Job Title: Circuit Card Assembly Senior Supervisor  

Job Code: 18053

Job Location: Salt Lake City, UT

Job Schedule: First shift, weekday (schedule: 9/80; w/Friday coverage; 40 hrs)

Job Description:

Senior Manufacturing Supervisor is responsible to identify and direct the activities supporting manufacturing of circuit card assemblies (CCAs), in compliance with various specifications.  This individual is responsible to lead a team of manufacturing technicians, and assemblers, utilizing a variety of manufacturing and testing equipment.  Common equipment includes robotic, semi-automatic, and manual devices.  This individual will manage work in progress (WIP) to meet schedule and cost targets, and act as a leader and mentor to manufacturing team members to help build skills and improve quality.  A qualified individual must be capable of functioning in a highly technical environment, with good communications skills, while problem solving and interfacing with support disciplines such as production control, manufacturing, quality engineering, test engineering, and program management.

Essential Functions:

• Provide direct supervision over CCA manufacturing employees. Monitoring workflow, customer demands, and identify areas of opportunities for employees to perform at peak level.
• Identify and ensure daily throughput goals are achieved, while maintaining employee utilization, operation costs, and quality targets.
• Coach and Mentor subordinates, to complete assignments using established guidelines, procedures and policies.
• Direct and implement assembly procedures, equipment, and troubleshooting/debug processes.
• Conduct regular performance evaluations for the team and goal setting.
• Monitor attendance and conduct employee counseling, in compliance with company policies and procedures.
• Manage employee paid time off, as well as overtime.
• Ensure department's financial goals are met through timely completion of projects, process improvements, overhead reduction and other initiatives.
• Participate in the hiring process of new employees.
• Coordinate with production control and senior management, in order to maintain efficient and effective completion of manufacturing operations throughput.
• Thorough understanding of mechanical assembly and quality acceptance processes.
• Advanced technical and operational knowledge of assembling highly technical devices, hands-on experience a plus.
• Knowledgeable and able to interpret drawings and process specifications.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and PCs is required.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of 4 years prior relevant experience or 2 years post-Secondary/ associate’s degree with a minimum of 8 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• 4+ years experience in a supervisory, or lead capacity, supporting employee and process development.
• Working knowledge of SAP and/or equivalent enterprise management software.
• Experience with first time assembly, prototype development and engineering product transition.
• A working knowledge of Theory of Constraints (TOC), Lean, and Six Sigma process improvement tools are desirable.