Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc., established in 1994, is headquartered in Bridgeville, PA, with plants in North Jackson, OH, Dunkirk, NY, and Titusville, PA. Universal Stainless produces semi-finished and finished specialty steel long products and plate including stainless steel, tool steel, bearing steel, gear steel, and aircraft quality low alloy steels for use in a variety of industries. Universal is committed to providing the best quality, delivery, and service possible.
Benefits start day 1:
- 401(k) and 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Profit Sharing
- Vision insurance
Job description
Basic function
Plan and direct heat treating operations to most effectively meet corporate objectives. Identify and drive consistent performance improvement.
Responsibilities
- Alignment of resources, initiatives and operations to achieve business goals and objectives
- Safety - ensure compliance with safety policies and rules. Promote a safety culture. Safety improvement -continuous reduction of workplace hazards, risks, employee accidents
- Manufacturing in compliance with quality systems and established process quality standards
- Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory standards (safety, environmental, etc.)
- Customer service (on time performance, cycle times)
- Forecast, plan, schedule and execute production operations according to priorities
- Management and coordination of third party outside processers & subcontract suppliers
- Identification and implementation of improvements
- Lead root cause analysis and corrective action investigations into re-work and other quality issues
- Design 'waste' out of our operations
- Cultivation of effective employee relations based on mutual respect
- Effective communication and constructive cooperation between locations and functions
- Leadership, direction and management of salaried staff and hourly production and maintenance employees
- Team Based Culture, engage employees in continuous improvement initiatives
- Stewardship of facilities and equipment
- Establish and control budgets
- Recommend capital improvements
Skills
- Leadership & team facilitation
- Effective delegation and team building
- Strong interpersonal and organizational skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Planning & Coordination skills
- Problem solving ability
- Replenishment/"Kanban" operations
- Process improvement
Qualifications & Experience
- Active leadership roles in Lean and/or Six Sigma management and improvement initiatives
- 5 to 10 years' experience in operations management / job shop experience preferred
- Metal, machining and/or finishing experience required.
- Demonstrated results in a high functioning team based environment
- Supervisory/leadership or work experience in a union plant
Characteristics
- Self starter
- Self motivated
- Creative
- Self-disciplined
- Driven to excellence
- Critical thinker and "constructive skeptic"
- Bias to improvement
- Willing acceptance of responsibility
- Meet commitments
- Passion & intensity
- Proactive
- "Small company", "can do" person
- Disciplined judgment
- Self-confident