Job Description

• Ensure performance goals are met for quality, on-time delivery to the customer, equipment throughput, equipment uptime and scrap.
• Identify and implement performance improvement projects to drive continuous improvement of equipment, labor and other key resources.
• Develop and manage external relationships with mold suppliers, assembly equipment suppliers and local fabricators to achieve overall performance objectives.
• Assess issues and define/implement improvements to the Stamping, Assembly and Molding processes.
• Participate in design of new equipment with corporate technical team and various vendors.
• Lead with outside vendors and corporate technical team members the commissioning of new equipment, ensuring the design specification is achieved.
• Develop and implement well-managed process for equipment changeovers to optimize uptime and ensure performance objectives are achieved.  Continuously explore opportunities to reduce equipment changeover times.
• Develop and document procedures related to operation of & equipment maintenance.  Train team members to effectively use the procedures in their day-to-day roles.
• Conduct safety compliance audits and implement corrective action as required.
• Ensure the operation meets environmental regulations and operating certificates; implement corrective actions as required.  
• Work with Process Technicians in their daily tasks to meet company objectives. 

Key Working Relationships: 

• Internal: Production operators, shift supervisors, maintenance engineers, tool room engineers, quality staff, plant manager, Corporate technical team  
• External: Customers, Suppliers including tool builders and automation equipment manufacturers located both in the U.S. and globally 

Physical Demands/Work Environment: 

• At the Rieke manufacturing facilities, we operate three shifts per day.  There are multiple molding machines, steel stamping/forming and several assembly cells with multiple pieces of equipment per cell.
• There will be occasional travel to other Rieke manufacturing facilities and suppliers.
• There will be occasional work on multiple shifts to lead training, implementation of new processes, performance improvements, or in support of operations.