Production Manager Welding Jobs

Production Manager - Welding

If you are interested in a rewarding job with mentorship and managerial responsibilities, consider becoming U-Haul’s newest Welding Production Manager. In this role you will help your production team achieve maximum efficiency by hiring, training, and directing team members while advancing your career and enjoying U-Haul’s excellent benefits.

U-Haul offers our Team Members:

·Paid holidays, vacation, and sick days.

·401k and stock options

·Health insurance/benefits (including medical, dental & vision)

·Prescription Plan

·Subsidized gym membership (including paid fitness classes)

·Life insurance

·Business and travel insurance

·MetLaw Legal program

·MetLife auto and home insurance

·Discounts on Apple products, cell phone plans, hotels and more

·24-hour physician available

Primary Responsibilities:

·Ensure the efficient management of the welding operations of a multiple shift facility.

·Optimize efficiency, productivity, and equipment performance to meet objectives.

·Develop, recommend, and implement measures to improve production methods. Suggest changes to working conditions and use of equipment to increase efficiency of shop, department, or work crew.

·Develop capital equipment justification for machine tools and process technology to improve quality, cost and cycle times.

·Responsible for meeting all quality standards, production schedules, and delivery requirements.

·Identify barriers to meeting production goals and help develop and implement improvement plans.

·Coordinate production related training including Operator Skills Training, Quality Management System training, and work with the Safety Coordinator to ensure all required safety training is completed on a timely basis.

·Responsible for tracking data and meeting production metrics, as well as waste and efficiency percentages.

·Act as a leader in terms of continuous improvement and change.

·Ensure the product quality standards are met through inspections and material testing procedures.

·Analyze data drawn from production reports in order to identify possible improvements, reduce losses and the number of breakdowns as well as improve efficiency.

·Communicate, implement and apply company policies and procedures.

·Other duties as deemed appropriate by Management to support the business plan.

Qualifications

·6 - 8+ years of experience in a related manufacturing production or operations management position. 4+ years of production supervisory experience in that environment.

·Understanding of production processes and controls in a high-volume manufacturing environment.

·Must possess strong interpersonal skills to communicate with employees.

·Strong communication skills both written and verbal.

·Experiences in 5S, Lean and Kaizen would be a plus.

·Proficient in Microsoft office, Excel, and PowerPoint.

·Must have had prior hands-on experience with SAP or other ERP systems.

·Excellent proven leadership and change management skills.

·Ability to quickly establish credibility to develop and maintain excellent business relations both internally and externally.

·Mechanically inclined with excellent trouble shooting skills.

·Strong abilities in planning, organizing, project management, and problem solving.

·Able to work flexible schedules including nights and weekends when necessary.

·Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

U-Haul is an equal opportunity employer. All applications for employment will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, orientation, gender identity, national origin, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, provincial, state, or local law. Individual accommodation is available on request for applicants taking part in all aspects of the selection process. Information obtained during this process will only be shared on a need-to-know basis.