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TORAY COMPOSITES AMERICA INC Supervisor, Production in Tacoma, Washington
Description Provide leadership, training, and direct supervision to a production team responsible for the production of carbon fiber prepreg. Responsibilities include maintaining a high awareness of quality, safety, and teamwork within the team. Duties and Responsibilities Assist technicians with daily operations on the process floor. Prepare and adjust operations schedule and coordinate manufacturing activities to ensure production meets specifications. Review, complete, and file daily production records and data. This includes quality records, inventory, production statistics, work orders, and general process information. Collect information as required. Monitor and adjust process conditions on the Distributive Control System (DCS) in the production control room. Issue instructions, delegate assignments, and ensure proper completion of daily tasks including coordination of tasks between departments or other shifts. Inspect the process line for possible problems or items in need of attention. This includes any machinery or raw materials that need adjustments to maintain quality product or a safe work environment. Responsible for issuing incident reports for process, safety or other problems. Prepare and initiate training requirements for the team including safety classes, procedure updates, and recertification of necessary job tasks pertaining to Company requirements. Audit work instructions and initiate changes when necessary. Maintain and update personnel files and data. This includes updating and tracking timecards, scheduling vacation and holiday leave, informing technicians of policy and procedure changes, and maintaining files for review purposes. Communicate with shift members and handle any personal or team issues, problems, or questions that may be present. Develop timesaving methods and ideas for process improvements including computer programs and check sheets or procedure changes. Skills and Specifications Working knowledge of MS Word and Excel; a mechanical aptitude; problem solving and interpersonal skills. A significant level of trust and diplomacy is required, in addition to normal courtesy and tact. Work involves extensive personal contact with others and is usually of a personal or sensitive nature. Work may involve motivating or influencing others. Outside contacts become important and fostering sound relationships with other entities (companies and/or individuals) becomes necessary and often requires the ability to influence and/or sell ideas or services to others. Education and Qualifications Three years to five years of similar or related experience. A two-year college degree; or completion of a specialized course of study at a business or trade school; or, completion of specialized training courses conducted by equipment vendors; or job specific skills acquired through on-the-job training or apprenticeship program. This position involves working with technologies and information which are subject to U.S. export control regulations. Under these regulations, Toray CMA must review certain candidate information including citizenship, basis of United States work authorization and country of origin. This information would be used for export control screening purposes only. Compliance with US Export Control Regulations: This position requires use of information which is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). In order to comply with these regulations, applicants for employment must be a "U.S. Person" as defined by the ITAR and/or EAR. The definition of "US Person" includes U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident, or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum. Physical Demands The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to s