Company Description

Established in 1984 as Midwest Air Technologies, Inc. (MAT Holdings, Inc.), it is a $2.0 billion multi-national company with manufacturing operations, distribution centers, and sourcing offices worldwide. The company’s core businesses include the production, sales, and service of products in the fencing, hardware, automotive, and power equipment sectors. MAT is a family of companies and products offering countless opportunities enabled by our global presence in 12 countries and 14,000 employees.

Job Description

The primary function is to supervise and direct the production of quality brake linings by optimizing production equipment and team members.  Manages the production operation and works to ensure product quality while achieving production schedules.

Shift Hours: Mon through Thurs (3:00 pm to 1:30 am)

Compensation Range $52.k-$67.5k

Principle Responsibilities

• Provides direction and leadership in resolving technical and production-related problems to ensure completion of weekly schedules.
• Supervise approximately 12 production operators.
• Ensure adherence to all safety and quality requirements.
• Oversees and performs maintenance work necessary in maintaining machine operations.
• Trains machine operators on procedures, methods, problem-solving, programming, quality requirements, and safety.
• Resolves operational, manufacturing, and maintenance problems to ensure minimum costs and prevent delays. 
• Performs trial and prototype equipment modifications for brake lining equipment.
• Performs set-up operations for all part numbers and verifies quality by dimensional and process material testing.
• Maintains daily production output and quality reports for transmission to corporate.
• Maintain inventory of essential production tools and support materials.

Qualifications

Competencies

• Machine reliability experience.
• Demonstrated leadership and management of maintenance activities.
• Lead/Implemented plant preventative maintenance.
• Mechanical/Electrical Devices troubleshooting experience.
• Pneumatic / Hydraulic maintenance experience (a plus!).
• Bi-lingual in Spanish is prefered
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel.

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of operating experience on mechanical assembly equipment.
• Knowledge of chemical handling and process control is desirable.

Additional Information

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