborate with Quality Manager to execute a quality improvement plan for the facility

• Address necessary short- and long-term improvements to reduce customer complaints

• Manage adherence to departmental Quality Control Plan using leading indicators such as meeting Control Plans and improving Process Capability to ensure product quality

• Manage conformance to customer specifications and to maintain ISO certification departmentally

• Use suitable problem-solving methodology to reduce variability in manufacturing processes and minimize process scrap

• Drive Operational Performance / Control Cost

• Achieve departmental performance targets that drive cost of production (OEE, Labor efficiency, Weekly Absorption)

• Ensure Continuous Improvement methodology across department, incorporating lean tools and capitalizing on best practice reapplication to meet/exceed cost savings targets

• Work with Maintenance Manager to ensure Engineering Reliability is improved year over year, and targets achieved as a minimum

• Work with Production Planning Department to ensure customer satisfaction with OTIF efficiency

Education:

• High School Diploma or GED equivalency is required

Experience:

• 3+ years of related experience focused within Manufacturing Operations as a leader, particularly in continuous, high-volume operation
• Knowledge of supply chain, planning and logistics activities
• Experience of practical application of Lean, TPM and/or Six Sigma tools
• Experience of responsibility for departmental safety and quality aspects of operations

Skills and Abilities:

• Strong knowledge of computers and computer programs
• Must be able to function as a member of a team and be able to work under general supervision
• Self-starter capable of operating independently
• Must be able to maintain expected quality levels
• Comply with all site required policies and procedures
• Ability to organize high volumes of work and information
• Strong time management and prioritization skills

Physical Demands:

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.

Employee is required to execute the following:

• Occasional bending, reaching, pushing and pulling when retrieving and moving various items
• Lifting intermittently of various items. Typically, assistance would be provided for weights exceeding 50 pounds
• Good manual dexterity to operate computer equipment and precision measuring instruments
• Verbal communication via telephone or in person while interacting with customers, suppliers, or other employees
• Position may require more than eight hours daily and more than five days weekly to complete work assignments
• Sitting in chairs (swivel, padded, and adjustable)
• Squatting / crouching when retrieving stored items from lower shelves and file cabinets, making equipment / product inspections, etc.
• Standing intermittently
• Visual monitoring of computer screens

Equipment Used:

• Desktop computer
• Calculator
• Telephone
• Standard office equipment

Work Environment:

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.

The duties of this position are performed throughout the entire floor space of Alkegen. Duties are performed primarily in an office setting but are occasionally performed in manufacturing areas where compliance with applicable safety rules is required. The noise level is light to moderate. During periods

of travel, duties could be performed in conference centers, restaurants, places of public accommodation, modes of travel, etc.

Contacts:

Internal: This position works routinely with all Alkegen employees

External: This position works occasionally with external vendors, visitors, suppliers, customers, and others

Supervision:

This position supervises employees in the Furnacing department

Safety Requirements

• Comply with all department and site safety regulations
• Wear all required personal protective equipment (PPE)
• Report all job-related illness and injuries per site safety policies
• Report all safety, health and environmental concerns to your supervisor in a timely manner
• Attend safety training as required

Quality Statement

We are committed to becoming the world's leading specialty materials solution platform providing high quality products that meet or exceed our customers' requirements and help the world breathe easier, live greener and go further than ever before.

We will accomplish this through compliance (customer and internal requirements and applicable laws and regulations), accountability (quality is the responsibility of all employees), exemplary performance (strive to achieve "right the first time" in all activities), and continuous improvement (measure effectiveness and drive improvement against performance indicators).

If you are interested in being part of a world class facility here at Alkegen then we would love to hear from you.

At Alkegen, we strive every day to help people - ALL PEOPLE - breathe easier, live greener and go further than ever before. We believe that diversity and inclusion is central to this mission and to our impact. Our diverse and inclusive culture drives our growth & innovation and we nurture it by actively embracing our differences and using our varied perspectives to solve the complex challenges facing our changing and diverse world.

Employment selection and related decisions are made without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, nation of origin, religion, color, gender identity and expression, age, disability, education, opinions, culture, languages spoken, veteran's status, or any other protected class.