Fasteners and Cold Heading Manufacturing Lead

Title: Manufacturing Lead – Fasteners and Cold Heading

Reports to: Plant Manager

Job Purpose: Ultimately responsible for the day-to-day departmental operations in the bolt and cold heading departments including running and monitoring automated lines and ensuring compliance with all quality and safety.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Lead set up and changeover activity on machinery and perform duties of Cold Heading Operator and Automatic Press Operator as described in HR-JD-COLD HD OP and HR-JD-AUTO LINE OP_REV B.
• Support and monitor production activity to ensure operators are following standard work instructions and are meeting quality specifications
• Audit compliance with standard work instructions and process control plans to ensure production of good parts.
• Maintain and audit production information within the company's ERP system
• Maintain production related documents and logs to ensure availability and accuracy.
• Monitor production activity to ensure it is aligned with customer demand and corporate inventory goals.
• Review un-planned scrap with employees to identify root cause and implement effective countermeasures.
• Oversee the professional development and periodic evaluation of direct reports.
• Champion continuous improvement activity throughout the cold heading and fastener processes
• Champion the area’s safety program and coordinate statutory training and compliance.
• Ensure activities meet with and integrate with organizational requirements for quality management, health and safety, legal stipulations, environmental policies and general duty of care
• Ensure operational activities and management of equipment and materials are executed in a manner consistent with good stewardship
• Execute all responsibilities according to lawful and ethical standards as established by company policies and procedures
• Perform other duties as required or assigned

• High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent work experience
• Possesses an outstanding work ethic and willingness to continue learning.
• 10 years minimum verifiable experience setting up and operating multi die progressive headers
• Able to operate basic shop equipment such as surface grinder, lathe, hydraulic press, etc.
• Ability to perform standard shop computations (math)
• Ability to read schematics (blue prints) and engineering drawings
• Ability to perform basic maintenance of equipment
• Ability to use material handling equipment, including forklifts
• Able to lift up to 70lbs
• Experience with Microsoft Office suite (Word, Outlook, Excel) required
• Perform inspection: visual and manual using some or all of the following - comparators, calipers, micrometers, thread gauges, etc..

Phoenix Stamping Group, LLC offers a drug-free work place along with a competitive salary and benefits package. We are an equal opportunity employer (EEO), dedicated to a policy of nondiscrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, age, sex, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin and in compliance with ADAAA.