Shift Supervisor (1st Shift)

Responsibilities

• Ensures manufacturing operations are running at maximum efficiency.
• Responsible for ensuring manufacturing teams are hitting expected production numbers and production priorities are in line with customer demand and can achieve projected shipping requirements.
• Daily decision-making relative to what machines are required to run and what orders need to be completed based upon available production personnel and equipment.
• Adheres to all aspects of plant safety and performing safety audits on a continual basis.
• Responsible for knowing what orders are starting and finishing and what change-overs are required for production continuity using production planning tools such as lean manufacturing practices, XA, and daily communication with production planners.
• Handles daily production related issues including manpower movements.
• Communicates material outages during production runs and drives resolution through support team involvement and communication during Tier 1 meetings.
• Follows up with issue resolution and material shortage resolution.
• Collaborates with your team and mentors team leaders.
• Manages execution of review process for production level employees and team leaders.
• Handles employee time-off requests, attendance recording, payroll approval for the shift and selected critical support groups.
• Identifies opportunities for improvement related to production downtime, inefficiencies, and other leading/lagging indicators.
• Works with lean teams to facilitate projects, drive to completion, and track status of A3 and kaizen reports.
• Collaborates lean team activities to Project Facilitator to drive to project completion.
• Responsible for Customer Audit Support as required.
• Responsible for opening and closing building as required under normal production.
• Develops and supports plans for weekend overtime, as needed.
• Support the interview process and assist in coordinating onboarding and training for new hires.
• Supports the Operator Advancement Program, including tracking progress and following up with team members on required documentation for promotions.
• Supports overtime efforts based on business needs and provides leadership coverage as needed.

Qualifications

• A High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Some college preferred.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to navigate complex emotions, demonstrate empathy, and effectively de-escalate challenging situations.
• Strong mechanical aptitude for production equipment and comfortable with using hand tools.
• Understanding of LEAN manufacturing principles.
• Strong mathematical aptitude.
• Ability to mentor and lead peers and reports.
• Attention to detail.
• Strong work ethic.
• Good organizational skills.
• Ability to manage change.
• Ability to manage priorities and meet deadlines.
• Good analytical skills.
• Knowledge of SPC.
• Knowledge of Current Good Manufacturing Practices (CGMP).