Supervisor Skilled Trades Maintenance

AUTOKINITON is a leading North American supplier of propulsion-agnostic, structural automotive components and assemblies. Our 100% vertical integration capabilities allow us to offer our customers end-to-end engineering, manufacturing, and in-house logistics. At AUTOKINITON, we are building a better foundation for every vehicle on the road. AUTOKINITON is recognized by our customers as one of the top suppliers in our industry. Reasons you will love working here: Learning and Development Opportunities. Growth Opportunities with tuition reimbursement programs, upward mobility and much more. Supervises the activities of hourly colleagues to achieve optimal levels of safety, quality, productivity and delivery to assure internal and external customer satisfaction. **Responsibilities**: - Support the Company''s mission, vision, values and goals in performance of daily activities. - Responsible for performance feedback and leadership of all direct reports, including mentoring, coaching, counseling, and corrective action when situations warrant. - Provide key input in the development of departmental strategic objectives along with the identification of key measurable indicators to support departmental objectives. - Provide direction and leadership in accordance with the objectives of the business plan of the plant. - Responsible for the objectives of safety, quality, production and delivery of the maintenance department in his area of responsibility. - Responsible for the maintenance and repair of equipment to support production work. - Responsible for managing preventive maintenance programs. - Responsible for ensuring responsibility and discipline. - Responsible for maintaining maximum levels of utilization and efficiency of the press. - Drive shift manning levels and utilization to ensure budget compliance. - Provide leadership and promote positive morale and ensure a total team concept. - Provide the proactive leadership necessary to achieve and maintain a continuous improvement mindset for the team. - Coordinate and evaluate the necessary training and team building. - Coordinate and assist in the orientation of new colleagues. - Complete individual work team performance reviews for probationary colleagues. - Track, monitor and implement required improvement activities related to business plan objectives and issues. - Assist with plant activities to achieve quality, productivity and cost reduction objectives. - Provide colleagues with the necessary training to be successful in their duties. - Communicate and prioritize daily work assignments to the team. - Enter work orders in the MLS system. - Ensure that work orders are completed in an efficient and timely manner. - Communicate the overtime schedule to the work team. - Assist in the creation of new jobs. - Enter hours of individual colleagues in the Kronos system. - Maintain daily communication markers for each line. - Communicate key information to the organization through the daily "turn to shift" communication plan. - Engineering changes assigned by Champion are communicated and coordinated accordingly with all departments. - Participate in root cause analysis and team problem solving activities (eg 8D reports, department meetings, etc.). - Support plant activities to achieve customer awards and quality records (eg TS 16949/ISO14001). - Prepare all accident reports to include root cause identification and corrective action. - Ensure that all direct reports are aware of their Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) responsibilities and hold all direct reports accountable. - Responsible for ensuring that the entire team has the necessary tools and materials to properly perform their duties safely and efficiently. - Ensure that all safety devices are correctly placed and used and verify the individual use of personal protective equipment (PPE) by the work team. - Responsible for following all internal safety procedures and required by OSHA when performing all daily work activities. - Maintain a positive working relationship with all levels of the organization. - Maintain a high level of cleanliness in the work area. - Compliance with all company policies and procedures (for example, Quality Policies Manual, Colleagues Manual, Level II procedures, etc.). Qualifications: - Preferably two to five years as a maintenance supervisor. - Knowledge of manufacturing, stamping and/or assembly processes required for the position. - Strong knowledge of TS 16949 and ISO 14001 standards.