Production Supervisor

Overview

The Production Supervisor (Coating) will lead a 24/7 Team to make in-spec product per production schedule while embracing the 4 manufacturing core principles of SQRE: Safety, Quality, Reliability, and Employee Engagement. This role is critical to identifying, escalating, and addressing emerging issues, which could impact the organization’s ability to safely manufacture in-spec product per the production schedule.

Stewardship Responsibilities

• Lead by example in enforcing all safety policies, PPE requirements, and safe work practices
• Conduct regular safety observations, inspection, and toolbox SQRE (Safety, Quality, Reliability, and Employee Engagement) talks
• Ensure compliance with environmental, regulatory, and company standards
• Investigate incidents, near misses, and unsafe conditions; implement corrective actions
• Operate and changeover of slitting equipment
• Maintain production rates, downtime, and yields; take corrective action as needed
• Cookordination with Scheduling, Logistics, and Maintenance to minimize disruptions

Operations Plan and Execution

• Daily production activities to meet schedule and customer requirements
• Monitor production rates, downtime, and yields; take corrective action as needed

Leadership

• Directly supervise, coach, and develop hourly operators
• Train employees, plan, assign, and direct work
• Conduct shift start-up meetings, daily huddles, and effective shift handovers
• Support training, qualification, and cross-training of employees
• Address performance, attendance, and behavioral issues in alignment with HR and labor agreements and in a respectful manner
• Address complaints, resolve problems, and remove roadblocks, directly impacting employee morale

Continuous Improvement

• Identify and escalate chronic equipment and process losses
• Support MttC (Move to the Core) activities, including SQRE board meeting, discussing the risk of the day and identify measures to address the risks
• Participate in 5S, and OPEX initiatives
• Drive and sustain improvements using standard problem-solving tools

Management and Accountability

• Maintain and utilize the SQRE board to manage daily performance
• Ensure issues are clearly identified, tracked, and closed with owners and due dates
• Escalate issues appropriately and follow up on commitments