Production Supervisor

Duties And Responsibilities

• Comply with Company Safety Policies and Procedures
• Effectively provides and promotes a "Safety First" culture in the workplace
• Ensures all machinery and safety devices and equipment are operable condition
• Supervises and leads team to meet the goals and objectives of the business
• Communicates plant performance measurements relevant to schedule conformance, machine downtime & scrap levels
• Maintains a safe environment through ensuring proper housekeeping and organization
• Covers production personnel and plant activities to effectively attain timely completion of plant production schedules
• Affords assistance with training employees regarding safety, quality, and job-related functions
• Maintains quality by establishing and enforcing organization standards
• Ensures operation of equipment by calling for repairs, evaluating new equipment and techniques
• Provides manufacturing information by compiling, initiating, sorting, and analyzing production performance records and data; answering questions and responding to requests
• Maintain effective intra/inter-departmental communications as required (team meetings, shift meetings, production meetings)
• Assists in post-accident investigations, including recording of event, root cause analysis and corrective actions
• Daily Production Review with manager at end of shift
• Daily Report of Quality issues
• Submit Daily Reports utilizing Daily Score Card
• Conduct daily shift-to-shift pass down of information
• Review production schedule for needed WIP to meet schedule goals

Education, Experience And Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent of 3 - 5 years' experience in functional role
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Manufacturing Experience (Automated/manual production lines)
• Leverage Lean Manufacturing (5S, Kaizen)
• Experience in Continuous Improvement
• Experience in process improvement utilizing lean manufacturing concepts

Essential Physical Requirements/ Work Environment

• Works in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
• Continuously stands on concrete
• Works frequently near moving vehicles
• Sits and works at a computer
• Periodically stoops, kneels, crouches, walks or crawls
• Prolong standing or in stationary position
• Complete repetitive movements such as typing
• Wear all required personal protective equipment (hearing, vision, shoes, hi-visibility and hardhat protection)
• Move or traverse about the facilities
• Exposure to dust, chemicals, and other substances, and in various environmental conditions