Supervisor

Objective

Must be the leadership of their assigned department to ensure safety, production, quality, attendance, housekeeping, training and succession goals are met. Drive continuous improvement utilizing lean manufacturing concepts and tools. Provide mentorship to include coaching, progressive discipline, skill cross-training and development for succession options.   

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Train, cross-train and evaluate direct reports on safety (including JSO), production (including job description and SOP), quality (including SOP), M3 (as appropriate for assigned roles)

Plan and manage production to dispatch - working at least one week ahead of schedule

Working knowledge of all processes and equipment to include troubleshooting issues – equipment, process, safety, quality

Report all process and equipment problems to appropriate manager 

Work with Maintenance Supervisor related to PM, repair and improvement of equipment and/or processes

Define, document and train employees on all departmental processes, procedures and needed tasks to ensure safety, production, quality and housekeeping standards/goals are consistently met

Treat all co-workers with respect, keep commitments, work with integrity

Ensure all established policies, rules, regulations and procedures are followed

Responsible for safety and housekeeping of area of responsibility

Completes all required paperwork and reports accurately and on time

Manage employee time and attendance (including current HRIS – maintain up to date, accurate time and attendance records)

Must be able to work scheduled shift as well as overtime and weekends as required

Must perform various administrative and clerical duties as required

Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

2 years experience in manufacturing leadership role

Strong interpersonal communication, active listening, coaching, counseling, training and general leadership skills

Able to understand written and verbal directives and complex manufacturing processes

Read and interpret blueprints

Computer literacy to include MS Outlook, Word, Excel, experience with MRP

Experience in a union environment strongly preferred

Ability to carry out multi step, complex directions

Ability to deductively and inductively problem solve with multiple variables

Ability to utilize general mathematical and algebraic problems

Ability to retain focus while managing multiple projects, tasks and problems

Ability to deal with non-standard production situations with multiple variables

Education and/or experience

Bachelors or HS/GED preferred and commensurate experience

2 years of supervision

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential job functions of this role.  While performing the duties of this role, the employee is regularly required to stand, use hands or fingers, handle or feel, talk and hear.  The employee is required to be able to reach with hands and arms, sit, stand, walk, balance, stoop, kneel or crouch.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision (some supervisory roles), peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. Must be able to lift up to 25 pounds infrequently.

Work Environment

The environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this role.  This is not a climate-controlled facility therefore summer heat and winter cold are conditions that should be expected.  Paint line supervisor may expect paint overspray to be present.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable an individual with disabilities to function in this role.