Shop Manager

Daifuku Airport America Corporation is a subsidiary of Daifuku North America a group company of Daifuku in Japan - the largest material handling company in the world. Our advanced systems move everything from car bodies at auto plants to luggage at airports to packaged goods at warehouses. We are known as experts in engineering, manufacturing, and servicing innovative automated materials handling systems including conveyors, automatic guided vehicles, automated storage & retrieval systems, and integrated controls.

The company is currently seeking an experienced Shop Manager.

The Shop Manager is responsible for managing all shop activities in a fast paced, unionized, manufacturing environment.  The Shop Manager is responsible for leading multiple departments (Fabrication, Weld, Powder Coating, Wiring, Assembly and Shipping & Receiving), ensuring team safety, building maintenance, and training teams / allocating manpower; driving and implementing continuous improvement solutions to improve product quality and reach throughput and cost targets; and ensuring team morale.

• Manages the Department Supervisor(s), ensuring their teams are well managed; supports recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees
• Assigns duties, gives verbal and written instructions, and reviews work for conformance to quality and safety standards
• Organize workloads and determine sequence priorities base on production schedule.
• Use KPIs and other metrics to monitor manufacturing efficiency and make adjustments to improve productivity
• Coordinates daily with Production Control Department to forecast and adjust manufacturing schedules and determine outsourcing as needed to meet project schedules.
• Ensure a safe workplace, leads the team to improve safety in the shop and enforce the use of mandated safety tools and procedures.
• Coordinate daily with the quality department to manage quality standards, including monitoring scrap rates and minimizing waste.
• Provides technical guidance to team members and consults with other resources when needed
• Reviews labor charges, labor estimates purchase requisitions, and department schedules
• Ensure shop equipment operates safely and is maintained at basic condition levels, maintaining preventive/proactive maintenance activity schedules and adjusting as needed
• Motivating employees, be a positive source of influence, lead by example and encourages autonomous work by empowering employees
• Develop and deliver training and development plans to ensure succession planning and retention
• Actively participate and lead improvement project activities centered on Safety, Cost, Quality, Throughput, and waste reduction opportunities.
• Recommend investments in new machinery and changes to plant / process layouts.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed
• Other Duties as assigned

Knowledge

• English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Engineering and Technology — Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
• Production and Processing — Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.

Skills & Abilities

• Time Management — Managing one's own time and the time of others.
• Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Monitoring — Monitoring/Assessing performance of you, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

• Verbal and Written Expression and Recognition — The ability to listen to, understand and communicate information and ideas presented through spoken or written words and sentences.
• Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
• Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.

Demonstrated Physical Abilities

• Remain stationary for 50% of the time
• Move/traverse throughout the office to access file cabinets and office equipment
• Operate a computer and other productivity machinery
• Inspect documents
• Communicate with others through talking/hearing
• Read/identify/assess forms and correspondence. 

• Degree in Business, Operations, or Industrial Management.
• 8+ years’ experience in a manufacturing (metal forming, welding, wiring and assembly).
• Experience managing a workforce under a collective bargaining agreement.
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Experience working with SAP (preferred).

• Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control and cost.
• Knowledge of Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA).
• Strong leadership skills, with the ability to build teams, motive staff, develop employee skills, and coach supervisors
• Effective organization, written and oral communication skills.
• Strong strategic thinking, analytical, and problem-solving skills

BENEFITS:

Daifuku Airport America Corporation offers an excellent compensation package which includes:

• Medical/RX Insurance – three plan options (2 with HSA with employer contributions)
• Dental &Vision Coverage
• $500 sign on bonus
• $500 UNLIMITED Referral Bonuses
• 401K Retirement Plan – with a company match of 100% on the first 4% of employee contributions
• Employer paid Life Insurance
• Medical and dependent care Flexible Spending Programs
• Voluntary Benefits (ie: Critical Illness, Accident, Dependent Life)
• Short term disability
• Employee Assistance Plan
• Paid vacation and sick time, (10) paid holidays per year, and (1) floating holiday

About Daifuku Airport America Corporation

Daifuku Airport America Corporation is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled, and federal sub/contractor. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, protected veteran status, marital status or medical condition. If you’d like to view a copy of the company’s affirmative action plan or policy statement, please call 248-553-1000.

At this time our company only receives applications online. If you need assistance applying online to this position, please call 231-582-6558 and leave a message and your call will be returned.