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Job Title: Assistant Manager

Job Description

• Supervise and mentor group leaders, team leaders, and team members in Welding/Kitting to ensure adherence to safety, quality, and customer requirements.

• Implement and oversee the Toyota Production System (TPS) to drive efficiency and meet manufacturing needs.

• Provide leadership and motivation to enhance safety, quality, productivity, and morale within the team.

• Focus on cost reduction, accuracy, and effective housekeeping while promoting a positive work environment.

• Ensure comprehensive training and foster teamwork to achieve manufacturing excellence.

Minimum Qualifications/Requirements :

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Business, or related field required, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.

Experience:

• Greater than 5 years of relevant work experience in a manufacturing environment required, preferably automotive.

• Greater than 3 years of leadership experience as supervisor in a manufacturing environment required.

Personal/Technical Skills:

• Thorough understanding of company product, trade terminology, quality management and control systems and techniques, manufacturing processes including material controls, work flow, scheduling, kanban, and equipment and machine operation.

• Working knowledge of automotive industry equipment and production systems.

• General understanding and practical work experience with manufacturing systems and processes.

• Practical experience applying Toyota Production System (TPS) principles in an automotive environment.

• Versed in statistical data entry and utilization of trend analysis.

• Advanced math skills.

• Strong leadership skills and ability.

• Excellent problem solving and people skills.

• Ability to work in a fast-paced, multicultural environment.

• Ability to effectively facilitate problem solving and resolution.

• Ability work with a dynamic team and demanding customer(s).

• Excellent collaboration and interpersonal communication skills.

• Ability to read instruction manuals, blue prints, and specifications.

• Ability to plan, supervise, and perform functions of assigned areas.

• Ability to maintain on call flexibility to control abnormal conditions.

• Ability to be flexible in a constantly changing production environment.

• Ability to communicate and work well with others in a team environment.

• Ability to speak to groups of people and make presentations to executive groups.

• Ability to multi-task, handle diversity, and provide leadership through problem resolution.

• Must be able to work a fixed or rotating shift schedule, including daily or weekend overtime.

• Ability to adapt available skills and equipment to respond to unforeseen demands and/or problems.

• Ability to implement plans to control and maintain safety, quality, 5S, cost, and efficiency for assigned areas.

• Strong organization, time management, and planning skills and ability to manage multiple tasks with tight deadlines.

• Ability to teach group leaders, team leaders, and team members in basic fundamental skills and facilitate Job Instruction Training (JIT).

About Aerotek:

We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.

Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.