Manufacturing Supervisor

About the Company

Advanced Powder Products, Inc. (APP) has been developing and manufacturing complex net-shape components using metal injection molding (MIM) and 3D metal printing technologies for the firearms, medical, industrial, and defense industries for over two decades. Our proprietary technologies, ProtoMIM® and Printalloy®, position APP as the first choice for some of the largest Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) in the country. We design, engineer, and produce metal components that improve the performance of our clients’ medical devices, hand tools, firearms, and sporting goods. Guided by four core values — we encourage fun, strive for excellence, foster accountability, and promote transparency — we tackle complex challenges and push the boundaries of the industry.

Benefits

• Paid vacation
• Paid sick time
• Paid holidays
• 401(k) with company match
• Profit sharing
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Long-term and short-term disability insurance
• Life and AD&D insurance

Job Characteristics

• Faster-than-average pace; ability to learn quickly, thoroughly, and in detail
• Must recognize and adjust to change
• Setting and achieving specific standards for self and for others; an emphasis on schedule and quality
• Primarily task-focused, with some action-oriented collaboration required
• Seeks and accepts decision, authority, and responsibility
• Effectively weighs risk against benefit; calculated decision maker
• A stimulating influence on others, while being firm, direct, and self-assured
• Prefers to delegate routine detail work; follows up closely and critically for standards and schedule
• Capable of delegating some authority with close follow-up and control
• Maintains control of overall agenda, includes others in a task-focused manner
• Creates a disciplined process

Responsibilities

• Oversee all manufacturing operations and provide operators/technicians with direction and priority on daily, weekly, and monthly tasks to complete production plan
• Troubleshoot process issues and repair equipment failures to minimize production downtime
• Work in conjunction with planner to allocate and schedule resources to ensure maximum equipment efficiency and throughput
• Ability to start up and shut down entire physical plant
• Responsible for coaching, training, and disciplining employees
• Maintain safe and clean work environment

Requirements

• Technical degree and 3–5 years’ experience in manufacturing
• Experience with injection molding, PLC programming, or CNC programming preferred
• Proven leadership ability