Production Manager I

Do you want to take responsibility and make a difference with your work? With your expertise, we can achieve great goals together. We are WACKER - Reliable. Determined. Ambitious. As one of the world's most research-intensive chemical companies, we've been making countless products that are an integral part of your everyday life possible for over 100 years. From vegan food to resource-efficient buildings to solar cells, we develop sustainable solutions that change the future.   To strengthen our team in Charleston, we are looking for you as a(n) Production Manager I.

 

This is Us:

You know us. You just didn’t know it. WACKER is a global chemical manufacture that prides itself on “Creating Tomorrow’s Solutions”. WACKER materials are so versatile and adaptable, they have virtually unlimited applications just about anywhere imaginable, making WACKER an integral part of daily life. Whether it’s protecting buildings from the elements, a tube of toothpaste, a cell phone, airbags, or cosmetics, people from all over the world come into contact each day with our products and achievements. We are looking for capable, innovative, and enthusiastic achievers to join our team and grow with us. We are currently seeking a Production Manager I for our site in Charleston, TN.

 

What you will do:

The Production Manager I manage the daily operations of the Crushing Department including meeting production goals, organization and personnel planning, production reporting and continuous improvement activities while ensuring that safety, quality, environmental protection, and housekeeping standards (5S) are maintained and continuously improved.

 

• Planning, managing, monitoring, and coordinating processes in the area of responsibility with the goal of continual improvement (quality, safety, environmental protection, productivity, costs)
• Drives the departmental culture in accordance with the Charleston site Principles and Values. Supervision of the Crushing Shift teams performance
• Oversee Team Members scheduling and time management (for example offsetting absences for vacation, illness, shutdowns, maintaining minimal operating personnel)
• Oversee and ensure that production systems and related processes meet changing business needs.
• Promote and execute the departmental training plans in accordance with the training matrices, to achieve the site training compliance goals. Ensuring team members are training and knowledgeable to perform assigned tasks within the department.
• Responsible for RCRA program oversight, manifest completion, and records administration
• Ensures quality is maintained to baselines within department.  Manages quality auditing process.  Participates in surface metals working groups.
• Conduct Morning Routine Meetings and participate in Production Alignment, Maintenance, Engineering, Quality, and other meetings as required.
• Communicate work and production requirements under changing premises.
• Coordinate production volumes with down and upstream departments.
• Assure proper disposal of recyclables and waste.
• Monitor and supervise installations; troubleshooting or organizing troubleshooting; coordinating of such with affiliated companies.
• Prepare and supervise routine repairs and maintenance work including major shutdowns; coordination with Engineering; managing inspections and making the installations available for inspections.
• Initiate procurement and monitoring of volume and quality of auxiliary supplies required in the area.
• New installations and process changes: apply operating knowledge to planning and execution; plant safety instructions for construction workers; checks prior to start-up; start-up; initiation to permanent operation.
• Investigate ways to reduce costs while maintaining or improving safety, quality and productivity.
• Perform other duties as required.

 

What we need from you:

• Internal applicant: Minimum of associate degree in a relevant technical field
• External applicant: Bachelor’s degree in a relevant technical field.
• With bachelor’s degree 5+years relevant experience and 3+ years supervisory experience
• With associate degree: 10+ years of relevant experience of which there is a minimum of 3+ years of supervisory experience.
• Ability to lead and develop unskilled team members working in both manual and highly automated environments.
• Experience in quality-critical industries (automotive, semiconductor)
• Experience with automated manufacturing equipment (robotics, automatic processing equipment, automatic storage/retrieval systems, automatic conveying equipment)
• High awareness of quality, safety and environment protection
• Ability to use computer and MS Office software
• Expe