Process & Controls Manager

Role:

Process and Controls Manager

Job Summary:

The Process and Controls Manager will assist with the day-to-day activity of Triplex Plating’s production department by advising and providing technical process knowledge that enables the successful development and implementation of production and the corresponding maintenance to support our system of quality and processes. The intent of this position is to gain the skillset required to transition into shop general manager within the next 5 years.

 Duties & Responsibilities:

• Ensure efficient and quality production for all production.
• Responding to customer job status inquiries as needed
• Work with Maintenance lead for scheduling preventative maintenance and building maintenance.
• Maintain and analyze production records, job documentation, surface area, etc., to maximize plating efficiencies. 
• Schedule process tank maintenance as needed to ensure maximum chemical efficiencies.
• Maintain auxiliary equipment as needed (plating bath filters, heat exchangers, chemical feed controllers, probes, temperature controllers, etc.).
• Communicate and oversee lab technicians for timely chemical additions
• Must be flexible regarding working hours depending on production demand, including weekends
• Must communicate with Quality Director per ISO needs and directives.
• Ensure the department follows all environmental and safety rules.
• Attending management meetings. 
• Develops, implements, and manages processes to ensure that products meet required specifications for quality, function, and reliability prior to delivery.
• Identifies and sets appropriate quality standards and parameters for products.
• Communicates quality standards and parameters to team, and other appropriate staff.
• Coordinates product testing processes.
• Identifies and analyzes issues, bugs, defects, and other problems, particularly when problems recur in multiple products; recommends and facilitates solutions to these issues.
• Reviews client, customer, and user feedback.
• Maintains compliance with federal, state, local, and organizational laws, regulations, guidelines, and policies.
• Plans and organizes daily activities related to production and operations.
• Measures productivity by analyzing performance data, financial data, and activity reports.
• Coordinates with other support departments such as human resources, finance, and logistics to ensure successful production operations.
• Performs other duties as assigned with ability to take on new tasks as proficiency is met

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to be shifted across different production process to help meet need of customers
• Visually able to identify and determine any plating discrepancies on parts by focusing on the quality of product
• Must be able to stand for extended periods of
• Must be able to walk back and forth continuously throughout the day
• Must be able to reach above your head
• Must be able to use hands/arms to run the required
• Must be able to follow direction with little or no supervision and work well with
• Must be able to follow all safety
• Must be able to take and follow direction from others
• Must understand the company’s quality policy and objectives
• Must know where the quality policy is posted within the facility
• Must know how to operate the plating thickness gage to check the plating thickness on parts
• Must understand and abide by the company’s policies as defined in the Employee Handbook
• Ability to notify management of any issues concerning quality of product
• Ability to read process tags and understand flow charts and determine the type of plating required
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong supervisory and leadership skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.

Essential Job Functions

• Regular and reliable attendance is an essential job function of this
• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 75% of the time; excludes break
• Regular and reliable attendance is an essential job function of this role.
• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 75% of the time; excludes break time.
• The person in this position needs to constantly move around the production area to identify defects or quality concerns during and after the production process.
• Constantly operates computer and x ray machines and other productivity tools, such as a calculator, scan gun, pen and paper, and calculator.
• Constantly positions self to maintain a clean work environment to reduce accidental slippage or machine shutdowns, including on the floor, under and over designated spaces.
• Constantly positions self to reach parts on shipping floor requiring climbing up and down
• The person in this position frequently communicates with numerous team members to take and give work instructions and feedback about production processes. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations to produce high quality parts and keep everyone safe.
• Must be able to detect defective raw material, defective finished material, and machine problems from medium to long distances.
• Frequently moves production equipment and parts weighing up to 45 pounds across production facility for various production processing needs.
• Constantly works indoors in a non-temperature-controlled environment that includes, heat and humidity and cold. Noise level is frequently loud.

Supervisory Responsibility

• Oversees people in limited capacity in absence of management; escalates all people issues concerns related to attitude, performance, etc. to leadership

Work Environment

• Consistent exposure to extreme temperatures (hot and cold), dust, odors, fumes indoor and outdoor. The noise level is moderate to loud.

Physical Demands

• May be required to stand for long periods of time
• May involve some repetitive motions
• Must be able to lift up to 45 pounds
• May also engage in frequent bending, reaching, twisting, stooping, squatting, pushing and pulling of parts and part containers
• Due to the open environment of the warehouse, must be able to work in various weather and temperature conditions to include extreme heat, humidity and cold
• Occasionally required sit.

Additional Qualifications

• Good communication skills
• Team interaction
• Multi-tasking
• Understand and follow basic verbal and written instructions
• Possess basic mathematical skills: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
• Perform basic visual quality inspections on machinery
• Utilize power tools and various equipment as needed to perform duties
• Must be certified or become certified in operation of forklifts

Position Type

• Full Time; Monday – Friday as needed; Weekends as needed

Travel

• As needed

Education and Experience:

• Bachelors degree in Chemistry, Engineering, or field related to the products being developed required.
• Three to five years of experience in a related field required with supervisory experience a plus.
  
• Three to five years of experience in wastewater management
  
• CEF or MSF experience desired

AAP/EEO Statement

• Triplex Plating provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Triplex Plating complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
• Triplex Plating expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Triplex Plating employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.

Other Duties

• Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Disclaimers

• Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time
• This description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions, it does not proscribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned
• This job description is subject to change at any time