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The production Manager oversees the activities of the production department. Makes sure production schedules and quality standards are met. Responsible for safety of all employees in department. Administers company policies to department. Assist in hiring process for production. Responsible for succession planning for production.
Company Overview: At Thunderbird, the collaborative relationship with our parent and partner companies allows us to better serve our customers – now and in the future. The Thunderbird family of American Manufacturing companies is driven by a mission to provide superior products and services, from prototype to delivery. Our dedicated leadership teams enduring vision is to hold and grow our companies to meet the higher needs of our global customers. We are guided by the unified pursuit of excellence, teamwork, and innovation. Thunderbird enables people to grow, companies to soar, and customers to succeed. #TBManufacturing
Thunderbird is a drug and smoke free work environment and promotes safe work conditions.
Key Position Responsibilities
- Meeting of the production schedules, rates, and quality standards
- Ensure production rates and goals are met or exceeded
- Maintaining of production safety record
- Controlling of costs for production
- Maintaining of training records and performance evaluations for production
- Continual employee development
- Oversee and ensure safety of team
- Administer company policy
- Succession planning for production
- Responsible for continuous improvement and cost control of the group – Scrap and rework improvements, control cost of manufacturing process, prepare material and present monthly and quarterly meetings
- Manage supervisors, update training records, assist in hiring for departments, set goals and track progress of department
- Manpower Planning/Production Plan execution
- Track and improve overtime
- Track and improve 5s program
- Work with Maintenance to improve equipment uptime
Critical Skills, Knowledge and Abilities
- Strong leadership ability
- Understand and lead according to Thunderbird Core Values
- Good communication (verbal and written)
- Strong problem solving skills
- Intermediate Computer Skills (MS Office)
- Basic Financial understanding
Education and Training
- 5-7 years of supervisory experience
- Basic Supervisory Training
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate
- The employee is exposed to moving mechanical parts
- Frequently required lifting and/or moving up to 30 pounds
- Frequently required standing, bending, squatting and reaching with hands and arms
- Regularly required to stand for long periods, walk, talk and hear
- Ability to use hand tools
- Ability to read applicable instructions
