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About the Role

Coordinate 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

• Develop, train, and motivate team members to achieve desired safety, efficiency, proficiency, cooperation, and morale.
• Maintain awareness of plant and/or engineering policies and procedures and ensure employee adherence.
• Recommend and implement new plant policies and procedures.
• Analyze potential production problems and devise and implement procedures to minimize lost time.
• Review operational schedules, coordinate production/testing activities, and manage team member assignments.
• Monitor and determine manufacturing costs and outlay, quality and quantity of goods produced, and production methods.
• Ensure the effective use of production hours, skills, machines, equipment, and facilities.
• Interact with engineers to modify machines, equipment, and/or processes to improve safety, production, and overall quality.
• Provide liaison support between plant and engineering to ensure efficient manufacturing processes.
• Use data to estimate work-hour requirements and departmental efficiencies for continuous improvement projects.
• Recommend and initiate projects, and see them through to deadline with measurable improvements.
• Manage costs and budgets and provide corrective action plans to improve budgetary control.
• Inspect materials and finished product for quality compliance.
• Perform managerial responsibilities including interviewing, hiring, coaching, developing employees, planning, assigning and directing work, EEO/AA, performance management, and department budget.
• Ensure on-time delivery of quality product by working with multiple internal departments.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum of three years of experience in a manufacturing environment including previous experience managing personnel in a production environment with High School Diploma or equivalent.
• 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.
• 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 based on location.
• 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.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Skills

• Strong communication skills
• Strong demonstrated leadership skills
• Experience in a manufacturing/warehousing environment
• Continuous improvement methods
• Cost reduction initiatives
• Manufacturing equipment knowledge
• Production procedures knowledge
• Quality standards knowledge
• Interpersonal skills
• Problem-solving skills
• Computer skills
• Office productivity software familiarity
• Business control software familiarity (e.g., SAP)

Location

• Onsite

Work Type

• Full-time

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 or equivalent
• Minimum of one year of experience in a manufacturing environment with Bachelor’s degree

Education Level

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Bachelor's degree

Salary/Compensations

• $70,000 to $90,000 USD

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.