Plascore is an established global manufacturer of honeycomb core, composite structures, and cleanrooms. Plascore's light weight, industrial strength, honeycomb technology is utilized for a multitude of applications within the aerospace, automotive and marine industries. Plascore is an employee driven organization, fueled by professional teams with dedicated years of service to manufacturing.
Plascore is seeking a technical professional to work closely with our engineering and manufacturing teams to supervise factory employees and production in the Metals business unit on 2nd shift. This job offers many opportunities for innovation and product/process improvement. The production supervisor is involved in projects from the beginning: starting with design review, all the way through final shipment. This is a hands on opportunity to build with and work with aluminum material in a team setting.
The ideal candidate will have a high degree of technical aptitude and have had exposure in a variety of areas, such as manufacturing, machining, and leadership plus be eager to gain experience in these fields through the following activities:
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Key Responsibilities*:
- Assisting with design modifications for machinability and manufacturability
- Being involved in design and implementation
- Optimizing use of equipment
- Working with operators to validate parts meet customer requirements
- Assisting with design solutions to match equipment/material limitations with customer requirements
- Assisting in engineering change process
- Assisting in developing work instructions
- Managing complex routings
- Cycle counting critical inventory
- Implementing Quality Management techniques
- Minimizing Waste
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- Maintaining a positive attitude and work environment
- Providing training and cross training of operators in proper techniques and procedures
- Leading by example in the areas of attitude, quality and safety
- Facilitating daily production team meetings
- Using visual management techniques
- Reviewing and approving employee attendance/vacation
- Implementing job rotation, enlargement and enrichment
- Promoting employee empowerment, growth and facilitate training
Factory Exposure:
- Variety of parts
- Opportunity for innovation
- Variety of work (balance of desk work and factory floor work)
- JIT production model
- Engineer-to-Order / Make-to-Order job shop environment
- 2-5 years of related experience desired
- Associate's degree in a technical field, preferred
- Initiative for product/process improvement
- Leadership seminars and/or coursework
- Working knowledge of technical drawings and GD&T
- Ability to read and interpret mechanical drawings
- Outstanding organizational and time management skills
- Excellent technical communication skills
- Ability to manipulate CAD/CAM files or programming experience a plus
Job benefits include:
- Full benefit package including a generous vacation policy with yearly increases up to a maximum of 6 weeks. Competitive base salary plus incentive bonus. Security of work for an established, growing company that serves a diverse customer base.
Plascore offers a competitive compensation and benefits package. For more information about our company, please visit our web site at www.plascore.com. We are an EEO employer dedicated to workforce diversity.
Location: 615 N. Fairview PO Box 170, Zeeland, MI 49464
Job Type: Full-time