Station Manager (A320)

Primary Responsibilities

• Provide direction and oversight to production activities and monitor the progress of the A/C through the Station Function as a role model and leader in the observance of OSHA and People Safety @ Work rules and regulations.
• Ensure the importance and company commitment to safety is in the forefront of thought and action on the part of every employee.
• Provide leadership to the Multi-Functional team in the absence of the Business Unit Leader.
• Routinely report and update upper level management on A/C progress and alert colleagues to potential problems and solutions.
• Perform or assign to staff analyses on operational issues, improvements and other savings initiatives.
• Cookordination and communication of Station activities throughout the FAL, the management team, other FALs and relevant parties.
• Insure orders and (work) material availability to guarantee work progress.
• Apply insight, experience and interpersonal skills in order to achieve integration of assigned team between American and European team members.
• Proactively identify and resolve problems to prevent disagreements and encourage cooperative work relationships.
• Engage with support staff from Quality, Procurement and other specialty areas to improve work flow and enhance existing processes.
• Responsible for the development of manpower forecast requirements based on workload and necessary skill sets required to meet the delivery schedule.
• Identify, eliminate and, when able, anticipate problems, which occur in the manufacturing process, as quickly and as early as possible.
• Participate and lead Station in achieving the annual objectives (e.g. CI, Quality Gates and specific KPIs).
• Ensure the completion of specified work packages in compliance with costs, quality specifications and customer expectations.
• Responsible for A/C documentation for Hand Over to next Station and also FOT (PIR-book, Folio, NC, Intervention Cards, Removal-Sheet-Book, etc.).
• Responsible for daily attendance and time management of assigned employee group.
• Ensure all value-added time is approved in work-booking system.
• Lead and coordinate Business Unit standard routines in the absence of the Business Unit Leader.
• Continuous Improvement Duties:
• Collaborate with the procurement function to ensure the acquisition of necessary consumable materials as well as tools and other Equipment.
• Lead, Guide and direct AOS improvement activities.
• Master all elements of the Performance Management Center to include PPCB, SQCDP boards, Daily Quality Gate; along with the knowledge transfer and PPS processes.
• Including the physical updates to NC, Job Stops, Job Blockers and 3Cs.
• Develop action plans to improve AOS grade for their assigned area.

Training and development

• Mentor and develop the Operational Leader I and Lead Technicians in all facets of Leadership, and production processes.
• Provide documented development plans to workforce for career progression.
• Provide input to the training department for needs and requirements for personnel development.
• Aide in developing training criteria for their assigned area.

Other duties as assigned

• In the absence of the Business Unit Leader act as the focal point of leadership for the MFT.
• If needed, be involved in the Crisis Management Team and if needed lead the team.
• On 2nd shift and off shift working times must act as an escalation point.
• Health of the program, FOT and station blocking points must be considered.
• On 2nd shift and off shift working times provide support to the workforce in regards to any emergencies that may arise.