Superintendent - Paint Area

CSP is the industry leader in the formulation and molding of lightweight, advanced composite components for the transportation industries. As an innovative, full-service Tier One supplier, we offer an entrepreneurial environment where you’re only limited by your own imagination. In addition to our team-focused environment, we provide industry-leading benefits, called BENEfits4U. Our comprehensive offering includes: affordable medical, dental, and vision care; flexible spending accounts; life insurance; 401k with company match and much, much more.

Job Description

Essential Job Functions:

• Promote and lead a culture of safety across all operations.
• Ensure compliance with company safety policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements.
• Address safety risks and ensure timely resolution of safety concerns or incidents.
• Oversee daily operations within the assigned area to ensure safe and efficient production.
• Ensure operations are carried out in a safe, appropriate, and cost-effective manner.
• Maintain accountability for adherence to operational procedures and standardized work practices.
• Observe work activities to ensure compliance with company standards.
• Monitor operational performance through key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Identify operational challenges and implement solutions to improve efficiency and productivity.
• Perform quality control oversight to ensure products meet customer and company specifications.
• Support and drive initiatives that improve operational processes and performance.
• Identify opportunities for process optimization and operational improvements.
• Collaborate with engineering, maintenance, quality, and materials teams to resolve operational issues.
• Lead, coach, and develop paint supervisors and team members.
• Support employee training and development initiatives.
• Drive the performance management process for supervisor-level personnel.
• Coordinate activities across shifts to promote collaboration and knowledge sharing.
• Support plant leadership initiatives and operational objectives.
• Communicate effectively with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment.
• Develop, implement, and optimize paint processes to ensure quality, cost-effectiveness, and efficiency.
• Monitor material consumption and process compliance.
• Conduct root cause analysis for paint process issues and develop corrective and preventative actions.
• Work with Engineering to identify, procure and implement new equipment and processing equipment.
• Provide technical assistance to reduce and sustain paint defect rate.
• Report on current KPI results, as well as developing additional or improved KPIs to ensure continual improvement of product and processes.
• Develop and initiate a Corrective Action plant to correct and/or prevent future occurrence of noncompliant processes or product. 
• Report daily on schedule compliance, quality and through put in the prep and paint department.
• Safety, EPA, OSHA, IATF 16949 and ISO14001 compliance.
• Coordinates the training of Paint Engineers and Paint Techs, including providing mentoring on paint process techniques and best practices.
• Provide technical support and troubleshooting for paint processes.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives using 5S and Kaizen methodologies.
• Lead and participate in process audits to ensure adherence to standards and identify opportunities for improvement.

Qualifications: 

• Minimum ten (10) years of experience in process engineering, preferably paint processes.
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience managing paint engineers and/or paint techs in a manufacturing environment.
• Proficiency with robotics and automation systems.
• Experience in automotive or Tier 1 supplier manufacturing.
• Experience supervising production supervisors or frontline leaders.
• Experience working in high-volume manufacturing environments.
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing operations and operational management principles.
• Understanding of organizational effectiveness and operations management.
• Familiarity with business and financial principles impacting manufacturing performance.
• Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent organizational and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to analyze operational data and production metrics to drive improvements.

Education:   

• Bachelor’s degree in manufacturing, Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Business, or a related field or equivalent experience.

If you enjoy innovation, and an opportunity to learn and contribute to a growing organization, CSP is the place for you!