Production Supervisor Nights

About the role

American Plastics, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, is a leading designer and manufacturer of innovative plastic injection molded products for the household & garage storage and commercial cleaning end-markets. We are searching for a Production Supervisor at the Tiffin, OH facility. This position will report to the Production Manager.

Responsibilities

• Utilize prior experience leading injection molding team, as well as working knowledge of processing plastics.
• Troubleshoot and adjust molding parameters to maintain quality and maximum product output.
• Respond to problems by performing corrective technical or mechanical solutions.
• Maintain a safe and clean work environment.
• Knowledge of production KPIs and communicate the KPIs to production staff.
• Evaluate and provide timely feedback on employee performance; motivate and develop a cohesive production team; maintain production and attendance records.
• Make timely decisions to maintain production output and quickly analyze situations and provide direction to production staff.
• Recommend and implement process improvements to maximize productivity, reduce waste, improve quality, reduce costs, and provide a safe work environment.
• Monitor processes to ensure productivity and quality standards are being achieved.
• Analyze and resolve processing issues.
• Understand escalation process for when issues move from maintenance to engineering.
• Understand schedules and priorities.
• Interact well with all levels of the organization.
• Report incident reports.
• Understand how to perform root cause investigation and corrective actions.
• Waste management and monitoring what is happening on the floor.
• Effectively communicate with Process/Maintenance when an issue needs to be addressed to prevent safety issues or to give direction due to production demand.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Operations Management, Engineering, Business Management, or related field preferred.
• Minimum 3-5 years of related experience; Plastic Injection knowledge is a MUST.
• Hybrid candidate: willing to roll up sleeves and be on the floor as well as office management.