American Woodmark

American Woodmark is one of the nation's largest cabinet manufacturers. By partnering with major home centers, builders, and dealers, we spark the imagination of homeowners and designer and bring their vision to life. Across our service and distribution centers, our corporate office and manufacturing facilities, you'll always find the same commitment to customer satisfaction, integrity, teamwork, and excellence.

We are on a journey to encourage an inclusive Woodmark, and are taking meaningful actions to promote diverse representation across every part of the business. Together, every team member contributes to making American Woodmark a place where people can express who they are through what they do.

Purpose:

Responsible for the continuous improvement of equipment, uptime, and first pass yield to include:

Essential Functions:

• Identification and execution of process improvements regarding yield, scrap, and downtime.
• Update and ensure adherence to process requirements and documentation, updating as required.
• Operator equipment training -- develop and update materials used as they relate to equipment. Oversee training of new operators if required.
• Assist maintenance with complex production problems when support is required.
• Maintain proper filing and updating of all technical documents related to finishing.
• Active involvement of machine upgrades - electrical/mechanical/pneumatic as required to improve uptime or first pass yield.
• Develop and lead product capability & development testing.
• Experience with Ignition, PowerBi, and controls systems desired.
• Work with corporate and sister facilities to implement best practices and facilitate testing and approval processes as required.

Expectations:

• Actively participate on assigned teams and/or projects.
• Ensures Policies are followed and provides guidance.
• Support and represent company as a union-free environment.
• Provide a safe and productive work environment, including housekeeping.
• Participate in the identification and implementation of continuous improvement initiatives.
• Role model CITE and Working in Teams principles.
• Perform other tasks as directed by direct supervisor.
• Work in tandem with Team Leads and supervisors to understand and develop process improvements.

Qualification:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and ability required.

Education, Experience, and Skills:

• Undergraduate degree in (Chemical/Mechanical/Materials) Engineering or related discipline with clear electrical training or experience; understanding of fluid delivery and application
• Demonstrated work experience – manufacturing or operations experience preferred
• Demonstrated experience working directly on the plant floor with process equipment developing process controls and a deep process understanding
• Understanding of Continuous Improvement and/or Lean Six Sigma
• Track record of successful project management
• Experience in working in a team environment
• Strong planning/Organization & Time Management skills
• Strong interpersonal communication skills
• Demonstrated problem solving skills in a production environment

Communications Skills:

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common business and technical journals and financial reports. Ability to listen and communicate effectively with customers/clients in an effort to respond to common inquires or complaints from customers/clients. Ability to develop presentations to be delivered to production team or plant level team.

Reasoning Ability:

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and walk and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to lift up to 20 pounds.

Working Environment:

Typical indoor manufacturing environment. The noise level is usually moderate to high and hearing protection is required on the production floor. Safety glasses are required on the production floor. Some out-of-town travel and occasional weekend work may be required. Strong emphasis on working in teams and individually led projects.

AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

The American Woodmark Corporation does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, age, religion, military and veteran status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, pregnancy, or any other legally-protected characteristic; and it will comply with all applicable state discrimination laws. No person will be denied employment solely because of a disability, provided that the person can perform the essential functions of the position for which the person has applied, either with or without reasonable accommodations.