About Eos Energy Enterprises
Eos Energy Enterprises, Inc. is accelerating the shift to American energy independence with positively ingenious solutions that transform how the world stores power. Our breakthrough Znyth™ aqueous zinc battery was designed to overcome the limitations of conventional lithium-ion technology. It is safe, scalable, efficient, sustainable, manufactured in the U.S., and the core of our innovative systems that today provides utility, industrial, and commercial customers with a proven, reliable energy storage alternative for 3 to 12-hour applications. Eos was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Edison, New Jersey. For more information about Eos (NASDAQ: EOSE), visit eose.com.
Overview:
The Sr Supervisor, Manufacturing will oversee day-to-day manufacturing operations, ensuring efficiency, quality, and safety in production processes. This role requires a strong background in manufacturing, leadership skills, and a proven track record of driving continuous improvement.
This role is accountable for meeting production deliverables, immediate communication to the management team regarding production, quality, environmental or safety issues, and managing the performance and conduct of production supervisors and employees.
Location:Onsite in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Responsibilities:
- Through a team of Manufacturing Supervisors, lead manufacturing team members to meet production targets and deadlines.
- Oversee the Manufacturing Supervisor team activities which include scheduling, completing performance reviews, issuing corrective action, training, timecard approvals, Production Recording verification, etc. Personally oversee the disciplinary process.
- Assist Manufacturing Management by compiling shift data and preparing reports for daily status meetings using Microsoft Excel.
- Act as a back-up for Manufacturing Supervisors.
- Act as a back-up for Manufacturing Management.
- Draft written manufacturing procedures.
- Train, mentor, and evaluate team members to foster growth and skill development.
- Mentor and motivate team members to increase engagement. Create and promote a respectful and positive work environment.
- Manage all planning, scheduling and material flow issues to meet production schedules and customer requirements.
- Act as communications hub for the team, disseminating pertinent and timely information.
- Ensure routine manufacturing functions, as well as special manufacturing needs and repair of warranty product, are scheduled.
- Monitor manufacturing flow, using data indicators to schedule workload, ensuring output meets targeted goals. This includes monitoring and signing-off on MDI, KPIs, and the Hour-by-Hour boards and other production metrics, implementing countermeasures, manage checklists, perform safety inspections and audits, conduct manufacturing investigations and perform root cause analysis, etc.
- Identify opportunities for improvement and implement corrective actions.
- Maintain and boost production efficiency, initiate and implement continuous improvement projects, and work with manufacturing engineers to implement new processes.
- Assist in performing hands-on production duties as needed.
- Own quality output for the team as a key stakeholder in Eos’s quality program.
- Ensure team members keep a clean and organized work environment. Immediately address and resolve any clutter or disorganization to avoid errors, loss of productivity, and/or safety incidents.
- Model professional behavior and adherence to work rules, as well as the ability and willingness to hold team members accountable to the same behaviors and work rules.
- Measure and report out performance metrics.
- Working times and schedules will need to correlate with the team the Senior Supervisor, Manufacturing is leading. This can mean working second or third shift, weekends, extended hours, or on occasion, holidays.
- Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.
Education and Experience:
- High school diploma required.
- Bachelor's degree in business or related field, or 2-year trade school degree preferred.
- Seven (7+) or more years of experience required.
- Five (5+) or more years of experience in a manufacturing environment strongly preferred.
- Five (5+) or more years in a supervisory role required. Manufacturing environment strongly preferred.
- Experience leading teams in a bargaining unit environment strongly preferred.
Internal candidates:
Three (3) years’ experience in Manufacturing Supervisor role required.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Exceptional leadership and communication skills, with the ability to motivate and manage diverse teams
- Commitment to safety, quality, and continuous improvement
- Strong knowledge of shop equipment, tools and work safety
- Ability to manage time, priorities and schedules for team members and self
- Ability to motivate and influence people
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to make effective decisions in an expedient manner while maintaining extremely high quality standards
- Ability to appropriately prioritize resources based upon need
- Knowledge of manufacturing engineering and related management processes (e.g. Kaizen, SPC, TPM, FMEA, Lean Manufacturing, DMAIC, Six-Sigma) a plus
- Good communication and organization skills
- Strong skills and experience using Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint.
- Project management experience a plus.
Working Conditions
- Office Environment - Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time and occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc. Required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading. May be required to exert up to 25 pounds of force occasionally to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.
- Factory - The worker may be subject to hazards. Includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, vibration, moving vehicles, electrical current, exposure to temperature changes or exposure to chemicals. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to fumes, airborne particles, odors, dust, mists, and gases. The noise level in the work environment can be loud. Required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication parts at distances close to the eyes. Machinery operation requires the use of safety equipment to include but not limited to eye safety glasses, hearing protectors, work boots, and lab coats. May be required to exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.