Cast House Supervisor

What we offer you

• Medical, Rx, Dental, Disability, Life Insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts
• Retirement Savings Plans with Company Match/Contributions
• Education Assistance
• Bonus Plan Eligibility
• Parental Leave

Shifts Available and Hours:

Continental night shift, Off every other weekend

What you will be doing

• Oversees the operation of all processes throughout Cast House
• Directly responsible for the safety and development of employees
• Interviews prospective employees as requested by the Human Resource dept.
• Maintains records for his/her shift concerning pounds/hr., efficiency, utilization, and recovery rates
• Directs and coaches the foreperson in his/her area
• Develop and monitor remelt processes
• Conducts daily visual inspection in department to detect safety concerns
• Helps forepersons to increase production rates and establish new procedures
• Monitors house keeping
• Establish reasonable production rates on new jobs
• Monitor that all inspection reports are being filled out on his/her shift
• Monitor monthly safety reports are being done
• Perform special projects at the dept. manager’s request
• Attends monthly safety meetings
• Handle department personnel concerns
• Support and maintain established Hydro Quality and Management System
• Must maintain a high level of trust and transparency at all time
• Required to report any all-quality related issues to the process supervisor when the issue occurs
• Required to participate in the investigation of such incidents that may occur by assisting their teams using tools like 5 why and root cause analysis
• Sponsor and support of all Continuous Reliability Improvement standards and practices through implemented predictive measures
• Other duties as assigned

What will make you successful?

Required Education/Experience:

• 5 years’ experience in the aluminum casting, extrusion, or related industry
• 5 years of prior supervisory experience in an industrial plant
• In depth knowledge of casting process, operation of equipment,
• aluminum alloys and standards, use of precision instruments and customer orders and specifications.
• Experience with ISO 9000 and/or ISO/TS 16949 Quality Systems

Preferred Skills/Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred or equivalent experience where similar knowledge is acquired
• Experience with lean 6 sigma a plus
• Ability to use various systems to track, understand, report, and improve on all KPIs
• Excellent communication skills
• Adaptable to change
• Results oriented
• Ability to communicate orally and in writing effectively with supervisors, peers, and subordinates
• Ability to manage multiple assignments, setting priorities and meeting deadlines