Machine Shop Manager - Full-time

Primary Function: Supervise and coordinate activities of employees engaged in the Machine Shop operations by performing the following duties.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Analyze work orders to determine production schedules.
• Compute amounts of stock and supplies required for operations, based on production schedules, and requisitions materials from storage area.
• Direct employees in adjusting machines and equipment to repair products which fail to meet standards.
• Plan flow of materials through department and develops physical layout of machines according to work orders.
• Study production schedules and estimate machinist's hour requirements for completion of job assignment.
• Interpret company policies to employees and enforces safety regulations.
• Interpret specifications, blueprints, and job orders to employees, and assigns duties.
• Recommend measures to improve production methods, equipment performance, and quality of product.
• Suggest changes in working conditions and use of equipment to increase efficiency of shop, department, or work crew.
• Analyze and resolves work problems, or assists employees in solving work problems.
• Initiate or suggests plans to motivate employees to achieve work goals.
• Maintain time and production records.
• Confer with other supervisors to coordinate activities of individual departments.
• Perform activities of employees supervised.

Promote and actively embrace the concept of professionalism, with an emphasis on quality, commitment, integrity, ingenuity, teamwork, the community and the environment.  Safety is a deeply rooted cultural value and it must be promoted and enforced at all times.

Minimum Qualifications/Experience: Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university; or five to ten years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Additional skills: Experience with MasterCam, JobBOSS Shop Management, estimating and scheduling software preferred.

Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work in a very dynamic environment - must have flexibility with an ability to focus. 

Other Qualifications The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of the conditions that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Demands While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand. The employee is frequently required to walk. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles and vibration.  The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.