Career Opportunities: Ops Leader

Position Title

Ops Leader

Active – FULL TIME REGULAR

Round Rock, TX, US

POSITION SUMMARY

Supervises one or more TECO-Westinghouse manufacturing department(s). Responsibilities include management of assigned areas of plant, scheduling and directing the daily activities of manufacturing personnel as needed to accomplish short and long term manufacturing objectives, communicating product status, and driving improvements in cost, quality, cycle time and productivity.

Manages all resources allocated to assigned manufacturing area(s). Coordinates closely with other department supervisors, engineering, purchasing, planning, and other support functions as required to ensure quality, cost and schedule objectives are met.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Promote safe work habits and ensure employee compliance with all safety policies.

• Promote and maintain quality workmanship and product.
• Manage overtime utilization, and re-allocate or share resources with other departments as needed to maintain overall factory balance between workload and labor capacity, in order to minimize cost while maintaining schedule.
• Resolve quality, productivity and methods issues. Recommend process changes when needed or when beneficial to product quality, production efficiency, or safety.
• Implement and coordinate productivity improvement projects.
• Maintain a clean and orderly shop in assigned areas.
• Maintain a disciplined work force.
• Assure on time delivery of product.
• Recommend and plan weekly overtime activities based on customer requirements and budget constraints.
• Support field service activities on and off site, when required.
• Train subordinates. Ensure team members receive training and that performance meets established manufacturing and quality standards.
• Communicate status of customer orders.
• Manage expense budgets of assigned area(s).
• With the assistance of others, investigate manufacturing errors or in-process failures, determine root cause / corrective action, and develop an effective recovery plan.
• Regular attendance is an essential requirement of this position.
• Compliance with applicable Company policies, which include, but are not limited to, maintaining a drug free workplace, safety procedures, ISO 9001 and 14000 standards, is required.
• Other duties as assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

Plan and schedule work load; control expenditures; review performance of subordinates; assign work; select and train subordinates; recommend wage or salary adjustments; recommend budgets; maintain morale of subordinates; report results and unusual situations to immediate supervisor.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

Four to ten years of related manufacturing experience and/or training is required.

Minimum of five years of experience manufacturing large electric motors, generators or similar electromechanical equipment is preferred.

Lean Manufacturing /Six Sigma or similar continuous improvement experience is strongly preferred.

MANAGEMENT DISCLAIMER

TECO-Westinghouse’s (TECO-Westinghouse) Management reserves the right to revise, change or modify the duties and responsibilities of this position at any time to meet business and organizational needs. This position description may not list all duties for this position. The incumbent in the position may be asked to perform other duties. This position description is not a contract for employment and either the incumbent or TECO-Westinghouse may terminate employment at any time, for any reason.