Build your best future with the Johnson Controls North America Air Handling team

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What we offer:

• Competitive salary and bonus

• Paid vacation/holidays/sick time

• Comprehensive benefits package including 401K, medical, dental, and vision care – available day one

• On the job/cross training opportunities

• Encouraging and collaborative team environment

• Dedication to safety through our Zero Harm policy

• A Legacy Built on Innovation: Johnson Controls

What you will do

You will directly oversee approximately 75 operators and 8 maintenance technicians. You will manage all day-to-day fabrication operations required to produce Air Handler Units at our plant, while driving the asset care strategy to enhance equipment reliability within the fabrication department. Your responsibilities include supporting continuous improvement initiatives using Lean manufacturing principles, coordinating activities between fabrication and maintenance teams, and ensuring production goals are achieved efficiently and cost-effectively. You will collaborate with supervisory staff to meet key performance metrics such as productivity and on-time delivery, while coaching and mentoring team leaders to strengthen employee performance and foster a culture of operational excellence.

How you will do it

• Allocate and manage resources (manpower, equipment and materials) to optimize production output with respect to delivery, quality and cost.

• Lead teams in achieving goals in safety, quality, cost, delivery, and other plant goals.

• Manage shifts by effectively utilizing supervisors and their resources.

• Coordinate activities of various departments and/or shifts to ensure that all areas are working on the appropriate tasks.

• Develop strategic operating, capital, and other plans to improve effectiveness of operation.

• Adjust plant capacity to meet customer demand.

• Work with his/her team to develop and implement materials management strategy (make/buy, Kanban/MRP, master scheduling time fences, inventory levels, vendor stocking).

• Maintain effective working relationship and communication with all departments and see to the professional development of all assigned personnel.

• Lead large capital projects from conception to completion.

• Establish budgets and operating targets.

• Participate in Product Team meetings to help effectively improve the product line performance.

• Analyze operational performance and develop priorities for improvements.

• Responsible for all aspects of shop floor management in assigned areas.

• Assure that safe work practices are followed.

• Assist in relevant Johnson Controls Manufacturing Systems (JCMS) action items/activities as pertains to your knowledge/skill set and technical ability.

• Responsible for driving Safety Performance in the Plant to achieve and maintain Gold Status (Goal of No Recordable/ No Lost Times).

• Ensure Safety Training is completed as required for direct reports.

• Responsible for performing 2 Behavior Based Safety Observations monthly.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

What we look for

Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Business and/or relevant work experience

• Five (5) to ten (10) years of manufacturing experience

• Previous experience with Autonomous or Professional Maintenance (TPM – Total Productive Maintenance)

• Previous experience Managing Management level staff

• Must be able to communicate with superiors, peers and subordinates in a professional manner; demonstrate initiative and willingness to seek improvements through the use of Lean Manufacturing tools; develop plans that meet a variety of goals simultaneously and be able to change these plans as business conditions change; utilize analysis tools to determine opportunities for improvement

• Must be willing to work additional hours and varied working hours to effectively manage people across all shifts

• Experience with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access)

• The employee is occasionally required to lift up to 50 pounds

Preferred:

• Strong background in Lean Manufacturing as well as other training in formal problem solving and operational analysis

• Previous HVAC experience

• Experienced with SAP or other MRP system

HIRING SALARY RANGE: $100,000 - 150,000 (Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, location and alignment with market data). This role offers a competitive Bonus plan that will take into account individual, group, and corporate performance. This position includes a competitive benefits package. For details, please visit the About Us tab on the Johnson Controls Careers site at https://jobs.johnsoncontrols.com/about-us.

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