Fabrication Manager

The Fabrication Manager will ensure the site has people and processes in place to deliver on-time production of high-quality company products in a cost-efficient and timely fashion to customers. This leader will also be responsible for driving continuous improvements in the areas of safety, quality, delivery, cost and working capital.

• Prioritizes and maintains a safe work environment for associates including ensuring associates adhere to all safety policies and processes.
• Meets production schedules while executing workforce planning.
• Holds teams accountable to processes, systems, and results.
• Leads, plans, and directs production innovations and establishes priorities in a dynamic and complex environment with short lead times.
• Responds to demand fluctuations, production issues, material availability, workflow, personnel challenges, and equipment reliability to ensure effective operations, high quality, on-time delivery, and the lowest possible cost.
• Improves quality performance objectives, including warranty, customer complaints, and scrap.
• Sustains and continually improves the CMCO Lean Business System.
• Leads lean activities through oversight of improvement projects, lean daily management, visual workplace, SQDC reporting, root cause analysis, and associated corrective and preventative actions.
• Develops and oversees the departmental budget headcount, hours worked, OT, and expenses.
• Maintains adherence to established processes, production transactions and material movement is completed to ensure transaction integrity, timeliness, and inventory accuracy.
• Compiles, analyzes, and reviews production and performance data and utilizes to monitor, control, and improve performance.
• Develops and maintains standard work instruction sheets for fabrication and machining processes.
• Champions the vision of winning as a team by providing feedback, focus, and direction to plant personnel to assure knowledge and support of plant manufacturing priorities and requirements.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

• Knowledge of manufacturing operations and techniques, with emphasis on fabrication and/or machining (CNC, lathe)
• Experience with and understanding of ERP (Epicor Preferred).
• Strong team building, decision-making, and people management skills.
• Working knowledge of Continuous Improvement tools and lean manufacturing.
• Excellent personal time management skills, with ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• Proficient in the use of analytical tools and techniques to analyze data, identify root cause, and lead problem resolution efforts to implement effective solutions.

• Bachelor's degree in business, engineering or related field is preferred. In the absence of a 4-year degree in an appropriate field of study, this position requires an additional eight (8) years of related manufacturing experience.
• 3+ years of related experience in a manufacturing environment, specifically within fabrication and/or machining.
• Experience in lean culture development and lean tool implementation.