Production Supervisor

About the role

Coordination of the production process for a department to optimize the use of all resources in meeting and/or exceeding established plant goals and client/customer expectations.

Responsibilities

• Provides feedback to providers related to meeting or exceeding expectations defined.
• Ensure the maintenance of all production equipment.
• Plan and coordinate department's activities to support SQDC targets, and meet and/or exceed client and/or customers' expectations.
• Actively participate on assigned teams and/or projects.
• Ensure assigned departments perform tasks as outlined in Job Instruction Breakdowns, Quality Specifications, and Standard Operating Practices.
• Participate in identifying hiring needs; employee selection and training process.
• Provide communication on departmental expectations, motivates team members, and identifies opportunity for improvements.
• Provide team leadership consistent with company vision, mission, CITE principles.
• Ensures Policies are followed and provides guidance and discipline.
• Effectively utilize all resources to maximum potential performance to achieve SQDC goals.
• Establishes individual goals for team members in alignment with overall organization goals and performs periodic performance reviews to determine progress.
• Support and represent company as a union-free environment.
• Provide a safe and productive work environment, including housekeeping.
• Participate in the identification and implementation of continuous improvement initiatives.
• Role model CITE and Working in Teams principles.
• Perform other tasks as directed by direct supervisor.
• Will supervise hourly employees in the assigned department and/or departments.
• Is responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of direct reports.
• Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws.
• Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employee; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of manufacturing experience; wood related preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of supervision experience; multiple department.
• Experience in material flows and inventory management; continuous improvement practices; and process analysis.
• Six Sigma training is a plus.
• Undergraduate degree in Engineering or related discipline; extensive work experience may be considered in lieu of education.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common business and technical journals and financial reports.
• Ability to listen and communicate effectively with customers/clients in an effort to respond to common inquires or complaints from customers/clients, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community and public.
• Ability to develop presentations to be delivered to production team, plant level team, or public groups.
• Ability to apply basic mathematical concepts like addition, subtraction, multiplication or division to basic manufacturing performance recording or financial performance recording.
• Ability to read and use a tape measure.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and walk and talk or hear; frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms; occasionally required to lift up to 20 pounds.
• Typical indoor manufacturing environment; noise level usually moderate to high and hearing protection may be required on the production floor; safety glasses are required on the production floor.

Skills

• Excellent personal computer skills in a network environment; Microsoft products experience preferred - Outlook-Word