Production Supervisor

Qualified individuals must have the ability (with or without reasonable accommodation) to perform the following duties: 

• →Supervise a manufacturing crew of up to 20-50 employees

• →Lead and promote a zero-injury safety culture by ensuring all work is performed safely and in compliance with company policies, regulations, and procedures.
• →Actively identify, address, and escalate unsafe conditions or behaviors, stopping work when necessary to prevent injury or risk. Lead or support incident investigations.

• →Administers policies and work rules in conjunction with Human Resources department.

• →Ensure clear, timely, and consistent communication across production lines to support safe and reliable operations.

• →Foster a positive, collaborative and accountable work environment that boosts morale and productivity.

• →Coach Team Leads and employees through regular observation, feedback, and follow-up to reinforce expected behaviors, standards, and performance.
• →Identify skill gaps and training needs across lines; ensure appropriate training plans are executed.
• →Drive consistent expectations, procedures, and results across all production lines and shifts.

• →Verify process performance indicators at various production stages, equipment operation, assessing progress against schedules and any problems which may arise. 
• →Develops, recommends, and implements continuous improvement measures to improve production methods, equipment performance, and quality of product.

• →Conduct regular audits of safety practices, quality standards, standard work, and operating procedures across all production lines and shifts to verify consistent execution.

• →Partner closely with maintenance department to ensure optimal operation of equipment and machinery through scheduled maintenance planning.

• →Escalate risks to management with clear data and recommendations to drive safety, equipment up time, decrease quality loss and improve overall performance.
• →Lead root cause analysis for recurring production, quality, or downtime issues.
• →Validate that corrective actions from incidents, deviations, or continuous improvement activities are effectively implemented and maintained.

• →Maintain property, plant, and equipment to support and improve the safe production and performance of the operations.

• →Maintains electronic time and production records for department.
• →Perform other tasks as assigned.

The demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Push, pull, carry and lift 20 - 50lbs
• Walking, stretching, bending, stooping, twisting, reaching, grasping and repetitive movements
• Talk, hear, read, write and comprehend English
• Must be able to work in a non-temperature-controlled environment

The demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Think analytically
• Make decisions
• Develop options and implement solutions
• Work with a team
• Maintain regular and punctual attendance (consistent with ADA and/or FMLA)
• Attention to detail
• Communicate effectively
• Multitask in a fast-paced environment
• Work with a Sense of Urgency

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

• Must be able to work in an office setting and production floor.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually loud and required hearing protection.