Area Manager - 2nd Shift (2pm - 10pm) en Seaway Printing Company Inc

Description

The Area Manager leads the Team in attaining the area goals through enforcing the manufacturing system and Continuous Improvement activities., skill development, and employee involvement. The Area Manager creates and maintains an environment where Team members and Team Leaders can work effectively within the standards of the Seaway Printing Production system. 

Requirements

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Continually audit Team member performance to ensure standard work procedures and standards are maintained.
• Ensure Team Leaders respond immediately to abnormal conditions, assist Team Leaders to identify root causes, and develop Corrective Action to prevent repeat occurrences.
• Prepare activity plans to improve the manufacturing system.
• Continually assess and develop plans to increase Team members' skills and work in a Team environment. 
• Organize, coordinate, and direct planned change activities that ensure effective communication and lead to involvement from all affected team members to continually reduce waste in their areas. 
• Use the appropriate assessment tools and measures to ensure the safety, health, and morale of all Team members are continually monitored, and action plans developed to maintain positive trends. 
• Conduction business in alignment with Seaway’s core values
• Integrity - We do what’s right.
• Team - We trust each other.
• Courage - We welcome change.
• Excellence - We are customer focused.
• All other duties as assigned

KPIs:

• Safety - Zero RLTAs (Recordable Lost Time Accident)
• Quality - Cost of quality
• Productivity for the whole shift - OEE for planned vs actual productivity 
• Facilitate the pull of product through the plant.
• Skill Advancement - Assisting in the development of the Team Leaders

Minimum Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred
• 5+ years of manufacturing environment or prior bindery experience preferred.

Minimum Competencies: (Skills, knowledge, and abilities)

• Demonstrated history of successfully driving/leading production efforts.
• Cross-functional practical communication experience and coaching.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented with the ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to react appropriately to changing priorities and impending deadlines.

Physical Requirements:

The physical requirements described here are representative of those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of the job successfully. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perfect their essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is:

• Frequently required to talk or hear. 
• Constantly required to stand, walk, and use hands to handle, feel, or touch
• Occasionally required to sit; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; use foot/feet to operate equipment.
• Occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Constantly lift to 10 pounds
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds.
• Frequently move pallets of material with a pallet mover

(Constantly = 76%-100% of the time; Frequently = 26%-75% of the time; Occasionally = 1%-25% of the time)

Work Environment:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles. The employee is occasionally exposed to vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.