Casting Supervisor

BASIC FUNCTION:
This position is responsible for providing leadership guidance on establishing a productive, high performing, and safety conscious environment. The major role of this job is to focus on all aspects related to safety, environmental, production, cost, quality, and people management for Casting.

NATURE AND SCOPE
The major role of this job is to ensure routine management efforts are followed and opportunities for improvement in processes, products, and production within Casting are identified. The Casting Supervisor is responsible for ensuring standardization of processes within the area of responsibility. These duties will include needs assessments, auditing, coaching of production/quality improvement programs and standards, 5S improvements, development and implementation of cost and environmental control goals, development and implementation of new and current preventive maintenance and safety management processes and procedures.

Qualifications for this position include a 4 year college degree in Engineering or Material Science combined with 3 to 5 years experience in an industrial or manufacturing environment with exposure to standardization and production quality methods. Incumbent must have a strong working knowledge of the steel manufacturing methods and techniques involving the use of heavy mill machinery and related equipment.
Previous qualifying experience in scrap processing, melting, casting, rolling, maintenance, finishing, shipping/warehouse operations, and supervisory/facilitation a must.

Successful candidate will demonstrate a basic knowledge of the business system and the use of complex technical and engineering processes. Requires the ability to train and guide people. The incumbent should possess solid presentation abilities combined with good interpersonal and organizational skills. People management skills a must.

This position directly reports to the department superintendent. The incumbent will coordinate efforts with the different functional groups both within area of responsibility and other areas of the location. The incumbent will be assigned to an area of responsibility (i.e., safety, cost, training, quality, etc.) or a specific cell. The incumbent should be detail oriented and must be comfortable dealing with associates at all levels within the organization.

The Casting Supervisor will be responsible for standardization administration as it relates to processes in control standards, management standards, routine procedures, job aids, one point lesions, and process guarantee tables. This position is responsible for ensuring that standardization processes are properly documented and training is provided to personnel responsible for operating in accordance with the standards. This position is accountable for auditing performance, documenting findings, and developing corrective action plans.