Manufacturing Supervisor at CIRCOR International in Monroe, NC

Position Summary

The Supervisor will be responsible for providing supervision and leadership to the fabrication team, while being an innovator of positive change that favorably impacts safety, quality, profitability, inventory turns, on-time delivery and lead-time.

This position reports to the Manager of Operations for the Monroe Facility.

Principal Activities

Key Accountabilities:

• Maintains inventory and stocking levels of raw materials required for fabrications.
• Produce drawings for fabrication components and machining operations for inside and outside machine shops.
• Estimate fabrication costs on new projects.
• Maintains material lists along with related certifications for all fabrications produced.
• Maintain documentation of required welding records.
• Ability to successfully distribute tasks to qualified welders in area.
• Maintains records of verification for continuous qualification of welders.
• Maintains identity and traceability of welding electrodes, rods, and wires
• Maintains calibration of welding equipment.
• Assigns and controls welder identification stamps.
• Review and approval of new fabrication drawings.
• Defines and generates programs for burning machines.
• Responsible for new fixture design.
• Tracks production plans and enforces quality standards. Communicating job goals and expectations; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results; coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; initiating, coordinating, and enforcing systems, policies, and procedures.
• Implements programs that improve labor efficiency, on-time delivery, continuous quality improvement, safety workplace, and exceeds customer requirements.
• Keeping work records and preparing work reports. Preparing concise reports of performance documentation, reviews, and inspection results.
• Maintaining a safe and secure work environment; develop personal growth opportunities.
• Behaves continuously and consistently with desired CIRCOR Operating System values, and characteristics.
• Communicates and facilitates meetings effectively.
• Support and drive a Behavioral-based Safety Culture with a focus on Safety as a Core Value within the Site.
• Assist with implementing site Training Plan. Create/update training materials, as required.
• Coordinate and facilitate the completion of hazard assessments, audits and inspections, including but not limited to Job Hazard Analysis, PPE, ergonomic, machine guarding, confined space, fall protection, and process risk assessments.
• Support development of appropriate rules, procedures and the management of change process that reduce EH&S risks and hazards.
• Participate in incident investigations, root cause determination and mistake-proofing actions as required.
• Create and deploy communications (alerts, toolbox talks, email, etc.) to inform and educate employees.
• Support the site Security Plan, and Emergency Planning and Response Process, compliance and legal requirements, and pollution prevention initiatives.
• Ability to open and or secure and close the plant as required.

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS

Knowledge Skills & Abilities

• 5 years’ experience in the welding industry
• Current welding certification in an area of expertise preferred
• Familiarity with Lean tools and driving continuous improvement
• Ability to prepare comprehensive and accurate reports, forecasts, and communicate results across shifts.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with all levels of employees, across all functions of the organization including customers and suppliers.
• Familiarity and/or experience with manufacturing, machining, Plasma cutting, welding, fabrication, team leadership, driving metric based performance, providing feedback and driving continuous improvement.

Education & Experience

• BS in Engineering or technical discipline, 5+ years in a manufacturing environment and/or equivalent work and leadership experience
• Must have CWI certification or the ability to obtain it within 1 year of employment.
• Must be proficient with Autodesk AutoCAD
• Experience in a supervisory role or with managing people.

CIRCOR is an EEO Employer of Females / Minorities / Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities