Operations Fabrication Manager

Build your best future with the Johnson Controls North America Air Handling team

As a global leader in smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, our mission is to reimagine the performance of buildings to serve people, places and the planet.  Join a winning team that enables you to build your best future! Our teams are uniquely positioned to support a multitude of industries across the globe. You will have the opportunity to develop yourself through meaningful work projects and learning opportunities. We strive to provide our employees with an experience, focused on supporting their physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing. Become a member of the Johnson Controls family and thrive in an empowering company culture where your voice and ideas will be heard – your next great opportunity is just a few clicks away!

What we offer:

• Competitive salary and bonus

• Paid vacation/holidays/sick time

• Comprehensive benefits package including 401K, medical, dental, and vision care - available day one!

• Extensive product and on the job/cross training opportunities with outstanding resources

• Encouraging and collaborative team environment

• Dedication to safety through our Zero Harm policy

• JCI Employee discount programs 

• The manufacturing facility is located within a business park, spanning 14 acres and totaling 165,000 square feet, with over 200 employees.

What you will do

You will be responsible for assuring the Air Handler Unit parts fabrication processes (stamping, cutting forming, bending, foaming) operate on the most profitable and efficient basis and with the correct level of quality. You will also be responsible for all day-to-day fabrication activities, supplying parts on-time to the assembly lines and driving the asset care strategy to improve equipment reliability and performance in the fabrication department and maintaining the safety of the area, scheduling assignments, line balancing, evaluation and control of building, monitoring of fulfillment of customer production and quality requirements, control of scrap and rework, efficiency, application of overtime, and documentation of these activities. You will act as the primary contact for in-house departments for internal parts related issues and directly supervise 5 Supervisors as well as an indirect team of 75 operators and 8 maintenance technicians.

How you will do it

• Allocate and manage resources (manpower, equipment and materials) to optimize production output with respect to delivery, quality and cost.

• Lead teams in achieving goals in safety, quality, cost, delivery, and other plant goals.

• Manage shifts by effectively utilizing supervisors and their resources.

• Coordinate activities of various departments and/or shifts to ensure that all areas are working on the appropriate tasks.

• Develop strategic operating, capital, and other plans to improve effectiveness of operation.

• Adjust plant capacity to meet customer demand.

• Work with his/her team to develop and implement materials management strategy (make/buy, Kanban/MRP, master scheduling time fences, inventory levels, vendor stocking).

• Maintain effective working relationship and communication with all departments and see to the professional development of all assigned personnel.

• Lead large capital projects from conception to completion.

• Establish budgets and operating targets.

• Participate in Product Team meetings to help effectively improve the product line performance.

• Analyze operational performance and develop priorities for improvements.

• Responsible for all aspects of shop floor management in assigned areas.

• Assure that safe work practices are followed.

• Assist in relevant Johnson Controls Manufacturing Systems (JCMS) action items/activities as pertains to your knowledge/skill set and technical ability.

• Responsible for driving Safety Performance in the Plant to achieve and maintain Gold Status (Goal of No Recordable/ No Lost Times).

• Ensure Safety Training is completed as required for direct reports.

• Responsible for performing 2 Behavior Based Safety Observations monthly.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

What we look for

Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Business and/or relevant work experience

• Five (5) to ten (10) years of manufacturing experience

• Previous experience with Autonomous or Professional Maintenance (TPM – Total Productive Maintenance)

• Previous experience Managing Management level staff

• Must be able to communicate with superiors, peers and subordinates in a professional manner; demonstrate initiative and willingness to seek improvements through the use of Lean Manufacturing tools; develop plans that meet a variety of goals simultaneously and be able to change these plans as business conditions change; utilize analysis tools to determine opportunities for improvement

• Must be willing to work additional hours and varied working hours to effectively manage people across all shifts

• Experience with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access)

• The employee is occasionally required to lift up to 50 pounds

Preferred:

• Strong background in Lean Manufacturing as well as other training in formal problem solving and operational analysis

• Previous HVAC experience

• Experienced with SAP or other MRP system

HIRING SALARY RANGE: $100,000 - 134,000 (Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, location and alignment with market data). This role offers a competitive Bonus plan that will take into account individual, group, and corporate performance. This position includes a competitive benefits package. For details, please visit the About Us tab on the Johnson Controls Careers site at https://jobs.johnsoncontrols.com/about-us

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