Welding Supervisor

The Armor Group is headquartered in Mason, Ohio, and operates seven facilities worldwide. The Mason location is a full-service machine and equipment manufacturing facility that produces a wide range of products, including military transport containers; industrial washers and dryers for the beverage industry; mixers and dryers for the pharmaceutical industry; mobile healthcare coaches; and more.

Our manufacturing capabilities include shear press operations; TIG and MIG welding of stainless steel, mild steel, and aluminum; control panel and machine wiring; final assembly; and complete machine run-offs. It is a fast-paced, growing production environment that spans more than 300,000 square feet and supports a diverse range of operations.

JOB SUMMARY

The Welding Supervisor is responsible for managing a team of welders (10-25) with varying skillsets to meet Production Schedules and Deadlines within defined hours budgets.

You will be responsible for:

· Parts organization, staging, and resource planning for current and upcoming work.

· Distributing Work Orders, clearly defined budgets and completion timing to your team.

· Daily and weekly reporting on progress.

· Working additional hours as needed to meet shipping deadlines.

· This position reports to the Plant Manager.

Responsibilities include:

· Supporting, enforcing, and applying company safe work practices

· Promoting teamwork and a positive work environment

· Conducting daily floor meetings to inform employees of company activities, assign tasks

· Executing production schedules and working with other departments to make sure product completion and shipping requirements are met

· Holding team members accountable for executing their job safely, efficiently and with high quality

· Using company ERP software (Epicor) for daily approval of employee time, reviewing labor budget goals and performance, submitting pick lists to the stockroom, tracking parts needs and identifying potential shortages

· Assigning overtime, tracking and approving time, vacations, absences

· Interviewing, recommend hiring, training, disciplining, evaluating, and developing objectives with employees

· Leading their team to accomplish the cost control, quality, and productivity targets

o Managing employees’ job completion hours against budgeted (standard) hours

o Managing employees to meet “on time” deliveries

· Confirming proper times and labor reporting is documented

o Daily reviewing and approving employee time in time keeping system

o Daily reviewing and approving employee time in M2K

o Monitoring attendance and implementing discipline in accordance with policies

· Promoting Lean Manufacturing Concepts, including 5S principles and Kaizen participation and leadership

· Communicating employee concerns and implementing corrective action for improper operations, faulty equipment, defective materials, and unsafe equipment

· Identifying and coordinating training needs of employees to develop skills to allow department flexibility and for personal development

· Developing and promoting cost reduction ideas and continuous improvement in processes and procedures

· Additional items as assigned by manager

COMPETENCY OR POSITION REQUIREMENTS

· Leadership skills, with the ability to positively motivate

· Excellent communication skills, including ability to clearly indicate expectations, train and help employees improve, and report progress or issues to higher management

· Understanding a welding and manufacturing environment, tools to be used, and safety skills around this equipment are required

· Able to read Engineering drawings

· Basic MS Office knowledge, including Outlook, Word, and Excel

- All Armor employees are also expected to demonstrate Armor’s core values of being:

o Customer-Focused

o Passionate about Work

o Solution-Oriented

o Driven by Integrity

· Understand, promote, train and ensure compliance of the QMS within the managed department.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE

· HS Diploma or GED equivalent is required

· Associate’s and/or bachelors are preferred

· 5+ years in manufacturing supervision / leadership position preferred; 3 years required

Benefits:

- 401(k)

- 401(k) matching

- Dental insurance

- Health insurance

- Life insurance

- Paid time off

- Referral program

- Tuition reimbursement

- Vision insurance

Work Location: In person