Department Supervisor

Safety

Safety conscious and always looking for preventative safety measures.

Essential Functions

• Understands the Valence Surface Technologies Code of Conduct policy, leading by example.
• Organizes assigned area to ensure ready access to and knowledge of all orders currently in process on a daily work basis.
• Maintains the shop in an orderly 5S and well-kept manner.
• Operates within established safety, quality, and financial guidelines.
• Works closely with Production Management and supervisors on other shifts/departments to determine daily, weekly, and monthly work schedules.
• Maintains schedule and reassigns labor as work load changes.
• Executes schedule with a sense of urgency, and with sincere concern for safety, quality, timeliness, and cost consciousness.
• Maintains and monitors appropriate documentation on all orders.
• Effectively supervises employees in the department.
• Communicates with employees regularly and seeks their input on issues in regard to problem solving.
• Clarifies responsibility and expected results.
• Delegates responsibility to employees where appropriate.
• Gives adequate direction, counsels employees on performance issues/concerns, provides assistance and/or training where appropriate.
• Initiates disciplinary actions where necessary according to established procedures.
• Trains employees and monitors their performance on Valence Surface Technologies safety procedures and proper Valence techniques for all production processes and movement of materials in/out/around the shop.
• Understands and ably performs (and ensures that others understand and can perform) appropriate and safe techniques for lifting and maneuvering materials in various stages of completion.
• Resolves technical problems and challenges by involving the appropriate people in order to keep production moving, to meet/exceed customer expectations.
• Participates in improvement teams, Gemba walks, and meetings as requested.
• Participates in continuous process improvement activities always looking for new ways to do the job with eye to reducing cost, streamlining processes, and increasing throughput.

Pay Rate

$22.00 - $29.00 per Hour