Production Supervisor

Responsibilities

• Provide a safe work environment in the assigned department.
• Ensure employees have received safety training and are properly using safety devices and equipment, and Personal Protective Equipment.
• Responsible for ensuring proper job rotation, good general housekeeping, and adherence to safety policies and work practices and procedures.
• Responsible for leading accident/incident investigations for all incidents within the department.
• Responsible for tracking and improving line efficiencies. Line efficiency improvements may involve process and/or line layout changes and making recommendations to reduce labor and material costs.
• Responsible for product quality and accuracy, and the timely completion of production schedules in established priority sequence.
• Maintain conformance with rules and regulations, issue verbal and written warnings when required.
• Recommend approved disciplinary actions when necessary.
• Administer company policies and maintain a pleasant employer/employee relationship on the highest possible level.
• Lead Monthly continuous improvement projects
• Responsible for training, mentoring and developing employees.
• Maintain the department vacation calendar and resolve vacation conflicts.
• Responsible for timekeeping for the employees in the department.
• Conducts a monthly departmental meeting covering the topics on the Monthly Department Meeting Agenda.
• Attend company-sponsored training classes and special classes to keep abreast of and well-informed on new developments regarding management and supervision, and other job-related courses.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience plus education.
• Minimum of 2 years of manufacturing experience plus a minimum of 3 - 5 years of previous experience as a supervisor or manager.
• Strong Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Teams skills.
• Strong Verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience with participating in or leading continuous improvement projects.
• Ability to solve problems with little direction.
• Proven ability to work with a team as well as lead a team.
• Ability to come in early, stay late, or work on the weekends when needed.