Production Supervisor

About the role

Working as a critical leader within a production team, support the achievement of set production targets and customer expectations by providing the appropriate level of leadership, supervision, and training/development to the people assigned within your shift and/or department, as well as the expected level of oversight to the equipment, systems, resources, and facilities under your control. Ensure those under your supervision are following standard operating procedures with continual focus to their personal safety and the safety of their coworkers, and the quality of product produced being the guiding principles of the teams’ behaviors and actions.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership, supervision, and training/development to assigned personnel within your shift and/or department.
• Provide oversight to equipment, systems, resources, and facilities under your control.
• Understand and effectively communicate expected department targets, including production, safety, quality, cost control, and operational excellence levels (KPIs).
• Monitor performance and provide instruction, counsel, and recognition to employees as needed.
• Establish work schedules and manage planned and unplanned employee levels, providing hands-on coverage as needed.
• Request appropriate levels of support, supply, and materials, and utilize manufacturing resource planning (MRP) systems to communicate production data.
• Act as a liaison to other departments/shifts to ensure proper transfer of information regarding production status and key performance areas.
• Establish effective relationships and communication channels with immediate and next-level production management, maintenance, supply chain management, EH&S, and HR.
• Ensure compliance with all safety, environment, and health processes and procedures, including wearing required PPE, maintaining and safely storing PPE, and submitting to periodic personal testing and monitoring.

Schedule

• Onsite 1st Shift, Monday–Friday, 5:45 AM–2:30 PM in Springfield, MO.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent, plus a 2-year technical/associate degree or certification with at least 1 year of experience in a lead, project manager, or supervisory role.
• Or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• A bachelor’s degree in science, production management, business management, and/or engineering with relevant work experience in a fast-paced, heavy materials, system-controlled machine and process-driven work environment is preferred.
• High level of self-motivation, ability to coach others, and agility to maintain team motivation to achieve or exceed performance expectations.
• Ability to associate cause-and-effect relationships and determine patterns of activity to anticipate changes in operations, processes, systems, and personnel.
• Ability to perform basic math—addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and calculating percentages—with a high degree of accuracy.
• Fluent verbal and written skills in English.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to present situations and advocate positions effectively to any level of the organization.
• Ability to read and write for understanding, interpret instructions and standard operating procedures, and work within software programs such as Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and business-specific resource planning and reporting systems.
• Ability to be qualified for safe and compliant use and maintenance of assigned and required PPE, including fit-tested respirators, steel-toed shoes, safety eyewear, and hearing protection.