Manufacturing Operations Specialist - Canby OR

Manufacturing Operations Specialist

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Location: Canby, OR

What you will do:

As a manufacturing operations specialist, reporting directly to the plant HR manager, you will personally design, deliver, facilitate, and sustain manufacturing training and high performance team (HPT) practices within the Canby plant. Develop group competencies within the teams. Direct the HPT process, interacting with the teams, supervision, managers, star guides and other parties, and plant manager. This is a hands-on, execution-focused role based in the plant environment and does not include direct supervision or people management responsibilities.

How you will do it:

Coordinate the formation of high performance teams.

Coordinate the development of scorecards and metrics for the high performance team process.

Review and recommend changes as necessary to meet plant objectives.

Document high performance team plans.

Coordinate and track certification process and star guide systems.

Ensure that all leading indicator information is updated for the teams.

Ensure support information is accurate and timely.

Ensure that the monthly results meetings are scheduled and completed.

Participate in the high performance team meetings and insure effectiveness of the meetings, scorecard data, and effective action plans are developed by the teams.

Identify the top performing teams on monthly and annual basis.

Coordinate recognition of teams.

Ensure certification process for high performance teams, star points, star guides, and cross functional training are effective.

Prepare and share with management monthly high performance team results and recommendations.

Ensure high potential team process is compliant with TS16949, ISO 14001, and all applicable regulations, policies and procedures.

Ensure the high performance team concepts are understood and used at all levels of the plant.

Track, maintain, and report training completion, certification status, and HPT metrics; prepare and share monthly summaries with plant leadership and the plant HR manager.

Partner closely with operations, EHS, quality, and maintenance to integrate safety, quality systems, TPM, and lean principles into training and team practices.