Production Manager

Job Purpose: The Production Manager is responsible for schedule prioritization, safety compliance, and quality control. 

Essential Functions include the following. Other duties may be assigned. 

1. Prioritizes daily schedule with supervisor and quality control. 
2. Teams with supervisors on safety awareness for all employees. 
3. Institutes changes made by Engineer and advises on questions made by supervisors, QC, and workers on blueprints or assembly procedures. 
4. Coordinates with necessary departments for any parts needing to be built or cut and ensures daily time log sheets are completed accurately. 
5. Assures parts and/or assembled kits are brought from the warehouse in a timely fashion. 
6. Makes sure parts are labeled, recorded, and stored in a proper place for convenient and accurate assembly. 
7. Ensure all containers containing hazardous materials are labeled, kept covered when not actively in use, and that assigned subordinates do the same. 
8. Properly dispose of hazardous waste in accordance with KDHE requirements including spraying waste paint into designated containers and when running chemicals through spray equipment. Ensure subordinates do the same. 
9. Comply with prescribed safety procedures or federal laws regulating waste disposal methods and ensure subordinates do the same. 
10. Additional hazardous waste activities may include, with further training, operating the solvent reclaimer, conducting weekly inspections of hazardous waste storage areas, reviewing/signing waste disposal manifests, moving hazardous waste containers to storage area, cleanup of minor chemical/hazardous waste spills, and supervision of those tasked with those functions. 
11. Coordinates the schedule and fabrication of products and parts with necessary departments. 
12. Performs quality control checks and solves daily problems for supervisors and quality control. 
13. Meets with vendors, schedule machinery repairs, maintains inventory counts on spreadsheets, and assists in providing safety training. 
14. Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules and regulations. 
15. Secures tools, materials, and equipment at end of day. 
16. Performs additional duties as needed

Qualifications and Requirements: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

1. High school diploma or equivalent and technical college or college degree. 
2. Forklift experience and have good problem solving and organization skills along with the ability to read a tape measure. 
3. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly communicate detailed information to customers, coworkers, and management. 
4. Ability to read and interpret documents such as invoices, procedure manuals and job instructions and possess basic problem-solving skills. 
5. Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as proportions and percentages. 
6. Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. 
7. Ability to manage time effectively and prioritize tasks to meet deadlines and multi-task effectively. 
8. Strong attention to detail and organizational skills. 
9. Ability to operate computer and computer software, to include Microsoft Office products. 
10. Ability to use department equipment. 
11. Ability to maintain confidentiality. 

Physical Demands and Work Environment: The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

1. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to stand, bend, kneel, climb stairs and walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds for men and 30 pounds for women. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. 
2. The work environment is usually an indoor setting with infrequent exposure to outside elements. The noise level in the work environment is frequently high. 
3. Must abide by PPE requirements.