Manager Production - Paint Department

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Requisition ID: 19989
Since 1968 Horton Emergency Vehicles has built the industry's most innovative ambulances for first responders risking their lives to save others. Horton designs, manufactures, and delivers the highest-quality, most tailor-made ambulances the market has to offer.
Horton Emergency Vehicles is part of the larger REV Group (NYSE: REVG), a leading manufacturer of specialty vehicles for the fire & emergency, commercial, and recreation markets. REV Group's extensive vehicle line-up includes models such as ambulances, fire trucks, school buses, terminal trucks, RV's, luxury buses, and much more. Our 6,500+ employees continuously demonstrate their commitment to building innovative and reliable vehicles that our customers can depend on whether for a family trip across the U.S. or when responding to an emergency. Rev Group is a veteran friendly employer and hires over 200 veterans and or those transferring out of the military each year.
Since 1968 Horton Emergency Vehicles has built the industry's most innovative ambulances for first responders risking their lives to save others. Horton designs, manufactures, and delivers the highest-quality, most tailor-made ambulances the market has to offer.
Horton Emergency Vehicles is part of the larger REV Group (NYSE: REVG), a leading manufacturer of specialty vehicles for the fire & emergency, commercial, and recreation markets. REV Group's extensive vehicle line-up includes models such as ambulances, fire trucks, school buses, terminal trucks, RV's, luxury buses, and much more. Our 6,500+ employees continuously demonstrate their commitment to building innovative and reliable vehicles that our customers can depend on whether for a family trip across the U.S. or when responding to an emergency. Rev Group is a veteran friendly employer and hires over 200 veterans and or those transferring out of the military each year.
Job Summary:
Manage Production Supervisors in a specified Value Stream, ensuring that safety, quality, and production standards are met. May work closely with sales, materials, quality, and engineering functions to meet company goals and objectives.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Schedule labor effectively to maximize productivity.
• Responsible for overall paint production and schedule attainment.
• Plan parts needed for production requirements.
• Accomplish material and labor production goals.
• Maintain safety and housekeeping within your Value Stream.
• Ensures quality assurance process is being followed.
• Supports the business planning process beginning with the Production plan and continuing through the closed MRPII to performance measurement.
• Supervises the production plan to ensure attainment of the Sales plan.
• Schedules material and human resources to meet the Production plan.
• Ensures the proper number and talent composition of the production work force in the Value Stream.
• Coach, mentor, and discipline employees as necessary.
• Complete 90 day and annual reviews for Subordinates in the Value Stream.
• Maintain and complete all Human Resources paperwork for the employees in your Value Stream (attendance, vacation request, etc....)

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to communicate with all levels of personnel to include presenting information to individuals and small groups.
• Advanced problem solving, time management and project management skills
• Ability to lead personnel toward the achievement of company goals
• Lean/Six Sigma Certification preferred
• Advanced PC skills including MS Office Suite, MAPICS and/or MRP
• Ability to handle emergency situations calmly.
• Ability to work independently and make decisions in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to implement and direct environmental, health and safety policies and procedures.
• Ability to read, write, comprehend, and verbally communicate simple instructions, short correspondence and memos in English.
• Ability to read and understand engineering drawings and layout and other written or verbal instructions presented in English.
• Completed Hazardous Materials Handling Operations and Hazardous Waste training.

Education and/or Experience:

• 4-year college degree in Engineering/Manufacturing/Business Administration preferred.
• Five (5) years' experience with proficiency in the specialty vehicle or truck and bus chassis manufacturing field with production supervision experience.
• Previous Paint Manufacturing/Finishing and scheduling experience is preferred.
• Experience in managing technical personnel highly desirable.

Physical demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; and reach with hands and arms. The employee frequently is required to walk. The employee is occasionally required to stand, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Other physical requirements include:

• Ability to regularly lift and/or move up to 40#'s without assistance.
• Ability to work from various squatting, kneeling or bending positions.
• Ability to work with arms above head.
• Ability to work from ladders or scaffolding.
• Ability to stand at a workstation for ten hours a day (minus specified breaks.)
• Ability to perform all operations within acceptable quality and time standards.
• Ability to safely use specified hand, air, power tools, and machinery.
• Ability to operate and understand the operation of all protective safety equipment in the area.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision and depth perception.
• Ability to handle and dispose of hazardous waste.
• Ability to work in 105-degree heat for excess of ten (10) hours per day.
• Ability to work in noisy and dusty conditions.

Work environment/Conditions:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works near moving mechanical parts. The employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals.
The noise level in the work environment is elevated.

• Indoor office
• Frequently on the plant floor

Personal protective equipment recommended and/ or required:

• Safety glasses, or prescription safety glasses with side shields

• Ear plugs
• Safety shoes recommended.

REV Group is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity. The Company conducts all employment practices without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran's status, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation, or any other basis prohibited by law. REV Group also undertakes affirmative action to assure equal employment opportunities for minorities and women, for persons with disabilities, and for protected veterans.
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