Description
Responsibilities
- Supervise daily activities of production employees
- Accomplishes manufacturing staff results by communicating job expectations
- Support, coach and develop employees by providing ongoing feedback and direction; conducts performance reviews and initiate disciplinary actions, when necessary
- Work with Lead Supervisor to coordinate operations, production activities for best practices and consistency across all shifts
- Plan and establish work schedules, breaks, assignments and production sequences to meet production goals
- Provide machine cover if necessary to maximize machine hours
- Ensure training is efficient and completed thoroughly for all employees and new hires
- Ensure a safe work environment for all employees and reliable safety methods are in place and followed
- Responsible for quality verifications, frequent checks of products and ensure that all Quality policies and procedures are followed
- Resolves all production and resulting quality problems, and
- raise N/C reports for on-conforming product including disposition
- Knowledgeable of the production process and all associated equipment
- Accountable for providing completed shift documentation on decisions, shift issues, actions and status updates for the shift
- Responsible for reviewing and authorizing proper time records and PTO requests for all employees on the shift, tracking attendance issues
- Understands, follows and enforces all established safety, health, quality GMP and Company policies, procedures and recognized practices
- Exercising authority and independent judgment on the shift in the interest of the Company
- Maintain a supportive and productive work atmosphere through professional conduct and effective communication with all teams in a fair and consistent manner
- Prepare and conduct team meetings as necessary for proper communication
- Responsible for Food Safety within scope of work, including adherence to site Hygiene Code of Practice and SQF / FDA regulatory requirements, and reporting of food safety concerns / improvement suggestions; Responsible for Food Safety on designated shift
- All other duties as assigned
Safety
Ensure Safety is being held to the highest standard
- Inspect Work Areas -When recognized, unsafe conditions & behaviors need to be corrected immediately and reported to the Safety Committee (if necessary)
- Accidents & Near Misses -Ensure all accidents/near misses have been reported, investigated, and documented in a timely manner.
- Enforce Safety Rules -Initiate appropriate measures with employees who fail to follow established safety procedures
Requirements
Qualifications
Required Experience
- 5 years in a Supervisor role within a manufacturing environment or similar having direct personnel responsibility of 20 or more employees.
- 5 years' experience coaching, developing, conflict resolution, providing disciplinary actions to direct personnel, as needed.
Other Qualifications
- High School diploma; College degree in industrial technology, business, management, or related field preferred.
- Proven ability to lead and/or supervise and develop teams.
- Intermediate computer skills including e-mail, word processing, and spreadsheets
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to multi-task and prioritize under pressure
- Ability to work in cross-functional teams
- Good organization and problem-solving skills
- Detail-oriented nature.
- Approximately 80% of the time performing job duties is spent in a typical manufacturing environment near moving mechanical parts.
- While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand. The employee is frequently required to walk.
Position Type and Expected Hours of Work: Full time hours. Typically, 45 hours per week. Depending on business needs, may be more or less.