Supt Production-Paint Dept.-Paragould

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Summary

The Production Superintendent coordinates the steel shop production activities, sets up production methods and processes, and makes recommendations for improved methods and processes. This position ensures that production tools and supplies are available, helps maintain a high quality of workmanship, and maintains routine contacts with support groups.

Duties and Responsibilities

To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform the following essential duties satisfactorily. Other duties may be assigned to address business needs and changing business practices.

• Coordinates steel shop production activities by planning manpower requirements and by assigning employees to meet production schedules
• Recommends new or improved steel shop production methods and techniques and helps coordinate such approved changes
• Ensures that necessary production tools and supplies are always available to steel shop employees
• Works with steel shop staff to assist employees in maintaining a high level of quality workmanship
• Maintains routine contact with support departments to communicates material needs, scheduling maintenance, quality issues or concerns, training needs
• Enforces safety procedures and protocols to ensure a safe working environment and ensures housekeeping standards are met and maintained 

Qualifications

The following generally describes requirements to successfully perform the assigned duties.

Minimum Qualifications

• 2+ years supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment
• Ability to problem solve and report information in a timely manner
• Ability to document records accurately under tight timeframes
• Ability to accurately conduct visual inspections for safety, equipment and process compliance, appropriate parts and welding processes
• Ability to follow oral and written instructions including basic blue prints and schematics
• Ability to work both alone and in a team environment
• Ability to communicate professionally, both verbally and in writing
• Proficient in computer applications including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
• Ability to receive and interpret information and communicate it accordingly
• Ability to make quick, effective judgements to resolve problems or navigate obstacles 

Preferred Qualifications

• Associate’s degree or equivalent
• 4 + years manufacturing experience and knowledge of welding/steel production methods, processes, and product specifications 

Work Environment and Physical Requirements

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This position is in both an office and a production environment with exposure to heat, cold, noise, moving machinery and trip hazards where personal protective equipment such as head, eye, hearing, and foot protection are required. This position may be exposed to welding, machining, forming, metal surface treatment, laser cutting, plasma cutting, and other metal working and assembly processes. Additional PPE may be required as determined by the environment.

Physical Activities and Requirements 

Frequency Key

Not Applicable: Activity is not applicable to this occupation

Occasionally: Occupation requires this activity up to 33% of the time (0- 2.5+ hours/day)

Frequently: Occupation requires this activity from 33% - 66% of the time (2.5: 5.5+ hours/day)

Constantly: Occupation requires this activity more than 66% of the time (5.5+ hours/day)

Working Postures

• Sit: Frequently
• Stand: Frequently
• Walk: Frequently
• Bend: Frequently
• Kneel/Squat: Occasionally
• Crawl: Occasionally
• Climb: Frequently
• Reach Forward: Occasionally
• Reach Upward: Occasionally
• Handling/Fingering: Frequently 

Lift / Carry Requirements

• 5-10 lbs: Occasionally
• 10-25 lbs: Occasionally
• 25-50 lbs: Occasionally
• 50-75 lbs: Not Applicable
• 75+ lbs: Not Applicable 

Push / Pull Requirements

• Less than 10 lbs: Occasionally
• 10-25 lbs: Occasionally
• 25-50 lbs: Occasionally
• 50-75 lbs: Not Applicable
• 75+ lbs: Not Applicable

EOE including Vet/Disability

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Greenbrier makes reasonable accommodations in the application and hiring process for individuals with known disabilities, unless providing accommodation would result in an undue hardship. Any applicant believing that he or she may need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact Greenbrier Human Resources at careers@gbrx.com or call us at 503-684-7000. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Email communication from The Greenbrier Companies (Greenbrier) will always come from a corporate email address that ends in @gbrx.com or from our applicant tracking system, iCIMS, after you have created a secure account and submitted your application. During the application process, you will create a secure account in our secure applicant tracking site that ends with “-gbrx.icims.com”. In this portal, we will ask you to provide your contact information, past employment history, education history and other job-related information.