Overall Job Purpose: This positions overall purpose is to ensure that all production departments and personnel strive to achieve the companies' sales orders, shipping and production goals. The Director of Operations is also responsible for Coordinating, Implementing and Enforcing the quality policies adapted by the company.
Job Qualifications and Competencies: Education and Experience:
4 year degree or higher in Industrial, Technical or Manufacturing field preferred.
Minimum of 4 years in a Manufacturing/Production work environment.
Extensive working knowledge of QA, ISO9001, API, ANSI, ASME, industry standards and specifications.
Experience with Specialty Valve Manufacturing and Project Management preferred.
Must have valve experience.
Skills and Abilities:
Proven, verifiable track record specifically with problem solving, troubleshooting production workflow processes, schedules and shop procedures.
Hands on ability to orchestrate, implement, direct and train all production related employees/staff.
Ability to promote production and encourage others to react to and accept changes and move in new direction as needed.
Ability to work in a team-oriented environment that is fast paced and demanding.
Must be self-directed, have excellent initiative and organizational skills.
Exhibits a strong ability to handle multiple demands with a sense of urgency, drive and energy.
Works well with meeting multiple deadlines with the ability to deliver on time.
Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
Specific Job Duties and Responsibilities:
To develop and ensure production procedure/methodology to establish the company as a market leader in specialty valve industry.
To coordinate, establish, enforce requirements that ensure first class on-time record for: Cost effective production; efficient use of corporate resources and personnel; ensure that all sales/production orders are completed in an efficient cost/time effective manner; all sales order, production, ISO, API and other QA requirements are satisfied; and ensure timely shipping of quality product.
Develop and implement the necessary programs, schedules, and workflow to ensure satisfaction of production requirements.
Build, develop and supervise staff as required according to plan/direction developed.
Create and enforce weekly production schedules.
Create implement and adhere to quarterly business/production plans and budgets
Must be able to handle customer product related problems, complaints, questions.
May perform any other work-related functions as deemed necessary and appropriate by immediate supervisor, including non-assigned sales orders as directed.
