About the job
The Production Manager plays a pivotal role in ensuring the safe and efficient manufacturing of our solar panels. This position entails effectively managing personnel and schedules to achieve our production targets on a daily, monthly, and yearly basis. The Production Manager will collaborate closely with our Maintenance & Reliability and Quality Assurance teams to guarantee that each panel produced meets the highest quality standards.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and supervise all production processes and teams within the Burlington operations.
- Direct the efforts of all production supervisors.
- Strategically plan and execute the production schedule.
- Establish, plan, and achieve all production objectives and goals.
- Continuously review and adjust the production schedule as necessary.
- Ensure timely completion of performance reviews for all direct-report employees.
- Mentor and guide production team members to enhance their overall skills and competencies.
- Manage both human and material resources to meet production goals.
- Make key decisions regarding equipment use, maintenance, modifications, and procurement.
- Develop and implement standard operating procedures for production operations.
- Ensure strict adherence to established operating procedures.
- Implement and monitor health and safety procedures.
- Set and uphold product quality standards.
- Enforce quality control and tracking programs to meet quality objectives.
- Analyze production and quality control processes to identify and rectify issues.
- Identify and implement enhancements to the production process.
- Prepare and maintain detailed production reports.
- Estimate and manage production costs.
- Set and oversee production budgets, implementing cost control and savings initiatives.
- Facilitate efficient collaboration and coordination between departments including Quality, Engineering, Maintenance, Procurement, Logistics, Warehouse, and Management.
- Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) focusing on Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) and labor hours per watt/panel.
- Perform other duties as assigned by management.
