Established in 1991, Collabera has been a leader in IT staffing for over 22 years and is one of the largest diversity IT staffing firms in the industry. As a half a billion dollar IT company, with more than 9,000 professionals across 30+ offices, Collabera offers comprehensive, cost-effective IT staffing & IT Services. We provide services to Fortune 500 and mid-size companies to meet their talent needs with high quality IT resources through Staff Augmentation, Global Talent Management, Value Added Services through CLASS (Competency Leveraged Advanced Staffing & Solutions) Permanent Placement Services and Vendor Management Programs.
Job Title: Manufacturing Operations Leader
Duration: 6 Months (Possibility in Full time)
Location: 1 River Road, Schenectady NY USA 12345
Shifts: 3rd shift runs from 11pm to 7am. The ops leader needs to arrive at 10:30pm to receive the turnover.
Summary/Purpose:
•The Manufacturing Off-Shift Operations Leader will direct and manage the work of hourly employees in building and assembling state of the art power generation products within Client in Schenectady, NY – the birthplace of Client and the business headquarters.
•They will be expected to make business critical decisions in a timely manner and meet safety, quality, production, and delivery metrics within the steam turbine final assembly cell.
Essential Responsibilities In addition, you will:
•Provide direction and leadership to Steam Turbine hourly production employees, including work assignments, scheduling of overtime, and training in a Union environment
•Drive business critical metrics including safety, quality and productivity
•Develop, coordinate, lead, and execute daily production plans
•Achieve highest safety levels in the plan
•Work with cross-functional peers in manufacturing engineering, planning, quality, etc. to resolve issues and drive continuous improvement
•Arrange for adequate staffing to meet the production schedules set by production planning and consistent with the operating plan
•Support, encourage and facilitate core manufacturing principles by providing adequate time for training and for teams to accomplish continuous improvement projects
•Support all company workplace policies including attendance and safety objectives
•Mentor and motivate team in safety, quality, and productivity improvement
•Coordinate consistent and effective shift-to-shift transitions
•Develop and implement process controls
•Support overtime and shift coverage as needed.
Qualifications• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university
• Minimum of 2 years of previous leadership / supervisory experience
Desired Characteristics
• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Industrial, Chemical, Electrical or Aerospace) from an accredited college or university
• Experience working with Unions in a production environment
To apply for this opportunity, you can contact me at:
Himanshu Prajapat
himanshu.prajapat(at)collabera.com
973-606-3290
Skills Required
- Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university
- Minimum of 2 years of previous leadership / supervisory experience
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