Operations Manager at Ametek, Inc. in Middleboro, Massachusetts

Job Description:

Job ID: 18841

Position Description:
AMETEK, Inc. is a leading global manufacturer of electronic instruments and electromechanical devices with annualized sales of more than $4.5 billion.

AMETEK has 17,000 colleagues at more than 150 operating locations, and a global network of sales, service and support locations in 30 countries around the world.

AMETEK's Corporate Growth Plan is founded on four key strategies: Operational Excellence, Strategic Acquisitions, Global & Market Expansion, and New Products. Its objectives are double-digit annual percentage growth in earnings per share and a superior return on total capital.

AMETEK consists of two operating groups:

Electronic Instruments - a leader in the design and manufacture of advanced instruments for the aerospace, power, process and industrial markets.

Electromechanical - a differentiated supplier of electrical interconnects, precision motion control solutions, specialty metals, thermal management systems, and floor care and specialty motors.

This role is within the Instrumentation and Specialty Control's Brookfield Engineering Business unit.
Viscometers, rheometers, texture analyzers and powder flow testers used in R&D, QC and inline applications for rheological fluid analysis, tension/compression analysis and powder flow analysis. Markets include food, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, oil and gas, personal care products, adhesives, printing inks and coatings, paper coatings, chemicals, packaging, plastics, construction materials, and asphalt.
Reporting to the Vice President Operations, oversee all daily production of machine shop, assembly, warehouse, service and repair while ensuring policies and procedures are followed. Will develop processes that will maximize supervision, quality, and productivity.

Responsibilities & Accountabilities

Develop, implement, and monitor policies and procedures to ensure the efficient and timely shipment of high-quality products in compliance with production schedules. Participate in establishing long range manufacturing goals, and input manufacturing needs.

Conduct production meetings and review schedules with department supervisors. Evaluate schedules and efficiency and production reports, adjust schedules as may be necessary to reflect changes in priorities. Conduct monthly production review meetings with management and supervisors.

Prepare annual manufacturing budget and monitor for compliance. Recommend and economically justify the purchase of new equipment.

Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.

Daily work in collaboration with Design and Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Purchasing, Planning, Sales & Marketing, Customer Service, and Human Resources personnel.

Responsible for all aspects of manufacturing processes including establishing procedures, controlling material flow, work in-process, and final packaging of each end item.

Responsible for planning, scheduling, and controlling the flow of in-house raw materials, semi-finished goods, process, and finished goods.

Working with supervisors, oversee the hiring of all production team members.

In conjunction with supervisors, monitor and evaluate team members’ work performance and job-related functions. Make requests for wage adjustments. Ensure that employees are adequately trained. Review staffing and initiate requests to add or reduce staff as required. Administer discipline and recommend actions for personnel as necessary.

Ensure that the product is built with high quality standards, with cost efficiency in mind.

Ensure that all personnel follow company guidelines and procedures.

Consistently enforce disciplinary policy.

Ensure that Supervisors monitor production team members’ activities to complete their daily assignments as required.

Conduct ergonomics studies with Manufacturing Engineering for production set-ups to ensure the most efficient, safe, and cost-effective set-ups.

Ensure that weekly production schedule is met, and that year-end inventory and cycle counts are completed accurately.

Prepare and submit to Senior Management reports of plant operations.

Utilize cost-benefit analytical techniques in improving operational efficiency.

Relationships & Roles

Demonstrate ability to interact and cooperate with all company employees, and customers.

Build trust, value others, communicate effectively, drive execution, foster innovation, focus on the customer, collaborate with others, solve problems creatively and demonstrate high integrity.

Maintain professional internal and external relationships that meet company core values.

Proactively establish and maintain effective working team relationships with all support departments.

Position Requirements:
Bachelors Degree Required

Minimum 3-year’s Operational leadership experience in a high mix low volume production environment (preferred)

Experience in a Lean manufacturing environment required with demonstrated success in continuous improvement activity.

Capabilities in the Microsoft Office suite of products (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) required.

Strong communication skills (verbal, written, interpersonal).

Understanding of Production scheduling

Must have the ability to direct and work effectively within a team setting.

Job Specifications (skills and experience:

Must be detail oriented, computer literate, and able to multi-task

Enthusiastic and high energy personality preferred.

Ability to work independently with the demonstrated ability to establish priorities, plan workload and establish commitments for task completion

Knowledge of and experience in a TQM environment.

Requires experience in both a manual environment as well as ERP applications (Syteline preferred)
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Superior communication skills with the ability to develop and present complex data and recommendations.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against
any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex,
age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity,
status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal,
state or local protected class.

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