Production Manager

JRG Partners

  • Agawam, MA
  • $100,000 per year
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 1 month ago
Job summaryThe Production Manager directs and supervises all production activities in such a way as to satisfy company expectations for productivity, safety, quality and cost effectiveness. The Production Manager will lead and assist the production team by scheduling priorities, problem solving and providing operational advice. They will create and execute production schedules by evaluating component lead times, production capacities and constraints as well as customer demand requirements. The Production Manager is responsible for consistently finding ways to improve the organization’s production processes with support of the engineering department. They will continuously work to improve product quality, operating costs, customer delivery times, team morale, and site safety. The Production Manager will work closely with other departments to support production, capacity planning and identify areas of process improvement.Essential Responsibilities
  • Production
  • Plans, Creates and orchestrates production schedule in collaboration with other departments, in order to satisfy internal and customer requirements
  • Manages day to day machining and burring operations
  • Maintain production quality performance in collaboration with Quality and Engineering departments
  • Collaborate with quality and engineering departments to perform root cause analysis and implements process/product improvements as necessary
  • Maintain effective interface with other departmental managers and other departments (i.e. Engineering, Quality, Sales, and HR) to optimize production and engage in process improvement activities
  • Tracks production, creates, maintains and delivers production reports as necessary to other departments, General Manager and Corporate office.
  • Works with all departments to effectively forecast and report production demand, capacity and production levels
  • Manage and ensure appropriate staffing level of the production department with the HR/Office Manager
  • Manages production employee training programs
  • Executes disciplinary actions up to and including termination in accordance with company policy
  • Works in collaboration with the engineering department on the evaluation of potentially non-conforming parts, machine maintenance and preventive maintenance programs.
  • Must have solid understanding of mills and lathes and their capabilities
  • Outside Services
  • o Works in collaboration with front office and Supply Chain Coordinator to schedule and manage outside services
  • Establish and maintain good working relationships between company and outside service vendors
  • Monitors, in collaboration with front office, outside services performance
  • Collaborates with outside service vendors to accommodate production schedule
  • Inventory management
  • Collaborates with the Supply Chain Coordinator to manage the raw material inventory and purchasing, WIP and FG inventories
  • Conducts regularly scheduled inventory counts
  • Collaborate with front office to perform, record and report inventory discrepancies in accordance with company policies
  • Shipping and Receiving
  • Collaborates with Supply Chain Coordinator to manage Shipping and Receiving department
  • Facility Maintenance
  • Manages all facility maintenance and coordinates necessary outside services
  • Environmental, Health and Safety (EH&S)
  • Manages site EH&S ensuring adherence to corporate, local, state and federal requirements and laws.
  • Manages employee safety program
  • Chairs safety committee
  • Monitor the removal of material hazards from a workplace
  • Provide safety training for employees on policies, regulations and procedures
  • Advise the company’s management team on safety issues and OSHA compliance
  • Inspect and verify company compliance with relevant safety regulations
  • Maintain accurate and current records in accordance with guidelines
  • Analyze incident reports, metrics and injury case studies in order to institute changes that lead to a safer environment
  • All other assignments as required to meet business needs

JRG Partners