Cascade Engineering is a Family of Companies that invests in our triple bottom line philosophy - People, Planet and Profit. We have been in business for over 50 years in Grand Rapids, Michigan. We manufacture injection molding/plastic products for automotive, office furniture, polymer compounding, waste and recycling industries.
Are you looking for a positive and encouraging environment? Are you seeking a position where you are included, recognized and celebrated? You belong here! Are you excited for what is ahead? We are too!
Do you have a passion to lead, encourage, support, guide, develop, mentor and coach? Are you motivated and strive to make positive impact with those you lead? Cascade Engineering has an opening for an Assistant Production Leader; known internally as a “C-Admin." In this position, you would support the Front Line Leader and the plant in meeting production requirements, developing Operators, and managing and facilitating daily operational activities to ensure a safe, efficient and effective work environment. You would be responsible for ensuring quality standards are being met, ensuring the compliance of Flow Cell Certification, and for maintaining production flow.
Location: Ron Jimmerson Plant (5050 33rd St. SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49512)
Shift: Third Shift (Sunday - Thursday from 11pm - 7:10am)
Target Pay: $19.70 plus a $1.00 shift premium
What You'll Be Doing
You'll have opportunities to speak up, solve problems, lead others, and be an owner every day as you work in the following areas:
Plant Focus - Support the production team by ensuring completion of the daily production schedule as planned, verifying defects and properly reporting them into our operations system. You will routinely perform first piece approvals, ensure color checks are complete, perform poke-yoke checks, perform final inspections, change over work cells, and create a report at the end of your shift regarding production goals
Continuous Improvement - Work with our lean department in the support and establishment of flow cell certifications. You’ll utilize lean principles to improve effectiveness and efficiency in production, as well as updating and utilizing lean documents and information as required within the flow cell
Staffing, Development and Quality - Coach, mentor and support operators to ensure a safe, effective and efficient work environment. You will ensure a high level of quality in products being produced and sent out to customers, making sure specifications and requirements are met
Support - Ensure the production floor is running smoothly. This will include having to step in on a machine while an operator is on break, jump on a Hilo to move finished goods to the shipping and receiving areas and help Front Line Leaders manage production and staff
Safety - Ensure a safe working environment for all employees and visitors by safely utilize tools (knives, nippers, etc.) and secondary equipment. This ensures we produce high quality products, you’ll be responsible for knowing and communicating to others how to use Personal Protective Equipment, proper lifting techniques, safety around conveyors, how to safely use torches. Providing a clean and organized work environment is also essential for a safe work environment
Administrative Tasks - You will regularly use our operations systems to check inventory, perform unplanned issues, transfer products or component, que up the next job, enter downtime, read bill of materials, and scrap out components and parts
