Converting Supervisor - 3rd Shift

Pratt Industries is seeking an experienced Converting professional with supervisory experience to join our team. We care about our employees by providing secure jobs, a safe work environment, and many supportive benefits. By investing in employees, we offer growth opportunities to build a thriving, lifelong career.

Benefits

• Plentiful opportunities for growth and learning
• Stable employment in an environmentally‑conscious, flourishing industry
• Hands‑on management experience
• Being a member of the Pratt family—a company that truly cares

Summary

The Converting Supervisor is tasked with supervising a converting crew of around 13 people in the daily routine of producing quality board in a safe, productive manner with minimum waste.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED
• 2 years in a supervisory or managerial role
• Corrugator experience (preferred)

Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintain quality, efficiencies, and production levels set by management and communicate these standards to staff.
• Establish high morale within the department by showing fairness, consistency, and an interest in employee problems.
• Maintain inventories of rollstock and converting supplies.
• Coordinate with your supervisor and Maintenance Superintendent on any repairs or preventive maintenance done in the department.
• Keep upper management informed of problems or situations that may affect department performance.
• Enforce corrective action procedures when applicable and conduct meetings with violating employees.
• Conduct weekly production/safety meetings with department personnel.
• Improve career skills by enrolling in seminars, technical courses, and related college courses.
• Implement, maintain, and support all company policies and procedures, including safety program and good housekeeping.
• Perform additional duties as assigned by management.

Necessary Skills

• Leadership Skills: time management, crisis management, teaching, training, coaching, interpersonal communication, employee relations.
• Language Skills: ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals; ability to write routine reports and correspondence; ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees.
• Mathematical Skills: read a tape measure quickly and accurately; calculate percentages, measurements, volume, and rate; apply high‑school math concepts.
• Technical Skills: understand equipment design and capabilities to translate into efficient operation; support teaching and training of personnel; make cost‑related decisions to reduce overall costs and identify improvement areas.
• Quality Standards & Regulatory Requirements: knowledge of wage and hour laws, environmental and waste minimization, company policies, OSHA, DEQ, and EEO requirements.

Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations

• Required to have a clamp truck license.

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to stand, walk, talk, and hear.
• Frequently use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Occasionally required to sit.
• Regularly lift and/or move up to 50 lb; occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 lb.
• Specific vision abilities required: close, distance, color, peripheral, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• Regular exposure to moving mechanical parts.
• Frequent exposure to wet and/or humid conditions.
• Occasional exposure to high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; and vibration.
• Noise level usually loud.