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  Meet or exceed the expectations of our customers by providing a positive customer experience.
• Effectively direct and manage the team for high performance and morale.

• Effectively plan work orders for multiple, simultaneous projects and schedule clear completion dates, acting as liaison between sales, customer service, and production.
• Mentor and work with the Shop Supervisor and associates to ensure the fabrication of products consistently meets production, performance, quality and other standards by set deadlines.
• Participate in annual budget planning and create and manage reports to ensure KPI goals are met.
• Ensure a safe, secure, and clean work environment.
• Clearly define each role on the team for optimal operations. Set clear performance expectations, goals, and guidelines then provide the training, resources, support, and performance management needed to meet them.
• Strategically manage short and long-term resource allocation, equipment purchases, maintenance, and layout and ensure optimal Overall Equipment Effectiveness.

• Drive improvements in reliability for key aspects of machinery by completing reliability studies and identifying best planned maintenance strategy.
• Manage the time and cost of production while continually finding and implementing continuous improvement opportunities.
• Develop, implement, and maintain efficient systems, processes, policies, and SOPs to support the growth of the business.
• Work cross-functionally with key stakeholders to meet all production and corporate goals and objectives.
• Work cross-functionally to determine customer and market needs and opportunities and find creative ways to meet those needs and grow the business.
• Evaluate the challenges faced by the business and take action to mitigate risks and develop opportunities.
• Mentor and develop staff for retention, efficiency, and succession planning.
• Keep up-to-date on related trends, products, and information.
• Regular and predictable attendance.
• Work safely.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to hiring and retention, performance management, and training and development.

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  Directly supervises the M&E Supervisor

• Indirectly supervises all M&E production associates.

• High energy, organized, and flexible with the ability to manage multiple tasks and ever-changing priorities in a fast-paced, multi-project, deadline-oriented environment.
• Strong knowledge of Company and shop policies and procedures.
• Ability to set, communicate, and accomplish through others long and short-term goals.
• Strong business acumen and knowledge of Company products and their applications.
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing/fabrication/production concepts, including but not limited to OEE and lean manufacturing.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products and other job-related computer programs and software.

• Working knowledge of OSHA and other applicable safety regulations.

• Effective leadership, management, interpersonal, communication, customer service, negotiation, problem solving, resourcefulness, creativeness, planning, time management, organizational, judgement, and stress management skills.

• Maintain professional image as a representative of the company.

• Availability and willingness to travel between Company locations as well as to customer facilities, job sites, or other locations as needed.
• Ability to read and interpret documents, such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedures manuals.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide with or without using a calculator.
• Ability to operate standard office equipment.

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  Bachelor’s degree or equivalent from a four-year college or technical school; or

• Equivalent combination of experience and education.

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  Valid driver’s license and acceptable driving record.

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  Regularly required to talk and hear; walk and stand; handle, grasp, and reach; and use fingers.
• Regularly required to sit.
• Occasionally required to climb, bend, stoop, and reach; push, pull, and carry; and lift up to 50 lbs.
• Must be able to fulfill the essential job functions in a consistent state of alertness and a safe manner.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include clear vision at 20 inches or less and 20 feet or more, and depth perception.
• Work performed and product located both inside and outside, with possible exposure to extreme weather.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• Pass substance abuse screening. #IN23