General Foreman
Company: James Hardie Building Products
Location: Prattville
Posted on: May 6, 2024
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Job Description:
James Hardie Building Products Inc. is the North American leader
in fiber cement home siding and exterior design solutions. Hardie
products offer long lasting beauty and endless design possibilities
with trusted protection and low maintenance. The company pioneered
modern fiber cement building products and continues to invest in
innovation to transform the industry. James Hardie is a
high-performance organization, with an unwavering commitment to
Zero Harm. The company proudly employs a diverse workforce of over
3,000 employees across operations in North America.
Make your dream career a reality. It's possible!
Onsitefrom the Prattville, AL plant
The General Foreman - Sheet Line Managermanages the continuous
improvement of the lines in a high speed, high volume manufacturing
environment. The incumbent develops and implements activities in
the area(s) to meet safety, quality, and production design goals in
addition to cost objectives and promotes a strong team atmosphere.
As a member of the Post-Autoclave Department, the General Foreman
reports to the Department Manager.
What You'll Do:
Leads and supports the plant safety programs by:
* Promoting a safety conscious culture through actions and
accountability;
* Providing daily updates on safety issues and training topics to
the crew;
* Performing incident investigations as needed for personal
injuries and property damage;
* Identifying and correcting hazards in the plant, both safety and
environmental;
* Holding individuals accountable for work area and general plant
housekeeping; and
* Recognizing employees for exceptional performance in regards to
safety.
Verifies conformance of material being produced to meet or exceed
the PSU standard by:
* Ensuring equipment on the coatings lines are actively being
audited, corrective actions are established and followed through to
completion
* Ensuring all employees are properly trained on quality
specifications and are accurately using testing equipment;
* Actively pursuing and correcting issues that negatively affect
the quality of the board;
* Recognizing employees for exceptional performance in regards to
quality; and
* Promoting quality conscious culture through actions and
accountability.
Understands the waste, speed, and delay design for each product on
each machine, then meets and exceeds that
* Recommending improvements and/or upgrades to optimize
throughputs;
* Becoming engaged in the production run plan and making
suggestions to improve;
* Coordinating daily activities, which include the run plan, clean
up, and changeovers to best utilize resources and maximize
efficiency;
* Work with Maintenance and department Manager in planning and
managing all downtime events on the crew, this would include but is
not limited to, wash ups, product changeovers, size changeovers and
unscheduled downtime;
* Developing strategies to close design throughput gaps and improve
TTE; and
* Recognizing employees for exceptional performance in regards to
production.
Actively pursues ways to meet site yield expectation of 95% or
higher by:
* Reducing rejects to below 2%;
* Achieving greater than 533 Mstdf;
* Recognizing employees for exceptional performance in regards to
cost;
* Reducing interleaver usage by managing an effective plan to
eliminate transit damage; and
Creates an environment that promotes teamwork and accomplishment
by:
* Recognizing employees for exceptional performance in regards to
retention;
* Recruiting high quality employees through interviews and offsite
interactions;
* Maintaining an environment of mutual trust and respect;
* Providing clear direction for employees to follow and
support;
* Participating in performance evaluations on a bi-annual basis and
ranking the employees;
* Enforcing all company policies;
* Documenting all coaching sessions;
* Promoting training for employees and managing for Level 2
certifications in all positions;
* Reviewing each employees' career track with them once a quarter,
and then making sure they are progressing on the track;
* Speaking to each employee one-on-one daily, taking notes
afterwards to address or anticipate issues;
* Communicating daily on the issue of job performance, be fair,
consistent and objective; and
* Praising in public and reprimanding in private.
The position responsibilities outlined above are in no way to be
construed as all encompassing. Other duties, responsibilities, and
qualifications may be required and/or assigned as necessary.
What You'll Bring:
What You'll Receive:
At James Hardie, we recognize that our success depends on our
people. We've worked hard to build a generous and competitive
benefits program that demonstrates our commitment to our
employees.
Apply now and come "home" to Hardie!
#LI-DW1
James Hardie Building Products Inc. is an equal opportunity
employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration
for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age,
national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender
identity/expression, genetic information, veteran's status, marital
status, pregnancy, disability, or any other basis protected by
law.
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