Corrugator Supervisor

About the role

Oversee the daily operation of the corrugator, ensuring the production of quality board in a safe, productive manner with minimal waste. A key aspect of this role involves cross-training employees in critical positions.

Responsibilities

• Maintain established quality standards, production efficiencies, and output levels, and effectively communicate these expectations to the team.
• Report all quality concerns to the Corrugator Plant Superintendent and assist in establishing and refining quality guidelines.
• Directly supervise all employees assigned to the corrugator department.
• Plan, assign, direct work, and train direct reports in the department.
• Foster a high-morale environment within the department by demonstrating fairness, consistency, and a genuine interest in employee concerns, while maintaining strict confidentiality.
• Manage and maintain accurate inventories of rollstock and corrugator supplies.
• Collaborate with the direct supervisor and maintenance to coordinate all necessary repairs and preventive maintenance within the department.
• Keep upper management promptly informed of any problems or situations that could impact the department's performance.
• Enforce corrective action procedures as necessary, conduct counseling and discipline when necessary in a professional manner.
• Foster a cohesive and high-performing team environment through effective conflict resolution and proactive team building.
• Address and resolve employee complaints and operational issues efficiently, while maintaining accurate documentation of all relevant incidents.
• Maintain effective communication with supervisors on other shifts and departments to facilitate smooth transitions and prevent operational issues.
• Ensure full compliance with all company policies and procedures.
• Perform additional duties as assigned by management.

Requirements

• 3-5 years experience as a corrugator supervisor is required.
• High school diploma or GED equivalent.

Skills

Language Skills

• Able to read and interpret documents such as 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 of organization.

Mathematical Skills

• Able to read a tape measure with speed and accuracy.
• Able to calculate figures and amounts such as percentages, measurement, volume and rate.
• Able to apply concepts of high school math.

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or graphic form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Technical Skills

• Working knowledge of equipment design and capabilities that can be translated into efficient operation, supporting the role of teacher and trainer for personnel.
• Understanding of cost issues to make daily decisions that reduce overall costs and identify areas requiring improvement.
• Knowledge of quality standards and regulatory requirements including wage and hour, environmental and waste minimization, company policies, and personnel requirements such as OSHA, DEQ, and EEO.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• May be required to maintain a current Lift Truck Operator License.

Leadership Attributes

• Superior time management skills including the ability to manage multiple issues concurrently and lead effective, efficient meetings.
• Teaching skills to function effectively as a teacher for personnel in both technical and administrative aspects.
• Excellent crisis management demonstrating high emotional control under adverse conditions and the ability to lead personnel to successful resolutions.
• Excellent employee relations skills including active listening, personnel appraisal, applying positive and corrective feedback, conflict resolution, and demonstrating positive motivational skills such as coaching and delegation.
• Demonstrated confidence including providing a consistent leadership style with an acceptable level of professional assertiveness.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the functions of this job.

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

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the functions of this job.

• Regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts.
• Frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions.
• Occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; and vibration.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.