Work for the Smart Safety Company
Safe Fleet® and its partners design and manufacture state-of-the-art, automated tarp systems for the heavy-duty trucking industry serving the Construction, Agriculture, Waste, Recycling, and Over-the-Road markets. Our systems efficiently and reliably contain and protect payloads, create a safer working environment for drivers, and maximize return-on-investment by increasing revenues and reducing cost of ownership.
The Operations Manager is local to Verona, PA and is responsible for employee safety, manufactured quality, meeting production output targets and labor utilization, complete and on time order fulfillment, cost reduction and continuous improvement activities.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Ensure safety training is complete and all safety responsibilities for site.
- Production and Installation scheduling.
- Supervise daily labor to complete scheduled production and customer upfit/repair requirements within budgetary guidelines.
- Participate in weekly staff meeting, supplies key production metric updates.
- Focus on continuing to improve the competitiveness of the operations.
- Lead Lean Manufacturing implementation and process improvement (Kaizen) activities at worksite.
- Lead, manage and develop plant employees to assure the necessary capabilities and culture is in place to maintain an effective operation. This includes establishing direction, gaining commitment, delegating, and building organizational capabilities.
- Interface with others in the organization to ensure customer deadlines are met.
- Recognize customer commitment and drive activity for continued quality improvement, as well as supporting procedure accountability.
- Ensure compliance to processes and procedures.
- Develop, recommend, and implement measures to improve production methods, equipment performance, production efficiency and quality of product.
- Participate in new product development meetings and support production requirements to make sample parts, complete trial runs, and launch products on time.
- Analyze and resolve work problems or assist workers in solving work problems.
- Maintain time and production records.
- All aspects of hiring and training of new staff.
- Manage routine Human Resource duties with the assistance of the HR Manager.
MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Directly manage Supervisors and Team Leaders as well as hourly employees in the Production and Installation Departments. Carry out responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
COMPETENCIES:
To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:
- Strong interpersonal skills, ability to communicate and manage well at all levels of the organization and with staff at remote locations is essential.
- Sound logistics/planning/scheduling skills.
- Strong problem solving and creative skills and the ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions based on accurate and timely analyses.
- High level of integrity and dependability with a strong sense of urgency and results-orientation.
- Written/Oral Communication.
- Organizational Support.
- Professionalism.
- Dependability.
EDUCATION:
- Four-year college or university program certificate; and 6-8 years work related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
COMPUTER SKILLS:
- Internet based software
- ERP processing software experience
- MS Office
- ADP or other time keeping software
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, sit or walk and occasionally lift up to 50lbs. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Meet the Smart Safety Company
At Safe Fleet our name says it all – we are redefining what Fleet Safety means with one-stop access to customized, integrated, and intelligent solutions that answer today’s safety needs and anticipate tomorrow’s challenges. By making fleets smarter, we make them safer.
We’ve worked to build an integrated safety platform for fleet vehicles of every type – School Bus, Transit, Fire, EMS, Law Enforcement, Work Truck, Truck & Trailer, Waste & Recycling, Industrial, and Military.
We’re driving safety forward in everything we do and we’re looking for innovative, enthusiastic self-starters to join us.
We're a background check and pre-hire drug screen company where allowed by law.
*Safe Fleet does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, age, disability, ancestry veteran status or any other status protected by law.