Job Mission
Supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in the assembly of M-B vehicles, attachments and sub-components of both. Responsible for inventory management for their given cell and ensuring their team has all the parts and tools to do their job.
Tasks and Responsibilities
Maintain a safe working environment by enforcing Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) federal, local and company regulations, guidelines and practices.
Ensure engineering print requirements of manufactured parts are met. When non-conforming material is discovered, follow current non-conforming requirements.
Monitor daily, weekly and monthly schedules/metrics for adherence and provide continuing status of progress of requirements towards scheduled takt and goals.
Work to reduce operating costs in all work centers, by managing the workforce time keeping, monitoring worker efficiency and requesting updated job order standards.
Ensure job work orders are completed with qualified workers who have gained proper qualifications through either internal or external training.
Maintain minimal inventories to meet daily requirements. Work with stockroom employees to ensure all parts are on hand and accounted for before build start. Reduce and streamline material movement. In charge of completing 5s standards and maintaining these daily.
Work with engineering on problem parts, fixtures, etc. to reduce manufacturing time and errors.
On call for 2nd and 3rd shifts to answer and solve problems.
First line of defense for enforcing policy and working with management and union on disciplinary action that may be needed.
Position Justification
Position needed to oversee, direct and drive production output to meet manufacturing goals.