Impress employers and recruiters.
Choose from hundreds of resume examples.

Impress employers and recruiters.
Choose from hundreds of resume examples.

Target Resume Now

About the Role

Coordinates the effective use of equipment, facilities, team members, and skill sets to meet safety, quality, delivery, and cost requirements for a group of departments and/or multiple shifts.

Responsibilities

• Develops, trains, and motivates team members to achieve desired safety, efficiency, proficiency, cooperation, and morale.
• Maintains awareness of plant and/or engineering policies and procedures and ensures employee adherence.
• Recommends and/or implements new plant policies and procedures.
• Analyzes potential production problems and devises and implements procedures to minimize lost time.
• Reviews operational schedules, coordinates production/testing activities, and manages team member assignments.
• Manages for multiple departments and/or shifts.
• Monitors and determines manufacturing costs and outlay, quality and quantity of goods produced, production methods, and tooling applications.
• Ensures the effective use of production hours, skills, machines, equipment, and facilities.
• Interacts with engineers to modify machines, equipment, and/or processes to improve safety, production, and overall quality.
• Provides liaison support between plant and engineering to ensure efficient manufacturing processes.
• Uses data to estimate work-hour requirements and departmental efficiencies for continuous improvement projects.
• Recommends and initiates projects and sees them through to deadline with measurable improvements.
• Manages costs and budgets and provides corrective action plans to improve budgetary control.
• Inspects materials and finished product for quality compliance.
• Performs full range of managerial responsibilities including interviewing, hiring, coaching, developing employees, planning, assigning and directing work, EEO/AA, performance management, and department budget.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Knowledge of manufacturing equipment, procedures, and production/quality standards.
• Demonstrated ability to work with multiple internal departments to ensure on-time delivery of quality product.
• May require in-depth ability to read, interpret and explain blueprints, engineering drawings, job orders and specifications.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to interact with and motivate a diverse group of employees.
• Advanced ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of personnel and production problems.
• Strong computer skills and familiarity with office productivity software and business control software such as SAP.
• Ability to work in a busy, fast-paced production environment, often under time constraints.
• Fluent in English and primary language used in area of responsibility and/or location.

Skills

• Manufacturing equipment knowledge
• Production procedures knowledge
• Quality standards knowledge
• Interdepartmental collaboration
• Blueprint interpretation
• Engineering drawing interpretation
• Job order interpretation
• Specification interpretation
• Interpersonal skills
• Communication skills
• Problem-solving
• Computer skills
• Office productivity software proficiency
• Business control software proficiency (e.g., SAP)
• Adaptability to fast-paced environments
• Time management
• Multilingual fluency (English and primary language)

Experience Level

• Minimum of three years of experience in a manufacturing environment including previous experience managing personnel in a production environment with High school diploma
• Minimum of one year of experience in a manufacturing environment with Bachelor’s degree
• Experience working in multiple departments preferred
• Experience with continuous improvement methods and teams, or cost reduction initiatives showing tangible results

Education Level

• High School diploma
• General Education Degree
• Bachelor’s degree

About the Company

• Briggs & Stratton, headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, provides innovative products and diverse power solutions to help people get work done.
• Briggs & Stratton is the world’s largest producer of engines for outdoor power equipment, and is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of lithium-ion battery, standby generator, energy storage system, lawn and turf care products through its Briggs & Stratton®, Vanguard®, Ferris®, Billy Goat®, and Branco® brands.
• Briggs & Stratton products are designed, manufactured, marketed and serviced in more than 100 countries on six continents.

Equal Opportunity

• Briggs & Stratton is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity.
• The Company conducts all employment practices without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran's status, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation or any other basis prohibited by law.
• Briggs & Stratton also undertakes affirmative action to assure equal employment opportunity for minorities and women, for persons with disabilities, and for protected veterans.