AUTOKINITON is a leading North American supplier of propulsion-agnostic, structural automotive components and assemblies. Our 100% vertical integration capabilities allow us to offer our customers end-to-end engineering, manufacturing, and in-house logistics. At AUTOKINITON, we are building a better foundation for every vehicle on the road.
AUTOKINITON is recognized by our customers as one of the top suppliers in our industry.
Reasons you will love working here:
Learning and Development Opportunities.
Growth Opportunities with tuition reimbursement programs, upward mobility and much more.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for performance feedback and leadership of all direct reports, including mentoring, coaching, counseling, and corrective action when situations warrant.
- Provide key input in the development of departmental strategic objectives along with the identification of key measurable indicators to support departmental objectives.
- Provide direction and leadership in accordance with the objectives of the business plan of the plant.
- Responsible for the objectives of safety, quality, production and delivery of the maintenance department in his area of responsibility.
- Responsible for the maintenance and repair of equipment to support production work.
- Responsible for managing preventive maintenance programs.
- Responsible for ensuring responsibility and discipline.
- Responsible for maintaining maximum levels of utilization and efficiency of the press.
- Drive shift manning levels and utilization to ensure budget compliance.
- Provide leadership and promote positive morale and ensure a total team concept.
- Provide the proactive leadership necessary to achieve and maintain a continuous improvement mindset for the team.
- Coordinate and evaluate the necessary training and team building.
- Coordinate and assist in the orientation of new colleagues.
- Complete individual work team performance reviews for probationary colleagues.
- Track, monitor and implement required improvement activities related to business plan objectives and issues.
- Assist with plant activities to achieve quality, productivity and cost reduction objectives.
- Provide colleagues with the necessary training to be successful in their duties.
- Communicate and prioritize daily work assignments to the team.
- Enter work orders in the MLS system.
- Ensure that work orders are completed in an efficient and timely manner.
- Communicate the overtime schedule to the work team.
- Assist in the creation of new jobs.
- Enter hours of individual colleagues in the Kronos system.
- Maintain daily communication markers for each line.
- Communicate key information to the organization through the daily “turn to shift” communication plan.
- Engineering changes assigned by Champion are communicated and coordinated accordingly with all departments.
- Participate in root cause analysis and team problem solving activities (eg 8D reports, department meetings, etc.).
- Support plant activities to achieve customer awards and quality records (eg TS 16949/ISO14001).
- Prepare all accident reports to include root cause identification and corrective action.
- Ensure that all direct reports are aware of their Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) responsibilities and hold all direct reports accountable.
- Responsible for ensuring that the entire team has the necessary tools and materials to properly perform their duties safely and efficiently.
- Ensure that all safety devices are correctly placed and used and verify the individual use of personal protective equipment (PPE) by the work team.
- Responsible for following all internal safety procedures and required by OSHA when performing all daily work activities.
- Maintain a positive working relationship with all levels of the organization.
- Maintain a high level of cleanliness in the work area.
- Compliance with all company policies and procedures (for example, Quality Policies Manual, Colleagues Manual, Level II procedures, etc.).
Qualifications:
- Preferably two to five years as a maintenance supervisor.
- Knowledge of manufacturing, stamping and/or assembly processes required for the position.
- Strong knowledge of TS 16949 and ISO 14001 standards.
Required Skills
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