Job Description

McWane is an equal employment opportunity employer committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all employment practices. McWane will not discriminate against any applicant for employment because of their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran or service member status, marital status, citizenship status or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit, use hands, to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, bend, crouch or crawl, and taste or smell. The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Directly supervises, coordinates, and executes production schedule for operations processing pole sections and assembling utility poles servicing the Power Utility market. Drives company mission and communicates goals and expectations while overseeing assigned team. Identifies gaps in developmental needs and provides the guidance and support required for both staff and the organization to be successful.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include those listed below. Other duties may be assigned. This position is a full-time (minimum 40 hours per week) on-site position.

• Flexible work schedule – 1st 2nd, or 3rd coverage as required.
• Schedules, coordinates, and oversees daily activities of production workers.
• Responsible for directing maintenance personnel absent a maintenance supervisor.
• Trains, develops, and mentors employees.
• Motivates and encourages teamwork with team members to ensure production objectives are met.
• Advises and counsels production workers on how to improve their performance and provides input on performance evaluations, training needs and disciplinary actions.
• Communicates and coordinates with other departments to achieve assigned objectives.
• Fosters a culture of continuous improvement.
• Holds self and others accountable to commitments.
• Troubleshoots equipment issues and recommends repairs to the maintenance department.
• Performs inventory of selected raw materials and supplies
• Participates in physical inventory of sections and accessories.
• Recommends proper staffing levels and adjusts accordingly to ensure production requirements are met.
• Documents, tracks and approves daily production results in electronic reporting system -Enterprise.
• Maintains proper quality standards of product being produced.
• Determines work procedures, recommends measures to improve production methods, equipment performance and quality of product.
• Schedules employee days away, handles personnel issues, employee counseling and employee performance.
• Has strong written, oral, communication and facilitation skills.
• Works within budget constraints.
• Observes and enforces all Company, Housekeeping, Environmental, Safety and Plant policies and procedures.
• Addresses errors, problems and complaints within scope of authority.
• Recommends final actions to operations manager on full range of personnel management matters.
• Can be asked to perform duties of department head in his/her absence.
• Provides vacation coverage to other departmental supervisors.
• Any other duties assigned by manager.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

Qualifications/Education/Experience:

• Must be able to perform all essential duties satisfactorily.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook)

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Engineering, or related field preferred or:
• A minimum of 3-5 years of leadership experience in heavy industry (foundry experience preferred)

Computer Skills: Computer literate; proficient with Microsoft Windows, MS Office programs (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) and email, database management and spreadsheets.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

McWane is a Federal VEVRAA contractor, and an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all employment practices. McWane will not discriminate against any applicant for employment because of their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, veteran or service member status, marital status, citizenship status (In IL - sex, including same sex, ancestry, order of protection status, physical or mental disability, military status, pregnancy, unfavorable discharge status, genetic information), (In IA - gender identity), (In CA- gender identity or expression, and genetic information) or any other category protected by federal, state or local law.