Technologist
Erdrich
Operations
Dublin, GA, USA
Posted on May 28, 2025
Technologist: Forming
Shift: Flexible
Pay: Negotiable (hourly position)
Goals:
(fundamental objectives for orientation of the employee)
- Ensure that the correct production program is used within the assigned production area.
- Organization and optimization of the workflow within the assigned production area.
- Assurance/optimization of the manufacturing quality within the assigned production area.
- Controlling the repair and maintenance work within the assigned production area.
- Expert and disciplinary leadership of the subordinate employees.
- Adhering to the instructions for safety and environmental protection.
- Reduce unplanned downtime in department that will result in improved efficiency.
Tasks:
(important primary responsibilities in logical order)
- Implementing the convened production program planning, while taking into account the existing system capacity and personnel capacity within the assigned production hall (shift), with respective response to possible interferences.
- Ensuring the organizational workflow within the assigned production area (shift).
- Ensuring and adhering to all valid work instructions within the assigned production area (shift).
- Ensuring the qualitative and quantitative achievement of objectives within the assigned production hall (shift).
- Continuous professional further qualification of employees within his own area of responsibility.
- Initiating CIP processes within own area of responsibility and control and implement these as well as executing the success control procedure - derive standards if applicable.
- Reporting the hall-related production results to team management.
- Adhering to current safety regulations, environmental protection regulations and other legal and intercompany provisions and regulations.
- Analyze defects, rework and waste, as well as work out measures for the preventative quality assurance and implement those in collaboration with the respective special departments.
- Planning and adapting the personnel requirement including the need for temporary employees with production management. (As a substitute during absence of team management)
- Organize and improve the use of personnel, machines, materials and operating equipment according to criteria of economic efficiency and scheduling situation.
- Participating in budget planning and investment approaches as well as monitoring and reviewing the cost development within the assigned area of responsibility (shift)
- Participating in the new creation and modification of work systems, production changes and production processes as well as implementation of his own experiences and suggestions for design.
- Initiating and guiding manufacturing meetings with the respective tracking of measures taken.
- Defining and adapting leadership tasks in the framework of objective agreements. Checking work results and discuss these in employee meetings.
- Ensuring good communication across all interfaces.
Competencies:
(special strengths, decision making powers)
- Access to all relevant IT systems (SAP, Babtec, etc.).
- Controlling and prioritizing tasks in the special departments within the assigned production hall (shift).
Responsibilities:
(professional responsibilities, responsibilities for personnel)
- Responsible for the continuous fulfillment of the production program within the assigned production hall (shift) regarding quality, quantity, scheduling and economic efficiency.
- Responsible for the achievement of key figures within the assigned production hall (shift).
- Obligation to inform team management and production management regarding all relevant production events.
Environmental conditions of the workplace:
- Combined workplace in production/office/machine, where the safety and environmental regulations of the company are to be observed.
Education requirements:
- Completed vocational education in the metal area.
- Additional qualification as a college degree.
Professional experience:
- Several years of experience in the metal area and metal forming.
- Knowledge of metrology and reading drawings.
- Experienced in the leadership and development of employees.
- Business management knowledge.
- Good knowledge of MSOffice, SAP, Babtec, etc.
Personal skills:
- Delegation ability - can transfer decisions, tasks and responsibility. Trusts his colleagues’ competence. Gives clear and understandable instructions.
- Leadership skills - is able to challenge, encourage coworkers according to their strengths and weaknesses and to entice them to submit open, honest and constructive feedback; recognizes and uses the potentials of the team members and can express appreciation and recognition. Can lead individuals and groups in a goal-oriented and integrative manner.
- Decisiveness - can make decisions. Independent thoughts and actions.
- Ability to communicate - has the ability to transmit a message with enthusiasm and self-confidence. Can catch reactions and meanings and create a good dialog on their basis. Can adapt to different conversation situations.
- Assertiveness - does not avoid uncomfortable situations. Can create and endure adequate pressure. Can implement viewpoints oriented towards the achievement of objectives, even with resistance, in a socially acceptable manner.