Production Supervisor

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Duties performed by employees in this position will include, but not be limited to the following:

• Promotes safety by leading by example, participating in safety engagement, and encouraging the team to work safe each day and to follow all safety guidelines and procedures.
• Cultivate a culture focused on continuous improvement in safety performance
• Lead the team by personal example with a positive attitude, setting the standards for the team
• Contributes to good employee relations by assisting in selecting, training, and developing competent employees and maintaining the morale of the employees in the assigned department. Monitor employee completion of required documentation and document training/performance/attendance issues and needs and provide to the Department Manager.
• Eliminate waste and downtime
• Maintain 5S & Housekeeping throughout the production floor
• Responsible for thoroughly understanding product quality expectations and contributors to product quality and making suggestions for improvement in processes.
• Support lean manufacturing activities
• Resolve process and equipment problems on shift
• Responsible for overall employee relations on shift and conducting discipline meetings, interviews, performance appraisals and making recommendations regarding employee compensation
• Oversee training for the shift, based on the training plan
• Suggest and/or implement improvements for safety and to eliminate waste in the operation
• Managing personnel while keeping within Union Contract provisions, attendance policy, work rules, safety policies, ISO systems and customer requirements. Complete required Human Resources paperwork (Time Off Forms, Time and Attendance approvals) in a timely manner
• All other tasks as assigned by manager

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

• High school diploma or GED required, Bachelor's degree preferred
• 3-5 years' related experience as a supervisor in a labor union manufacturing environment or equivalent work experience
• Leadership, problem solving, team building
• Strong interpersonal skills; ability to communicate orally and in writing; ability to instruct employees one on one and in a group setting
• Understanding of labor contract management
• Computer literate; MS Office required
• Extensive knowledge of safe work practices, standard operating procedures, and conditions
• Knowledge of plastics manufacturing/production, silicone coating, slitting, and printing preferred
• Must be able to stand/walk for up to 12 hours per shift

Must pass all three pre-employment testings. (Lifting test, drug test, and background check.)