Dymax Corporation - Torrington, CT
posted 5 months ago
Dymax Corporation, a leader in the development of light-curable adhesives and curing equipment, is seeking an Equipment Production Manager to join our team in Torrington, Connecticut. This role is pivotal in driving a world-class electromechanical manufacturing and services department, emphasizing customer intimacy, quality, and safety. The Equipment Production Manager will be responsible for managing the department's cost efficiencies and improving productivity while ensuring that customer expectations are met or exceeded in the manufacture of new equipment. This includes managing key performance metrics for safety, quality, ISO standards, and shipping service levels, as well as leading customer inquiries and feedback processes. In this position, you will develop a vibrant and responsive production and services department by exercising strong leadership and judgment skills. This involves acquiring, developing, training, coaching, and performance managing talented personnel in Equipment Production, Repair, and Services. You will coordinate daily operations requirements and drive production efficiencies by implementing detailed, documented on-job training for operators, ensuring adherence to Work Orders, Build Sheets, and Work Instructions. The Equipment Production Manager will effectively execute the daily production plan schedule, establishing and adhering to on-time commitments while optimizing the usage of equipment, personnel, maintenance services, and resources. You will also work closely with Quality and Engineering teams to conduct root cause analyses of cycle time, yield, and process variation, aiming to reduce waste and develop new processes, procedures, and equipment specifications. Additionally, you will manage interactions and projects with various departments, including Quality, Supply Chain, Sales and Ops Planning, Manufacturing Engineering, and Equipment Engineering, to drive the manufacturing scale-up of products. Your role will also involve maximizing productivity and asset utilization by initiating and managing continuous improvement projects that reduce operator errors and improve first pass yield.