Production Supervisor | 3rd Shift | Rancho Dominiguez, CA

Production Supervisor - Rancho Dominguez, CA

We are Techmer PM — the world’s foremost materials design firm, creating custom polymers that make up essential products. Through our long-standing partnerships with processors, original equipment manufacturers, and product designers, we’ve worked for decades to tackle manufacturing and business challenges through sustainable, future-minded solutions.

We are currently seeking a Production Supervisor in our Rancho Dominguez, California facility. This position will be on 3rd shift, Monday-Friday from 9:00 p.m. - 5:30 a.m. Training will be conducted on either 1st shift or 2nd shift, Monday-Thursday.

Benefits include:

• Eligible for medical benefits on your first day!
• High deductible health plan offering that includes up to $1,000 towards your Health Savings Account (HSA) per year
• Free Teledoc membership included when you enroll in medical benefits
• Employee Assistance Program which includes 5 free counseling sessions per year and access to free legal guidance
• 401(k) with 6% company match. You are 100% vested from Day 1 of contribution
• Free investment consultative services for your 401(k) plan
• Company paid disability and life insurance
• 10 vacation days per year (pro-rated your first year)
• 10 company-paid holidays
• 2 weeks of parental leave
• Tuition reimbursement with up to a $20,000 lifetime maximum
• Annual salary reviews and bonus opportunities
• Hourly employees are paid weekly

Responsibilities:

Safety Management

• Complies with and enforces all company safety procedures and administers disciplinary actions when required.
• Provides safety training and orientation to new employees.
• Identifies and cultivates opportunities to improve working area conditions and works with maintenance and engineering on the implementation of new ideas.
• Reports, investigates, and documents all safety-related incidents and leads the team in the investigation of root causes and development of corrective actions.
• Ensures the team completes all safety and process training timely.

Planning and Scheduling

• Utilizes all resources to complete customer orders on time, driving on time deliveries (OTD) to 95%.
• Coordinates with scheduling and optimizes manpower efficiency through color sequencing, change over (C/O) reduction time and operator’s compliance to manufacturing procedures.
• Coordinates with scheduling and maintenance to have corrective and preventive maintenance done on all the equipment on time.
• Looks for opportunities for continuous improvement throughout the plant.
• Drives, implements, and sustains 6S across the manufacturing area.
• Audits the production staff to ensure the process is within engineering parameters and works with the team to update SOP’s when needed.
• Actively engaged in working with staff, leads and process engineering to troubleshoot any non-conformance or quality issues by utilizing Lean and 6 Sigma tools to develop root cause and corrective actions.
• Participates in Kaizen events to optimize processes, reduce and eliminate non-conformance and rework and reduce manufacturing costs.
• Ensures production is always in compliance with ISO 9001 procedures and participates in audits as needed.
• Utilizes cross-training and other methods to continually develop team skill sets in batching and extruding processes.
• Makes sure ERP transactions are error-free and on time.
• Works with Production Manager to achieve annual manufacturing metrics.
• Performs quarterly employee reviews to grade and develop workforce.
• Administers the Absentee Control Program for staff.
• Administers disciplinary actions when an employee violates any safety or process-related procedure.

Qualifications and Skills

• Minimum 2-3 years of prior manufacturing supervisory experience.
• Experience in using and following a Quality Management System in Manufacturing (QMS).
• Computer literate in MS Office and experience with Microsoft D365 ERP system preferred.
• Experience in applying Lean Manufacturing and 6 Sigma tools to resolve processing problems and optimize efficiencies.
• Expertise in deployment and driving of manufacturing metrics (KPI).
• Experience in compounding of polymers or related field.
• High degree of organizational skills to effectively handle all assigned responsibilities.
• Team builder.
• Experience in implementing Good Manufacturing Practices across the production area.
• Bilingual Spanish (preferred) with excellent written and spoken communication skills.

Salary range $80,000-$95,000 depending upon experience.