Production Manager - Manufacturing

Production Manager

Established in 1997, Pacific Architectural Wood Products (PAWP) is a privately held corporation, dedicated to providing commercial doors, primarily for the tenant improvement market. Our management, sales and engineering groups, comprise over 150 years of combined experience in the architectural wood door, finishing, and veneer market.

We work hard! We are a fast paced, continuous improvement driven organization, and we are focused on keeping organized and on task. We recognize hardworking individuals and seek to promote from within.

We’re built on safety. We provide a safe and healthy workplace for all our employees. Our employees go home in the same condition they came to work.

What would you be doing?

The Production Manager will plan, direct, or coordinate the work activities and resources necessary for manufacturing products in accordance with cost, quality, and quantity specifications.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Guides, assigns, schedules and supervises the day to day work of employees as assigned to the department, in addition to ensuring work is completed on schedule.
• Conduct job evaluations based on performance and goals set in a timely and constructive manner.
• Ensures each assigned worker follows all safety standards.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Set and monitor product standards, examining samples of raw products or directing testing during processing, to ensure finished products are of prescribed quality.
• Direct or coordinate production, processing, or distribution activities of industrial organizations.
• Review processing schedules or production orders to make decisions concerning inventory requirements, staffing requirements, work procedures, or duty assignments, considering budgetary limitations and time constraints.
• Review operations and confer with technical or administrative staff to resolve production or processing problems.
• Hire, train, evaluate, or discharge staff or resolve personnel grievances.
• Develop or implement production tracking or quality control systems, analyzing production, quality control, maintenance, or other operational reports to detect production problems.
• Review plans and confer with research or support staff to develop new products or processes.
• Develop budgets or approve expenditures for supplies, materials, or human resources, ensuring that materials, labor, or equipment are used efficiently to meet production targets.
• Maintain current knowledge of the quality control field, relying on current literature pertaining to materials use, technological advances, or statistical studies.
• Coordinate or recommend procedures for facility or equipment maintenance or modification, including the replacement of machines.
• Conduct site audits to ensure adherence to safety and environmental regulations.
• Develop or enforce procedures for normal operation of manufacturing systems.
• Implement operational and emergency procedures.
• Optimize operational costs and productivity consistent with safety and environmental rules and regulations.
• Prepare reports on operations and system productivity or efficiency.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Coordination by adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
• Critical thinking by using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• Judgment and decision making by considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Monitoring by monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Speaking by talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Active listening by giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Management of personnel by motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
• Learning strategies by selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
• Complex problem solving by identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
• Negotiation bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
• Instructing by teaching others how to do something.
• Quality control analysis by conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
• Production and processing with knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
• Administration and management with knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
• Customer and personal service with knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Engineering and technology with knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.

Education and Experience:

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• At least five (5) years of related experience required.

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to stand for long periods of time, bend, climb, stretch, reach, and lean to perform tasks at all machines.
• Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds at times.

_ Work Style:_

• Dependability — Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
• Attention to Detail — Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
• Initiative — Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
• Adaptability/Flexibility — Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
• Cooperation — Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
• Integrity — Job requires being honest and ethical.
• Leadership — Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
• Independence — Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
• Stress Tolerance — Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations.
• Self-Control — Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.

NO TOOLS REQUIRED!!

Consistent day-shift schedule M-F 6am-2:30pm (beat the traffic)!

Starting Pay: Negotiable with experience

Benefits/Perks include:

• Dental insurance
• Health/Vision insurance with Pacific covering most of premium cost
• Life insurance
• Sick/Vacation (PTO)
• 401K with employer match up to 4%
• Work Boot Program - $100 annually toward new work boots from BootCo NW
• Work Anniversary acknowledgements
• Veteran acknowledgements
• $1200 Referral bonus (to be discussed at hire)
• Company Swag