Production Supervisor, New Hartford, NY

With more than 120 operations and approximately 20,000 employees worldwide, Precision Castparts Corp. is the market leader in manufacturing large, complex structural investment castings, airfoil castings, forged components, aerostructures and highly engineered, critical fasteners for aerospace applications. In addition, we are the leading producer of airfoil castings for the industrial gas turbine market. We also manufacture extruded seamless pipe, fittings, and forgings for power generation and oil & gas applications; commercial and military airframe aerostructures; and metal alloys and other materials for the casting and forging industries. With such critical applications, we insist on quality and dependability – not just in the materials and products we make, but in the people we recruit.

In 2016, Berkshire Hathaway, led by Chairman and CEO Warren E. Buffett, acquired Precision Castparts Corp.

Special Metals is the world leader in the invention, production and supply of high-nickel alloys for critical applications. Special Metals has over a century of expertise creating high-performance alloy products engineered for the most brutal, mission-critical services in the industry. With its focus on research and technology, Special Metals has invented and developed a large majority of the commercial nickel-based superalloys offered in the market today and is the one of the largest volume suppliers of nickel superalloys.

Plan and organize shift operations and lead union personnel. Maintain safe working conditions and economical operations.  Lead and direct personnel in all Melt Shop Operations.

Essential Functions

• Communicate and enforce company rules, regulations, and policies
• Responsible for continuing involvement in safety effort, safety contacts and prompt accident investigations.
• Responsible for interdepartmental cooperation and communication.
• Lead shift operations and ensure proper procedures are followed.
• Work with other supervisory personnel in keeping plant clean and enforcing plant and OSHA safety rules.
• Maintain company policies and ensure contract rules are followed.
• Supervise operations within a facility to achieve higher output.
• Organizing training and educational manuals for the production team.
• Assisting in the recruitment and onboarding of new hires.
• Ensuring compliance with safety and professional standards within a facility.
• Organizing, monitoring, and prioritizing tasks to meet production goals.
• Evaluating various stations of the production operation to ensure optimum efficiency.
• Maintaining communication between employees and senior executives to ensure procedures and policies are well-understood.
• Ensuring the efficient flow of materials and other resources.

Additional Responsibilities

• Oral communication skills sufficient to instruct, direct and resolve conflicts with and between employees
• Written skills for internal correspondence, writing or revising procedures;
• Reading comprehension sufficient to read, interpret and properly apply specifications and procedures to achieve desired outcomes
• Persuasion, negotiation and motivational skills as needed to maintain high productivity and achieve ‘win-win’ solutions
• Collaboration skills to create cooperative, responsive workforce
• Composure under pressure enabling ability to manage effectively under pressure, through change and interruption.
• Problem solving – anticipates, surfaces consequential issues and acts with appropriate sense of urgency, sense of time and through organized planning to resolve.

Education and Experience

A high school diploma/GED is required along with at least three years of supervisory experience. The candidate must be computer literate and capable of navigating in Oracle, Lotus Notes and Microsoft Excel/Word.

Special Skills

• Computer literacy is a requirement.
• Ability to interface with any person in the organization.
• Organizational skills and attention to detail are critical.
• Reliable attendance and good communication skills are essential.
• Ability to work in a high pressure environment.
• Judgment exercised in the leadership of personnel, materials and processes

Physical Dimensions

Physical Demands – Frequently moves about the production facilities.  Must be able to detect unsafe conditions from long distances.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Manual dexterity sufficient for  handling materials and data entry; regularly required to sit, stand, walk, bend, squat, climb; lifts objects up to 35 pounds; visual ability to read, write, supervise, inspect facilities, materials, equipment, use computers; auditory ability sufficient for instructing/directing others, use office equipment (phones, beepers/pagers)

Work Environment – The physical environment requires the employee to work both inside and outside in heat/cold, wet/humid and dry/arid conditions.  Frequently required the use of personal protective equipment to prevent exposure to hazardous materials. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.