Production Supervisor

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Facilitates the manufacture of building products to meet production demands, while ensuring quality, safety, and productivity
• In conjunction with appropriate plant leadership, develops and implements staffing guidelines to maximize utilization of human resources while controlling manpower costs.

Hires, supervises, evaluates, and replaces staff as required to ensure performance objectives are met / exceeded.

Maintain a high degree of leadership and supervisory skills including : Developing and training teammates so they are prepared to assume positions of increasing responsibilities;

evaluate teammates periodically and provide feedback, hold shift meetings for Safety and Production items as instructed by the manager

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to include 5S and conversion cost reduction, COPQ reduction.
• Provides technical leadership and training to shift personnel in areas that may include line setup / operation, testing, tooling, troubleshooting, machine metrics definition / reporting, changeover, safety procedures, record keeping, and training facilitation.
• Identifies potential career paths for associates and works with associates to develop their skills and knowledge to progress within the company.

Provides documentation and follow up to training and job responsibilities.

• Interviews qualified candidates for manufacturing positions and recommends candidates for hire.
• Assigns personnel to production areas and oversees line or area rotations and break schedules during assigned shift(s) by maintaining a high degree of communication skills to accomplish seamless shift changes and troubleshooting progress.
• Completes or oversees completion of paperwork relative to line operation, audits, and corrective action.
• Interrupt the normal flow of work to respond to any short notice production or shipping needs.
• Knowledge and understanding of all safety policies, and regulations and ability to address all unsafe acts and conditions.
• Administers policies in a fair and consistent manner.
• Provides coaching and counselling to associates and corrective action when needed, always following the company guidelines.
• Ability to promote overall goals of company in safety, quality, delivery and cost.
• Identifies and assists with implementations for continuous process improvement. Uses data to improve & refine production process.
• Controls materials to eliminate waste and support quality.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Minimum of three years of progressively responsible supervisory and leadership experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience dealing with manufacturing is preferred.
• Highly developed oral and written communication skills, combined with the ability to educate and train operators and technicians in a production environment.
• Demonstrated ability to supervise, motivate, mentor and train associates on a regular basis.
• Ability to work well under pressure.
• A highly skilled and motivated individual proficient in all areas of production operations with strong problem-solving skills.
• Proficient in Lean and 5S principles.
• Knowledge of work orders, schedules and priorities and ability to carry out tasks.
• Excellent attendance record.
30+ days ago