Production Supervisor

General Duties

• Oversees assigned area of production responsibility as scheduled in a safe and efficient manner.
• Maintains company safety policies and ensures compliance with work rules and requirements.
• Trains new and existing employees on safe and efficient production, department and company policy/practice-related topics and practices.
• Attends departmental and market center meetings to engage and complete education and training.
• Develops and maintains positive employee relations by consistently applying company policies and practices across the work group, and recognizes, understands and values employee differences and contributions.
• Identifies and recommends production improvement strategies that enhance equipment and worker performance, efficiency and product quality to the plant and/or production manager.
• Creates and supports a culture of adherence to market center standardization in support of safety, financial, and service goals.
• Supervises the following department areas (either directly or through Leads) and may assist with activities as needed throughout the workday (or shift): Receive and Soil Sort/Classification, Wash Dry Aisle, Garment Finishing/Sortation Press and Steam, Bundle and Distribution.

Essential Job Tasks And Activities

• Monitors work activities in assigned area and ensures company safety policies are followed and in compliance with work rules and requirements.
• Trains new and existing employees on safe and efficient production, department and company policy/practice-related topics and practices.
• Attends departmental and market center meetings to engage and complete education and training.
• Develops and maintains positive employee relations by consistently applying company policies and practices across the work group, and recognizing, understanding and valuing employee differences and contributions.
• Identifies and recommends production improvement strategies that enhance equipment and worker performance, efficiency and product quality to the plant and/or production manager.
• Creates and support a culture of adherence to market center standardization in support of safety, financial, and service goals.
• Supervises the following department areas (either directly or through Leads) and may assist with activities as needed throughout the workday (or shift): Receive and Soil Sort/Classification, Wash Dry Aisle, Garment Finishing/Sortation Press and Steam, Bundle and Distribution.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Oversees a small group or functional areas and 2 or more production employees.
• Leads the day-to-day function of that group under the direction of a plant and/or production manager.

Job Context

• Work Environment: Industrial laundry environment with loud noises, heat, and hazardous equipment in use at all times.

Required Qualifications

• Strong indication of capability to work safely and conscientiously in a fast-paced, loud work environment with machinery.
• Proved record of work attendance.
• Basic math reasoning skills.
• Lifting ability: up to 50 pounds; push/pull ability: up to 300 pounds assisted.

Preferred Education/Experience

• Two years industrial laundry experience.
• Spoken familiarity with the prevalent language of the production team.