Operations Manager - 1st shift
J&E Companies
- Racine, WI
- $65,000-80,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Ensure manufacturing and production personnel comply with all set health and safety policies.
- Oversee the hiring, training, retention and replacement of operations personnel to ensure a capable workforce for the shift.
- Monitor and supervise the activities of all shift production personnel to ensure effective performance of job duties and assignments.
- Assess employees' work performance and attitude and perform formal reviews as required by policy.
- Coach and counsel employees about work-related issues and assist employees to correct job skill deficiencies.
- Track and optimize productivity standards to planned metrics and performance targets, ensuring effective compliance to manufacturing production schedules.
- Implement corrective action plans to resolve production performance variances and constraints.
- Inspire and motivate employees to perform at their very best through positive encouragement and incentive initiatives.
- Identify potential problems and points of workforce friction; working to find solutions in order to maximize performance interactions and efficiencies.
- Strong personal and professional judgment finding best solution to operational dilemmas
- Exceptional organizational skills and the flexibility to jump from priority to priority, while juggling a variety of functions and projects.
- Minimum 5 years' experience of hands on operations management leadership in precision machining and/ or grinding
- Technically proficient in
- Proven administrative experience tracking and addressing daily operations performance
- Ability to create accountability and to lead by example
- Strong team building, decision-making and people management skills