About the role

  • Production Manager at Quaker Houghton managing production supervisors across multiple shifts. Ensuring compliance with safety and manufacturing procedures in a chemical manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

  • Manages Production Supervisors across multiple shifts engaged in the manufacturing and shipment of quality products in a timely manner.
  • Responsible for compliance with environmental, health and safety requirements, and manufacturing procedures.
  • Manages short-term activities directed toward production continuity and balance for Middletown location; shift schedules, ensuring requisition of materials, machine loading, and labor efficiency.
  • Direct and lead inventory controls and management of inventory counts to comply with regional goals.
  • Works with planners to schedule blend tanks, reactors, and workforce.
  • Integrates production operation and related processes over multiple shifts in all product lines.
  • Works with R&T and Product Management to resolve formulation, packaging, labeling and logistic issues.
  • Selects, trains, develops, and motivates production staff to ensure consistent attainment of production schedules at optimum productivity and cost levels.
  • Monitor and track relevant Key Performance Indicators including first pass yield, on time deliveries and cost of inadequate quality.
  • Champion safety and environmental initiatives and directives.
  • Acts as a working manager to provide backup to production supervisors as necessary.

Requirements

  • Bachelors degree (B. A. or B.S.) in related technical discipline with experience as a supervisor or in a team lead role preferred.
  • Persons with an education less than a degree must demonstrate 5 years of successful related experience and training.
  • Must have successful work experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably related to manufacturing of chemical products or technical knowledge of manufacturing and equipment.
  • 5 years in Chemical Manf. or equivalent training.
  • Excellent organizational skills.
  • Above average communication skills.
  • Familiarity with modern production techniques such as Lean manufacturing, KanBan, SQC, etc. preferred.
  • Ability to adapt in a demanding and fast-paced environment.

Benefits

  • Generous annual paid time off.
  • 401 (k) employer match.
  • Health care, dental and vision benefits.
  • Employees can receive up to a $1,000 bonus by referring a friend to join the company.
  • Tuition Reimbursement

Job title

Production Manager

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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