Manufacturing Manager (ID:42589)
Looking for a culture that is truly innovative, nimble, and continuously improving? Where engineering, manufacturing and leaders are constantly pushing the limits of innovation, design, and manufacturability to exceed customer’s expectations and be the market leaders in their Industry? Our client, a local West Minneapolis manufacturer, offers creative and innovative products, a fast development cycle and custom solutions to their customers all over the globe. You might be surprised by the industry, but you will be wowed by the culture – collaborative, innovative, energetic, and creative!
The role of the Manufacturing Manager is to supervise and coordinate a team, direct and coordinate the design for manufacturing processes, manufacturing outputs and improvements for this area that is a part of the custom business unit. Your focus is always on quality.
Roles & Responsibilities:
About Versique
Versique is one of the largest recruiting firms in the Midwest and specializes in both consulting and permanent placement. With a valuable blend of functional, industry and recruiting experience, our award-winning team of headhunters has a proven track record of delivering exceptional talent acquisition solutions. The Versique brand represents a powerful combination of “versatile” and “unique” as it hints at the concept of “search” in its pronunciation: ver-seek.
Versique is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse workforce. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran status, among other factors.
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Roles & Responsibilities:
- Managing manufacturing area for daily improvements, utilizing visual boards to help work centers continually improve.
- Develop and execute staffing plan based on demand by cell.
- Act as the manufacturing engineer for the area.
- Develop and sustain standard work for operations and/or positions.
- Effectively communicate issues and concerns to peers and support team.
- Ensure ISO 9000 and 14000 procedures are followed, and requirements are met.
- Ensure timely delivery of products to our internal and external customers.
- Able to assess the department’s current situation (i.e., staffing, capacity constraints, equipment maintenance issues, etc.) and communicate needs.
- Promote worker safety.
- Determines parts, equipment, and tools needed to achieve manufacturing goals according to product specifications.
- Manages change through engineering change orders, MDRs, bill of materials, and work to resolve any issues found.
- Improve workflow, documentation, and communication between shop floor and design team, as needed.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of manufacturing work instructions, process control plans, and other documentation required for production release.
- Actively involved in internal audits, action items, and various engineering projects.
- Assist in the development of new products, the direction in prototypes, pilot runs, first articles, and interaction with the production employees to adapt to the shop floor process.
- Work with vendor/suppliers to procure specialty tools and/or supplies.
- Trouble shooting struggles in shipments, hazard needs for materials and instruction details on handling products in the field.
- Audit requests for aesthetics, functionality, and manufacturability of customer-driven requests for modified product designs
- Provide leadership and employee development.
- Manage performance through coaching and necessary corrective action.
- Ultimate responsibility for the work performed by direct reports and manufacturing engineering for the area.
- B.S. degree in engineering or related field, manufacturing engineering preferred.
- 5+ years’ experience working in a production environment.
- Experience with lean manufacturing principles and tools
- Experience managing highly preferred.
- Knowledge of Solidworks and an ERP system is strongly preferred.
- Experience working with GFRC products is preferred.
About Versique
Versique is one of the largest recruiting firms in the Midwest and specializes in both consulting and permanent placement. With a valuable blend of functional, industry and recruiting experience, our award-winning team of headhunters has a proven track record of delivering exceptional talent acquisition solutions. The Versique brand represents a powerful combination of “versatile” and “unique” as it hints at the concept of “search” in its pronunciation: ver-seek.
Versique is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse workforce. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran status, among other factors.
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