Machinist Foreman

Job Description:

About the Role:

You will direct the daily operation of a Dow Jones printing plant mechanical maintenance department, with respect to meeting the pressroom, mailroom and building equipment requirements necessary to meet customer expectations for reproduction quality, content freshness and productivity, while managing materials consumption cost-effectively. Employ best performance practices, continuous improvement processes/procedures, staff schedules and effective staff development to achieve results. You will report to the Technology Service Manager at the White Oak, Maryland location.

You Will:

• Communicate with the technology service manager, press room, mail room, and other departments to ensure that mechanical maintenance programs underway at the plant are effective, carried out to achieve exceptional quality available with today's manufacturing equipment, and are prioritized to address production quality requirements.

• Direct machinist operations in a coordinated effort to assist the press room/mail room managers to continuously improve upon the Production Quality Score, which integrates key performance measures such as reproduction quality, content freshness, productivity, and cost-effective materials consumption.

• Work with the technology services manager to ensure that mechanical and electronic/software work is completed as required.

• Work with the maintenance staff to ensure that equipment is maintained in operating condition through preventive maintenance programs and accurate, useful maintenance records.

• Develop and maintain open communication with employees while clearly emphasizing the goals and objectives of the department.

• Actively administer, where applicable, local labor agreements and company management guidelines/policies in coordination with the technology services manager.

• Provide ongoing training and development on all job functions within the machinist or machinist/building department.

• With the technology services manager's oversight, develop and deliver written performance reviews (unless a union contract provides another mechanism or specifically prohibits them)and development plans to the press staff annually. Maintain accurate written records of employee performance and disciplinary issues. Make salary recommendations, where applicable, for the production manager's approval.

• Assist in hiring, training, developing, and maintaining a diverse, highly-experienced staff.

• Assist the technology services manager in implementing policies/practices that insure compliance with local, state, and federal laws and company policy regarding equal employment opportunity, affirmative action, regulatory agency safety, and environmental requirements.

You Have:

• Customer and bottom-line-driven qualities, with a strong record of cost-efficient results.

• Strong leadership, initiative, decision-making, staff development, and verbal and written communications skills.

• Excellent organizational and follow-up skills.

• Minimum five years of supervisory experience in a manufacturing maintenance operation preferably, but not limited to, newspaper or commercial printing operations.

• Excellent knowledge of efficient and proactive maintenance programs in a continuous improvement environment.

• The ability to: diagnose problems quickly and implement remedies that keep production operations functioning; make decisions in a deadline environment.

• Strong mechanical and electrical or electronic expertise.

• Hands-on & management experience overseeing Millwrights, Mechanics, Machine shops, or other industrial repair categories.

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Business Area:

Dow Jones - Print Operations

Job Category:

Production & Skilled Trades

Union Status:

Non-Union rolePay Range: 100,000 - 125,000We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result, we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates. The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect, and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidate's experience, industry knowledge, location, technical and communication skills, and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.Pay-for-performance is a key element in our strategy to attract, engage, and motivate talented people to do their best work. Similarly to salary, for bonus eligible roles, targets are set based on a variety of factors including competitive market practice.For benefits eligible roles, in addition to cash compensation, the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package, with a variety of physical health, retirement and savings, caregiving, emotional wellbeing, transportation, and other benefits, including "elective" benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce..