at Vactor Manufacturing in Streator, Illinois, United States
Job Description
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Promote good housekeeping practices and a safe workplace
- Evaluate and document safe work habits
- Perform safety inspections
- Participate in safety training and provide safety training
- Facilitate quality improvement and prevention-oriented quality assurance
- Responsible for departmental inventory accuracy
- Report and assist in resolving all quality-oriented issues
- Assist in meeting annual productivity and performance goals
- Work with Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Purchasing, and Vendors to ensure the best overall costs are procured in specific cost reduction efforts
- Manage departmental budgets
- Ensure customer requirements are met by meeting the established build/ship schedule
- Track and report department performance metrics
- Responsible for timely disposition of all non-conforming material
- Responsible for specific cost reduction efforts
- Manage required shop tools and supplies within cost and quality guidelines
- Effectively plan manpower and overtime to ensure deliveries are met with the least amount of actual hours
- Be knowledgeable of and ensure all company policies are being followed
- Facilitate employee training for flexibility and to ensure manpower coverage
- Promote the growth and development of production employees guide, coach, appraise and discipline employees as appropriate
- Promote and facilitate the movement towards high performance teams
- Conduct employee performance appraisals
- Conduct interviews for prospective employees
- Conduct regular department employee meetings
- Keep employee time & attendance records up to date in the time & attendance system
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS REQUIRED:
- Machine/Form/Fab experience preferred
- Minimum 3 years of supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment
- Must be familiar with the equipment and processes in the department
- Must be well organized and have good communication and leadership skills with a proven track record of problem solving skills and cost management
- Must be able to read blueprints, schematics and bills of material
- Must have process improvement experience
- Must have good computer skills
- Must be well organized and have good communication skills
- Must have good problem solving skills.
EDUCATION REQUIRED: High school diploma required; Bachelor's Degree preferred.
Relocation Assistance Not Provided.
Benefits of Employment;
In addition to excellent career growth opportunities, Federal Signal Corporation offers a wide array of benefits including: annual bonus potential, insurance (life, medical, dental, vision), paid holidays, paid vacation, 401(k) with matching contributions and tuition reimbursement. We provide our employees with a smoke-free, drug-free workplace.
About Us;
Vactor Mfg. Inc. is a leading manufacturer of municipal combination catch basin/sewer cleaning vacuum trucks and industrial vacuum loaders that clean up industrial waste or recover and recycle valuable raw materials. Vactor is located in Streator, IL and is a subsidiary of Federal Signal Corporation.
Federal Signal Corporation (NYSE: FSS) builds and delivers equipment of unmatched quality that moves material, cleans infrastructure, and protects the communities where we work and live. Founded in 1901, Federal Signal is a leading global designer...
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