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About the Company
Brembo North America, a world leader and innovator in the design and manufacturing of braking systems and components, is seeking a dedicated and experienced Production Engineer to join our team and help us maintain our standards of excellence at our Cast Iron Foundry in Homer, Michigan.
About the Role
As a Production Engineer, you will be responsible for directing indirect resources as needed to fulfill production goals. Other responsibilities will include assisting Production Manager with daily functions of Production Department and improvement projects to increase efficiency within the process.
Responsibilities
- Develop and supervise direct reports: Identify developmental needs for each employee, trains, coaches and orients new and current employees. Observes compliance with standards. Monitors and audits job enhancement progress. Assigns daily work, evaluates performance, facilitates teamwork, coaches, counsels and disciplines employees. Provides reinforcement and positive relationship building.
- Support and enforce work rules including safety, environmental, and housekeeping within the department as well as the overall plant. Supports and enforce employees wearing all safety personal protective equipment properly. Applies corrective actions in a timely manner.
- Communicate changes or updates to employees regarding business requirements, safety, policies, procedures and practices. Enforces plant policies, procedures and practices by consistently and formally coaching and counselling employees when violations occur.
- Plans resource utilization- Determines labor needs based on departmental production requirements and assigns work station rotations. Works with support groups to ensure efficient labor resource use plant wide (plans for outages, coordinates planned downtime, assigns direct employees to help indirects as needed).
- Guarantees the execution of the assigned production plans according to available resources, monitoring any deviation or anomaly and keeping constant information flowing towards Production Manager.
- Schedules vacation, holidays, overtime and special assignment responsibilities as determined by business operations/ needs. Provides tools, personal protective equipment and materials to employees for job completion.
- Solves operational problems- Identifies and defines the problem when possible, assist in data collection and analysing data. Use results of analysis to implement corrective action. Clearly and frequently communicates operational problems to support personnel. Assists in problem resolution as much as possible. Monitor progress of solutions implemented. Ensures employees follow corrective actions.
- Manages resource allocation and utilization. Work closely with continuous improvement efforts to reduce costs and create efficiencies within production and labor utilization (5S safety improvements, lean initiatives).
- Administrative duties- Completion of daily production records. Additional responsibilities completed as required. Immediate completion of crash reports and safety instance reports.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in a related field.
- 5 Years management experience in a relevant environment (Foundry, Machining)
- Strong leadership and communication skills.
- Ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment.
- Knowledge of production processes and quality control standards.
Required Skills
- Strong leadership and communication skills.
- Ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment.
- Knowledge of production processes and quality control standards.
- Continuous Improvement
- Quality (6Sigma, Lean, etc.)
- Automotive (culture, S9000)
- PC Skills/ ERP Preferred
- Training Ability
- Emergency Procedures
- Related Technical Skills
Preferred Skills
- Foundry: 1 year (Preferred)
Pay range and compensation package
Job Type: Full-time
Equal Opportunity Statement
Brembo is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all candidates for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Ability to Relocate
Homer, MI 49245: Relocate before starting work (Required)
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