Foundry Manufacturing Supervisor

About the Role

Emerson, a top-tier organization, presents an outstanding opening for a Melt/Molding Supervisor on our 1st shift at Emerson's Appleton Foundry in South Milwaukee, WI. This role offers a fantastic chance to improve and oversee our 1st shift operations, personnel and safety of the department to ensure the on-time shipment of quality castings. You will monitor department costs, quality methods and requirements and the effective use of production hours, labor skills and furnaces. Additionally, you will participate in planning and staffing requirements.

Responsibilities

• Direct, train, and maintain the repair of furnaces, ladles, and pouring spouts, using refractory, ensuring that these components operate efficiently and safely, helping to prevent heat loss, corrosion, and damage
• Manage a team of skilled technicians, coordinating the installation and maintenance of high-performance refractory materials used in a variety of Melt Shop applications, using union employees as well as outside contractors
• Maintain production to achieve company goals within acceptable scrap levels
• Maintain and enforce the safety program for the production department; review safety records to uphold company policies to ensure a safe environment for all employees
• Be accountable for the melt department, relating to departmental costs, quality, equipment efficiency and quantity of production
• Spend the majority of time working in the department during production to exercise firsthand direction and control of the activities along with ensuring company policies are being followed
• Assist management in general foundry problems, whether it be quality problems or capital expenditures for the department
• Ensure and audit 5S+1 policies in the department
• Provide leadership and administer company rules, regulations, union rules and policies
• Assume responsibility and exercise means to direct, co-ordinate, train and supervise all Melt Department operations across all shifts

Who You Are

You provide appropriate guidance and direction based on people's capabilities. You adjust communication to fit the audience and the message. You leverage each team member's unique background to achieve team goals. You work to create a feeling of belonging and strong team morale. You display a can-do attitude in good and bad times. You team-build with fellow Supervisors to build rapport.

Requirements

• Minimum of two (2) years of foundry supervisory experience or four (4) years of foundry experience
• High school diploma
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Good leadership and organizational skills
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work weekends to support production

Preferred Qualifications

• Foundry supervision experience
• Induction melting experience
• Coreless induction furnaces, DISA Vertical molding, and Isocure core making experience
• Five (5) years' experience in a foundry
• Some college and/or additional training/Metallurgy

Benefits

• Medical insurance plans, with dental and vision coverage
• Employee Assistance Program
• 401(k)
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee resource groups
• Recognition programs
• Flexible time off plans, including paid parental leave (maternal and paternal), vacation and holiday leave