Machine Shop Manager

Job Duties

• Lead the Machine Shop team, providing motivation, support, guidance, and constructive feedback to employees, developing and training them while building understanding of and alignment with company culture and goals
• Provide decisive leadership giving clear direction in everyday and pressure situations
• Handle time & vacation approval, hiring selections and decisions to discontinue employment
• Provide equipment expertise and coaching to all customers
• Manufacture the best possible products on-time and on budget
• Schedule machines and staff for maximum productivity
• Cookordinate all labor and materials in the machine shop
• Order and manage raw material inventories
• Identify and implement processes and procedures to improve efficiency and quality
• Make recommendations on capital expenditures to improve capacity and quality
• Monitor productivity, utilizing charts and soft knowledge to maintain maximum productivity
• Be an asset to machine shop clients to support all sites and deliver high quality parts delivered on-time and on budget
• Engage and work with suppliers to determine best in class equipment based on the need, negotiate and acquire quotes for budgetary needs
• Manage and oversee project budget tracking
• Participate and follow Design Review protocols to include; scheduling meetings, keeping meeting notes, revise scope, drawings, etc. as needed, and completing each DR phase effectively
• Work cross-functionally to ensure projects meet the needs of all key stakeholders to include but not be limited to Quality, Food Safety, Planning, Operations, T&W, Sanitation, and Maintenance
• Manage and oversee projects that are delegated to the EZ PAK facility
• Communicate effectively to key stakeholders related to progress of projects both verbally and in writing
• Coordinate and participate in Factory Acceptance Tests as required to validate and ensure equipment functionality and performance
• Travel to project sites as needed to ensure equipment builds are correct and installation efforts well supported
• Aid in the development of Maker's Pride best practices and standardization
• Provide reporting of all projects currently in process within EZ PAK
• Enforce engineering specification compliance, with recurrent formal reviews
• Support the preferred suppliers’ development with procurement

Required Competencies & Knowledge

• Knowledge of: AutoCAD, Microsoft Suite of products to include Project, Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint, and Visio
• Power BI Project Management Principles
• Machining equipment and processes; End Mills, Lathes, Saws, Laser Cutting, CNC, Welding, 3D Printing, Mild Steel and SS Fabrication
• Skilled In AutoCAD Blueprint reading, and ability to understand GD&T and offsets
• Use of gauges, calipers, dial indicators, and micrometers
• Project Management Principles
• Sanitary Design Practices
• Safety Best Practices
• Successfully analyzes and presents data to multiple levels of the organization
• Effective Time Management
• Effective presentation, writing, proposals, business plans, SOWs’, Theory of Operation
• Personnel and performance management
• Ability To Think independently with good decision making skills
• Communicate up, down, and across effectively both verbally and in writing
• Successfully manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Ensure collaborative relationships with industry, trade, other associations, regulatory agencies and Hearthside staff
• Engage and collaborate with Maker's Pride staff and equipment suppliers to find the best in class solution
• Lead ‘best in class’ behaviors with focus on safety, quality, and policy
• Proficiency In MS Office Suite
• AutoCAD
• Project Management Principles
• Managing Multiple Projects and Priorities