Pratt Industries

Summary

This hands-on, two-pronged role is responsible for the Quality and the Safety Departments of this facility with around 90 employees. This role requires being on-call, being active on the production floor, and managing relevant administrative duties.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Directs and runs Quality Management System
• Plans and presents weekly Safety Meetings
• Provides 24-hour on-call responses to all safety incidents such as employee injury or fire alarm
• Drives plant accountabilities in the areas of: tracking vendor performance, resolution and disposition of customer complaints, investigating critical quality defects on in-process and finished products, generation and analysis of quality data and reports
• Ensures all customer feedback is promptly dealt with and any complaints are acted upon by the plant using root cause analysis and implementing corrective action
• Supports safety as a top priority in training, job design, employee onboarding, and regulatory compliance
• Ensures product quality. Establishes and manages systems for “right first time” performance and incorporates this philosophy in the continuous improvement teams.
• Commit to overall safety of the plant and procedures.
• Perform strategic thinking and actively participate in plant and company processes.
• Build and retain a “customer focused” environment; including internal and external customers.
• Adhere to all plant Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), operating procedures (SOPs). Manage, drive and oversee continuous improvement programs.
• Communicate the needs of all quality and safety operations functions to the Production Manager and or Plant Manager and local Management team on an as needed basis.
• Develop and analyze new methods of reducing/avoiding costs, improving products and assuring a safe working environment.
• Investigate incidents, monitor medical care.
• Create and conduct new-hire safety orientation program.
• Monitor light duty program: develop jobs, communicate with physician/doctor, etc.
• Complete and maintain all paperwork with regards to work-related incidents.
• Assist Divisional Safety Manager in filing workers compensation insurance related information and obtaining quotes.
• Assist Divisional Safety Manager of purchasing safety equipment and systems.
• Maintain membership in applicable safety or environmental associations to stay informed of new developments and trends.
• Prepare legal notices, postings, and reports as required by government and regulatory bodies.
• Comply with company policies and procedures.
• Additional duties as assigned by management.

Education and/or Experience

• Quality experience in manufacturing
• Safety experience in manufacturing
• Proven interpersonal communication and presentation skills
• Proven ability to be detail-oriented

Candidates are PREFERRED who offer the following:

• Previous leadership experience in manufacturing
• Previous ISO certification
• Bilingual - English & Spanish a plus!

Necessary Skills

• Technical Skills
  • Equipment design and capabilities that can be translated into efficient operation.
  • Cost issues in order to make daily decisions that will reduce overall costs and will help the supervisor find areas that require improvement.
  • Quality standards.
  • Regulatory requirements including but not limited to wage and hour requirements, environmental and waste minimization, company policies, and personnel requirements including OSHA, DEQ and EEO.
• Leadership Skills
  • Crisis management
  • Teaching, training, and coaching
  • Interpersonal communication
  • Employee relations
• Mathematical Skills
  • Able to read a tape measure with speed and accuracy.
  • Able to calculate figures and amounts such as percentages, measurement, volume and rate.
  • Able to apply concepts of high school math.
• Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations
  • May be required to maintain a current Lift Truck Operator License and/or other appropriate certification to work in certain areas or on certain equipment

Physical Demands

• The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and talk or hear.
• The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit.
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds with assistance.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts.
• The employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions.
• The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; and vibration.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.