Supervisor, Automation (Nights)

Job Summary

In this role, you will supervise technicians in a manufacturing environment and be responsible for maintaining equipment of automated assembly lines. You will be the first point of contact during the escalation of any technical issues regarding automation during your teams’ shifts and will be responsible for teaching and encouraging growth in all night shift technicians.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensures effective employee relations. Provides employee coaching, development, and performance reviews. Administers the hiring, termination, and disciplinary process for night shift technicians under your supervision. Resolves employee issues through problem resolution.
• Responsible for ensuring applicable training and compliance associated with work area and products.
• Responsible for shift personnel scheduling and assignments, verbal communications and visual checks of all work activity for the duration of each assigned shift.
• Lead and mentor technician team to achieve site and department goals in a fast-paced environment.
• Routinely evaluate and review employee performance.
• Technical and hands-on automated equipment troubleshooting, repair, and improvements.
• Analyze data to drive improvements, determine prioritization, and identify opportunities.
• Lead and provide mentorship in root cause and corrective action (RCCA).
• Assess and perform / schedule technical training, including electromechanical systems, pneumatics, servos, PLCs, schematic reading / interpretation, new technology, etc.
• Assist engineering to develop design concepts for new automation.
• Provide engineering assistance to ensure machinery and processes are at an optimum level.
• Promote and support a Lean Manufacturing environment within the facility.
• Research new technologies and methodologies to use in the facility.
• Provide a “Customer Service” attitude when interacting with internal and external customers while accomplishing work, production, and achieving quality standards.
• Conform with and abides by all regulations, policies, work procedures, instruction, and all safety rules.
• Exhibit regular, reliable, punctual and predictable attendance.
• Perform other duties as assigned based on business needs.

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