Production Supervisor General

3 weeks ago


Chicago, United States Optimal Inc. Full time
Job DescriptionJob Description

Position Description:

  • Supervise, evaluate, and empower an hourly team that produces manufactured products, and organize workflow to meet quality and daily productivity requirements.
  • Ensure safety, quality, and productivity objectives are met through coaching standardized work, verifying lines are running safely, smoothly, and producing quality parts.
  • Drive to exceed personal, team, Company goals by holding self & team to high performance standards through servant leadership.
  • Build strong interpersonal relationships with hourly team members, union, and management teams.

Skills Required:

  • Ability to maintain a high level of professionalism in difficult and stressful situations.
  • Two-way communicator who actively listens to hourly team members, leaders, business partners and customers.
  • Highly committed to continuous improvement, while applying innovative solutions with a customer first mindset.
  • Create a culture of safety and apply and implement workplace policies.
  • Administer the CBA (collective bargaining agreement) consistently and effectively.
  • Values different opinions & is open to ideas & perspectives from others.

Experience Required:

  • 1+ years of supervisory and / or manufacturing experience.
  • Working knowledge in Microsoft: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
  • Ability to work rotating shifts and hours, including nights and weekends.

Experience Preferred:

  • Safety and quality experience
  • Six Sigma: Black or Green Belt certified
  • Knowledge of constraint management principles
  • Prior experience managing a unionized workforce
  • Education Required:
  • High School Diploma or Bachelor's Degree

Additional Information:

  • Process Coaches must be able to work all 3 crew patterns in the plant, which rotate every 3 months, as well as overtime as required.
  • There are occasional extra production shifts on the weekend and Process Coaches are assigned to support those, as needed.
    • The 3-crew patterns are as follows which account for arriving hour prior to the shift starting
  • A-Crew: Monday-Thursday 5/5:30am-4:30pm
  • B-Crew: Tuesday-Friday 5/5:30pm-4:30am
  • C-Crew: Friday/Saturday 5/5:30am-4:30pm AND Sunday/Monday 5/5:30pm-4:30am
    • It is important Process Coaches arrive before the production shifts begin on the crew assigned and remain afterwards to ensure employees are paid properly.
    • There are times when the lines will run beyond the end of the shift.



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