We are searching for a CNC Department Lead who is responsible for leadership, direction, and motivation of assigned employees to achieve company goals of quality, production, safety, and continuous improvement.
Requirements
- Develops and executes plans to meet or exceed department and company goals of quality, productivity, and cost efficiency.
- Balances quality, productivity, cost, safety, and morale to achieve positive results in all areas.
- Verifies "best practices" are being followed by CNC department staff.
- Identifies, analyzes, and acts to correct bottlenecks, product defect rates, safety hazards, tool, and equipment problems.
- Councils, motivates, and instructs Operators and/or Set Up personnel in quality standards, machine operations, and critical documentation.
- Ensures that employees adhere to schedules and customer service requirements.
- Works in conjunction with Quality Assurance to make sure high-quality products are produced as specified.
- Informs Department Manager of potential cause for customer concern.
- Ensures proper inventory levels are maintained to meet daily production and/or assembly needs.
- Manages department priorities.
- Performs accident investigations.
- Monitors attendance and timekeeping reports and addresses issues as needed.
- Assists Management staff; responsibilities include interviewing and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; coaching and developing talent, addressing issues and resolving problems.
- Develops specifications from general description and utilizes CAD/CAM software to produce required product.
- Studies blueprints, sketches, drawings, manuals, specifications, or sample part to determine dimensions and tolerances of finished work piece, sequence of operations, and setup requirements.
- Calculates and sets controls to regulate machining factors such as speed, feed, and depth and angel of cut, or enters commands to retrieve, input or edit computerized machine control media.
- Selects holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, and materials to meet production specification.
- Determines material and all tooling necessary for subsequent fabrication.
- Works directly with production and engineering to layout process required to manufacture parts and/or assemble.
- Starts and observes machine operation to detect malfunctions or out-of-tolerance features and adjusts machine controls or control media as required.
- Verifies conformance of finished work piece to specifications.
- May set up and operate machines on trial run to verify accuracy of machine settings or programmed control data as required, in absence of set up staff.
Benefits
- Health/dental/vision coverage
- Employer-paid and supplemental life insurance
- Short- and long-term disability insurance
- Generous paid time off and holiday pay
- Monthly remote work stipend (for remote employees who qualify)
- 401(k) investment plan, with an employer match of up to 4%
- Education support program
- Safety eyeglasses/shoe reimbursement
- Referral bonuses
- Bonus plan for all full-time employees
