What are the responsibilities and job description for the Machine Shop Manager position at Huhtamaki Group?
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Huhtamaki is a key global provider of sustainable packaging solutions for consumers around the world, enabling wellbeing and convenience. Our innovative products protect on-the-go and on-the-shelf food and beverages, ensuring hygiene and safety, and help prevent food waste.
We are committed to protecting food, people and the planet and are on the lookout for passionate and consummate professionals to join our growing team to help us deliver on our ambitious 2030 Strategy. We look for colleagues who Care, Dare and Deliver.
Huhtamaki’s North America business segment is a leading manufacturer of consumer goods packaging as well as tableware, cups, folding cartons, containers, trays and service ware for the foodservice industry and retail markets. Our product portfolio includes Chinet®, the leading brand of premium tableware. Huhtamaki North America with sales of $1.3B employs approximately 4,200 people in 18 manufacturing locations with its US Headquarters in De Soto, KS. The parent company, Huhtamaki Oyj, has its head office in Espoo, Finland. Huhtamaki Oyj is the #1 globally operating foodservice packaging and molding fiber company in the world.
We're looking for professionals to join our team of approximately 17,000 people in 34 countries. You'll think creatively about making our business and those of our customers' more effective and successful. You'll always be looking for new ways of working. And along the way you'll be making a difference to some of the world's biggest brands, by helping great products reach more people, more easily.
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The Equipment Manufacturing group supports Huhtamaki by manufacturing tooling, machine parts, and building or upgrading machinery to support the success of our packaging plants and customers.
The Machine Shop Manager directs all aspects of a job shop type environment to deliver parts for Equipment Manufacturing. Deliver high quality components in a safe, efficient, and timely fashion. Accelerate innovation of shop processes, tooling, and machine programs. Facilitate machinist/programmer collaboration, training, and development of employee skills. Work with engineering, field service, planning, and other plant personnel to help Equipment Manufacturing provide the greatest value to Huhtamaki’s operations in North America.
Essential Functions
- Monitor, maintain, and improve shop performance. Along with Machine Shop Supervisor, provide frequent constructive feedback to employees to encourage continued improvement. Conduct regular performance reviews.
- Establish departmental budget and control costs.
- Provide the department with necessary tools and training to effectively do the job in a safe manner.
- Oversee new employee training and enhance performance of existing personnel. Inspire collaboration throughout the organization and support initiatives across the department and Huhtamaki.
- Consult with planning to develop schedules, estimate staffing requirements, and ensure delivery of components per customer requirements. Coordinate the flow of information throughout the department.
- Manage part cost and lead time quotation. Compare actual costs against standards, adjust as necessary.
- Review key performance metrics, implement corrective actions as needed to maintain results.
- Administer company policies as necessary with employees. Maintain open communication with Human Resources regarding application of these policies.
- Fulfill essential duties of the Machine Shop Supervisor as required.
Job Qualifications
Required
- Associate/bachelor’s degree, or equivalent from two-year college or technical school preferred.
- Must have a machining background and experience with a variety of machining centers. These include 5-axis, vertical, horizontal, and manual mills, cnc lathes, live tooling lathes, Swiss Turn, and manual lathes.
- Minimum eight years in a position of leadership. Ability to communicate at all levels within the organization. Able to implement change, motivate employees and resolve conflict.
Environment
- Physical requirements: Employee will work in a manufacturing environment. Requires prolonged sitting (80%), occasional standing (10%) and occasional walking (10%). Requires twisting, stooping/bending, squatting/kneeling, and reaching above, at and below shoulder. Employee will lift and carry up to 10 pounds on a regular basis and lift to 20 pounds occasionally
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