Join the Latham family and help make backyard dreams a reality. Latham is the largest designer, manufacturer, and marketer of residential inground swimming pools with a coast-to-coast operations platform consisting of over 2,000 employees across 32 facilities. As a Latham employee, you can experience a high-performing, engaged, quality-focused and safety-minded culture.

Primary Role: Ensure the successful production actives of a single shift. Manage the daily production related to KPI’s for singular shift. Support a strong employee culture through the reinforcement of Latham’s Core Values.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Supervise operations to ensure positive labor efficiency and variance through proper usage of personnel

• Follow company safety policies and programs to promote a safety-first culture throughout the facility

• Maintain high level of quality throughout the manufacturing process

• Responsible for production, meeting daily schedule to insure on time delivery while minimizing overtime

• Maintain a high level of quality by doing regular inspections of products

• Utilize lean manufacturing principles to identify efficiency issues and suggest improvements to solve the problems.

• Submit reports on performance and progress to direct manager

• Communicate job expectations, coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees

• Ensure compliance with all company policies and procedures (Safety, EEO, Sexual Harassment, Quality, etc.)

• Participates in the hiring, training and review process of production employees.

• Monitor attendance and take disciplinary steps as required up to the termination

• Facilitate daily shift meetings

• Other duties as assigned

  Qualifications:

• Minimum of Associate degree with experience; Bachelor’s degree preferred.

• Minimum 7+ years of experience in manufacturing/engineering related function

• Required – Proficiency with all MS Office Applications (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)

• Experience with payroll systems is a plus

• Ability to read blueprints

• Must be able to work overtime when necessary, including extended hours or weekends

• Strong verbal and written communication skills- ability to effectively communicate at all levels of the organization

• Lean Manufacturing or 5S experience desired

• Good understanding of safety, quality, productivity, inventory, employee relations

• Ability to work effectively in a multitasking environment and work constructively under pressure

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions

• Exceptional leadership skills with a sense of urgency and strong aptitude

• Ability to develop, maintain and motivate a strong team

• Ability to solve practical problems and difficult situations

• Regularly required to talk or hear, frequently required to stand; walk; bend; use hands and fingers, handle or feel, and reach with hands and arms, prolonged sitting, repetitive computer use, ability to lift up to 30 pounds regularly

• Bilingual preferred