Duratrench

Job Description

The Assembly Department Manager is responsible for leading day‑to‑day manufacturing operations while ensuring safety, quality, on‑time delivery, cost control, and employee engagement. This is a hands‑on leadership role requiring someone who can solve problems on the fly, understand how things are built, and keep teams focused and productive. The right candidate will be a strong self‑leader, capable of independent decision‑making, and comfortable spending about 50% of their time coaching, guiding, and closely managing the workforce to maintain performance and accountability.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with other departments to meet production schedule and shipping deadlines
• Review work orders and schedule work according to customer timeline and shipping lead times
• Provide expertise in Quality Control, training and department efficiency
• Follow current training procedures to ensure all employees are trained properly on processes and equipment
• Implement ways to help the department thrive through efficiency and automatization and devise strategies to increase productivity and improve operations
• Control inventory and monitor consumable usage
• Coordinate each team member on a project/task
• Monitor the progress of daily production
• Inspect finished product to ensure it is built according to specification and safety regulations
• Attendance and engagement in weekly production meetings

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of leadership experience, preferably in a manufacturing plant
• Working knowledge of spray and plastics processes and equipment used in production
• Must have understanding of technical aspects of manufacturing metals, composites, mold making and woodworking
• Must be able to read and understand construction plans
• Must be at least 18 years of age
• Must pass a drug screen and background check
• Must be authorized to work in the United States

Education

• High school diploma or GED

Requirements

• Provide expertise and guidance to the team
• Managing employees, work together to overcome challenges and create policies or practices to ensure the success of the team
• Communicating with the team regularly
• Resolve conflict within the team
• Coordination with training new staff
• Completing and conducting employee performance reviews
• Must have a production‑driven mindset
• Ability to lead others objectively and fairly
• Detail oriented
• Analytical thinker with ability to take concepts and apply them to new problems with creativity to achieve a solution
• Ability to effectively motivate, train and coach others
• Ability to show consistent use of the following competencies: delegating, clear and concise communication, composure, planning, multitasking, time
• Management, decisive decision making, fairness, dependability, positivity, and integrity
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft applications (Outlook, Excel, Teams)
• Results oriented with a drive for continuous improvement
• Must be able to withstand extreme temperatures (heat, cold) for the duration of an 8 or 10 shift
• Must be able to work overtime as needed

Schedule

• Friday–Sunday: 6am–6:30pm, paid for 40 hours.
• Training: Monday – Thursday: 6:00 AM – 4:30 PM
• Training: Friday: 6:00 AM – 2:30 PM