Production Supervisor (3rd shift) Job

Primary location: Johnstown, Ohio. Full-time,

About the role

Working at Steel Ceilings, a subsidiary of Armstrong World Industries, means being immersed in a supportive culture that recognizes you as a key player in Armstrong's future. We are a large company with a local feel, where you will get to know and collaborate with leadership and colleagues across the company. By joining us, you'll have the opportunity to make the most of your potential alongside a competitive remuneration package.

Under the direction of the Operations Manager, you will be responsible for effective coordination and supervision of production and maintenance activities at the Johnstown plant. A successful candidate will provide management, coordination, and continuous improvement for all aspects of manufacturing, including safety culture, quality processes, schedule adherence, manpower, and product development initiatives. You will be accountable to meet objectives in the areas of safety, quality, delivery, and cost.

Armstrong World Industries (AWI) is an Americas leader in the design and manufacture of innovative interior and exterior architectural applications including ceilings, specialty walls and exterior metal solutions. With approximately $1.4 billion in revenue, AWI has about 3,700 employees and a manufacturing network of 21 facilities in North America. For more than 160 years, we have built our business on trust and integrity. We are committed to developing new and sustainable architectural solutions, with design and performance possibilities that make a positive difference in spaces where we live, work, learn, heal and play.

Our Sustainability Ambition — "Bringing our Purpose to Life" — leads a transformation in the design and building of spaces fit for today and tomorrow. We are committed to: engaging a diverse, purpose-driven workforce; transforming buildings from structures that shelter into structures that serve and preserve the health and well-being of people and planet; pursuing sustainable, innovative solutions for spaces where we live, work, learn, heal and play; being a catalyst for change with all our stakeholders; and making a positive difference in the environments and communities we impact.

Steel Ceilings, Inc., a subsidiary of Armstrong World Industries, Inc. (AWI), is one of fifteen AWI plants in North America. Our Johnstown plant in Central Ohio is located a mere 30 minutes from the capital of Ohio, Columbus, a major metropolitan area. Known for its quaint "small-town America" vibe, its proximity to Columbus, the 15th largest city in the US.

Responsibilities

• Safety: Maintains safety awareness through active employee engagement and positive reinforcement; drives good housekeeping to ensure a clean and safe work environment, striving for 5S; timely reporting of all near misses and first aid events, encouraging good catches, risk assessments, and root cause elimination; ensures employees’ completion of all required safety training; leads the execution of team safety requirements including behavior-based safety observations (Leading Indicators – self and team), near miss and first report of injury reports, job safety analysis, safety standdowns/huddles; supervisors should be champions of safety on the shop floor and participate as members on our Safety Committee; educates and coaches team members on safe operating procedures and behaviors and provides reinforcement and feedback where appropriate to drive desired behaviors; effectively communicates the company’s stand on safety throughout the Operations Department to ensure employees believe in and behave in a manner that supports our stand that all accidents are preventable, safety is everyone’s responsibility, and that working safely is a condition of employment; performs reporting and investigation of all safety incidents, driving to root cause and permanent resolution.
• Quality: Ensures quality and compliance of product to technical specifications and requirements using measuring systems, tools and equipment; audits quality systems to ensure compliance to prescribed standards; collaborates with Quality to communicate customer feedback to the workforce, implement corrective actions, and improve overall plant quality systems; co-owns Non-Conforming Report process; understands and communicates customer expectations throughout the Operations Department, and ensures all products meet customer standards and requirements; ensures timely and accurate production to schedules in order to meet or exceed delivery to promise; ensures operational procedures are followed to product specifications, and quality metrics meet customers’ needs; performs root cause analysis with the involvement of operators on all quality issues and resolves; trains operators on problem solving skills, and coaches through resolution; participates in plant visits (both onsite and at other locations) to better understand overall project and process requirements.
• Lead and develop talent: Cultivates an effective, optimistic and transparent work culture; provides candid feedback on expectations and performance to all members of team on regular basis; maintains documentation, tracks, couns