2nd Shift Weld Quality Technician/ Supervisor

Education: 

High School Diploma with relevant secondary training and experience

Associate Degree

Relevant Postsecondary Training (Weld Engineer, Weld Technology, or similar)

CWI Training (optional but helpful)

Tasks

• Set goals that encourage maximum arc time and weld deposition speeds
• Set employee development goals (weld academies and other developmental programs)
• Review time standards and provide time and setup estimates based on industry standards
• Accomplishes manufacturing staff results by communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results; coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; initiating, coordinating, and enforcing systems, policies, and procedures
• Inspect first-piece, in-process and final inspections
• Assign WPS to work orders
• Maintains work flow by monitoring steps of the process; setting processing variables; observing control points and equipment; monitoring personnel and resources; studying methods; implementing cost reductions; developing reporting procedures and systems; facilitating corrections to malfunctions within process control points; initiating and fostering a spirit of cooperation within and between departments.
• Completes production plan by scheduling and assigning personnel; accomplishing work results; establishing priorities; monitoring progress; revising schedules; resolving problems; reporting results of the processing flow on shift production summaries.
• Maintains safe and clean work environment by educating and directing personnel on the use of all control points, equipment, and resources; maintaining compliance with established policies and procedures.
• Resolves personnel problems by analyzing data; investigating issues; identifying solutions; recommending action.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed
• Manages the day to day operation of the Shop
• Supervises assigned staff (e.g. employee concerns/problems, directing work, counseling, disciplining, performance appraisals, etc.) for the purpose of ensuring work assignments are complete and within department objectives.
• Prepares a variety of reports and documents for the purpose of documenting activities, providing written support and/or conveying information.
• Coordinating manufacturing needs with other departments and ensuring cost efficient operation of the reactor systems and ancillary equipment.
• Assigns and organizes associates, ensures their safety, establishes priorities, builds teamwork, delivers training, holds team members accountable, leads by example, drives continuous improvement
• Ensure materials and jobs are completed and data recorded accurately.
• Monitor and provide training, resources and/or appropriate disciplinary action to ensure production and quality standards are met.
• Understands, reviews and analyzes operating efficiency data to maintain and improve production efficiencies related to labor and production output.
• Mechanically inclined/Mechanical Knowledge.
• Hands-on experience with equipment troubleshooting & maintenance, forklift operations and general production work.
• Monitoring employee performance of all plant personnel
• Be willing to lead

Supervisory Responsibilities

Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
Directly supervises all employees in the department.

 

Knowledge: 
Production and Processing - Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.

Mechanical - Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.

Skills:

Basic Skills

• Active Learning - Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Learning Strategies - Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
• Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Writing - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.

Social Skills

• Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
• Instructing - Teaching others how to do something.
• Negotiation - Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
• Persuasion - Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
• Service Orientation - Actively looking for ways to help people.
• Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

Complex Problem Solving Skills

• Complex Problem Solving - Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

Technical Skills

• Equipment Maintenance - Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
• Equipment Selection - Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
• Operation and Control - Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
• Operations Analysis - Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.
• Quality Control Analysis - Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
• Troubleshooting - Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.

Systems Skills

• Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Systems Analysis - Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
• Systems Evaluation - Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.

Resource Management Skills

• Management of Financial Resources - Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.
• Management of Material Resources - Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work.
• Management of Personnel Resources - Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
• Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.

Work Context

Body Positioning

• Spend Time Standing
• Spend Time Walking and Running

Communication

• Contact With Others
• Electronic Mail
• Face-to-Face Discussions
• Telephone

Impact of Decisions

• Frequency of Decision Making
• Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results

Routine versus Challenging Work

• Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
• Importance of Repeating Same Tasks
• Structured versus Unstructured Work

Pace and Scheduling

• Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment
• Time Pressure

Role Relationships

• Coordinate or Lead Others
• Deal With External Customers
• Work With Work Group or Team

Work Attire

• Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets

Work Setting

• Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled
• Outdoors, Exposed to Weather

Activities

Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates

• Conduct or attend staff meetings
• Consult with managerial or supervisory personnel

Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings

• Monitor production machinery/equipment operation to detect problems

Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work

• Modify work procedures or processes to meet deadlines

Getting Information

• Read blueprints
• Read technical drawings
• Read work order, instructions, formulas, or processing charts

Scheduling Work and Activities

• Develop maintenance schedules
• Schedule activities, classes, or events
• Schedule employee work hours

Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events

• Understand second language
• Understand technical operating, service or repair manuals

Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others

• Confer with other departmental heads to coordinate activities
• Coordinate production materials, activities or processes
• Direct and coordinate activities of workers or staff

Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates

• Assign work to staff or employees
• Establish employee performance standards
• Monitor worker performance
• Motivate workers to achieve work goals
• Orient new employees

Training and Teaching Others

• Demonstrate or explain assembly or use of equipment

Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material

• Examine products or work to verify conformance to specifications

Processing Information

• Compute production, construction, or installation specifications

Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others

• Resolve or assist workers to resolve work problems
• Resolve personnel problems or grievances

Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards

• Oversee work progress to verify safety or conformance to standards

Documenting/Recording Information

• Maintain production or work records

Handling and Moving Objects
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others

• Explain rules, policies or regulations
• Explain work orders, specifications, or work techniques to workers

Tools and Technology

Tools

Desktop computers

• Desktop computers

Technology

Electronic mail software

• Microsoft Outlook

Materials requirements planning logistics and supply chain software

• M1

Time Accounting software

• Shop Floor Entry

 

 

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