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About Howmet Aerospace

Howmet Aerospace Inc. (NYSE: HWM), headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a leading global provider of advanced engineered solutions for the aerospace and transportation industries. The Company’s sales for 2021 approximated $5 billion. The Company’s primary businesses focus on jet engine components, aerospace fastening systems, titanium structural parts and forged wheels. With nearly 1,150 granted and pending patents, the Company’s differentiated technologies promote more fuel efficiency for aircraft and commercial transportation. For more information, visit www.howmet.com , including content shared during the Company’s May 2022 Technology Day.

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Organization

The Howmet structures business manufactures metallurgically advanced lightweight multi-material solutions that range from titanium mill products to titanium forgings, extrusions and assembled systems for aerospace and defense applications.

Responsibilities

• To take full responsibility for your team in terms of Supervision of staff
• Accountability for meeting quality, production and delivery targets.
• Ensure the smooth running of the production processes
• Monitor, measure and report on warehousing and/or production related process performance and general issues
• Managing receiving, shipping, distribution and supplies of products within your area
• Ensure all products are manufactured and shipped to the customer in a timely manner adhering to delivery schedules.
• Hold Daily Human Performance & Production meetings with the team
• Attend Daily Production meetings with management and departments
• Communicate all delays or variances in movement of product to all appropriate parties.
• Maintain strict control over product levels and process to meet internal and external demands
• Plan layout and space requirements to prevent loss or damage of products
• Consider full implications of product turnover, size, weight, and other factors when allocating and planning space
• Identify discrepancies and act and resolve
• Investigate causes of lost or damaged products or shipments
• Implement and monitor performance metrics
• Take lead with annual stock take
• When required monitor and manage custom shipping documentation
• Ability to communicate in a professional manner both verbally and written
• To enforce quality and Health and Safety rules
• Identify Problems and take fast effective action to resolve
• To work closely with others to ensure production handovers are effective
• Maintain housekeeping standards
• To have an active role in the company’s continuous improvement plan
• Maintaining high level of timekeeping
• Liaise with Planning, Operation Co-ordinator and other leaders to ensure daily requirements are met
• Provide cover for all operations when necessary
• Manage all departments during overtime
• May be required to be hands on operative occasionally
• Responsible for departmental T&A
• Control indirect ordering and spending
• Management and control of overtime and reporting to senior management relevant information
• To coach, train, retain and motivate staff within a team based and inclusive culture.
• To conduct performance reviews twice a year and assist with training and evaluating employees on a regular basis
• Recording all training and qualifications completed for employees
• Accountable for ensuring that employees behaviour meets or exceeds the company’s expectations
• To ensure that the training requirements are met to meet current and future demands of the department
• Conduct disciplinaries and return to work interviews on time
• To provide regular feedback to your team and m aintain a culture that develops professional two-way feedback on a regular basis
• Any other reasonable requests by management
  

Qualifications

Training & Education

• A-C GCSE Level or equivalent in English and Maths;
• Health & Safety Training.
• Level 3 Leadership Qualification or relevant experience
• First Aid
• Fire Marshal
• Level 5 Management
  

Experience

• Knowledge of heavy manufacturing industry equipment;
• Experience of leading teams
• Working under pressure of company demands
• Extrusion, CNC lathe/milling, Saws,
  

Skills & Knowledge

• Knowledge of Health & Safety requirements relating to manufacturing machinery;
• Good interpersonal skills with the ability to build and maintain excellent working relationships
• Good time management and organisational skills.
• IT proficiency with the ability to input and retrieve data
• Proven knowledge of Inspection procedures & standards;
• Experience of supervising a multi- cultural workforce
• Experience of resolving people management issues
  

Behavioural & Evaluation Skills

General Competencies

• Great work ethic, willing to go the extra mile, uses time effectively, focuses on work responsibilities
• Good communication & written skills, understanding & answering questions, gives and accepts feedback professionally
• Accepts responsibility for maintaining skill set, participates in meetings & training, completes all certifications
• Arrives to work on time, is dependable, follows department lunch & break guidelines
• Looks for opportunities to thank people for their contributions, Recognises people in meaningful ways
• Keeps personal & common areas open house ready, paper & electronic files are organised for easy backup coverage, Organised in work flow and time management,
• Team Player who proactively helps others with projects & backlog, Manages workload in support of team & dept. goals
• Innovative, Finds & promotes creative solutions for improvements & development
• Demonstrates a desire to help the company and co-workers succeed. Builds mutual trust & confidence
• Professional positive attitude, supportive of company policies, procedures and initiatives, adapts to change, handles issues objectively
• Takes complete ownership of areas of responsibility, proactive & follows through with a sense of urgency
• Develops good relationships with office, co-workers & other departments
• Ability to see requirements from the customers perspective, Takes a proactive role in exceeding customers’ expectations, no fail attitude
• Joins in with company culture, gets involved in team and corporate initiatives
  

Leadership Competencies

• Leads by example
• Show great business acumen, demonstrates sound judgement when making decisions, understands how the company work, maintains profitability and budget accountability
• Helps develop, implements and & align company strategies
• Takes big picture view of the company
• Gets the right people in right jobs and treats people as people & helps prevent collusion
• Demonstrates a willingness to help people learn and grow, prepares people for future opportunities
• Helps create the company culture
• Ability to take responsibility and be accountable for decisions;
• Knowledge of HR policies and procedures
• Coaching and Development