Production Fabrication Manager
- Lincoln, NE
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Plan and achieve safety, quality, customer delivery and cost targets.
- Implement and maintain visual KPI reporting to drive high performance teams.
- Evaluate personnel requirements based on business and employee needs.
- Recommend equipment, tooling, and processes to support business objectives.
- Evaluate training requirements and request necessary training.
- Conduct departmental meetings and ensure applicable tier meetings are conducted regularly.
- Report any equipment that is not in safe operating condition and remove it from use.
- Maintain a good standard of housekeeping.
- Train and instruct employees in the performance of their work, assigned jobs, and familiarize employees concerning company and departmental policies and procedures.
- Establish skill development plans for direct reports to foster an environment of career improvement and talent development.
- Planning and scheduling production activities and supervising the production process.
- Ensuring the effective management of production lines of an organization.
- Ensuring quality systems are in place and utilized to guarantee the integrity of products.
- Ensure accurate costing for responsible work centers and seek improvement opportunities.
- Evaluate fabrication capacity model and ensure a properly level loaded plan that aligns with demand.
- Develop programming practices that align with plant inventory and material utilization goals.
- Working out the material and human resources as needed.
- Working with managers effectively to execute the policies and goals of the organization.
- Liaising with different departments such as suppliers, managers and so on to prevent any probable delay.
- Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing Technology, Engineering, Business Administration or equivalent preferred.
- 3 - 5 years' management experience.
- Good communication skills, both oral and written
- MS Office and ERP systems experience
- Formal training and/or 2 years experience with equipment programming software
- Ability to develop and coach a diverse team
- Knowledge of ISO and Lean Manufacturing/Six Sigma
- 10 years' experience in production management, scheduling and metal fabrication processes preferred
- Proficient in use of measuring instruments, i.e. calipers, protractors, etc.
- CNC Operating Experience preferred
- Capable of lifting up to 50 pounds.
- Light manufacturing
- Less than 10%
- Customer Focus
- Operational Excellence
- High-Performance Culture
- Innovation
- Financial Strength
- Own It
- Act With Urgency
- Foster a Customer-First Mindset
- Think Big and Execute
- Lead by Example
- Drive Continuous Improvement
- Promote Transparent and Open Communication
- Learn and Seek Out Development