Job Description

Manufacturing Supervisor Summary: Responsible for meeting production demand for their area(s) by addressing inconsistencies, balancing manpower and reporting equipment issues to minimize down time. Provides hands-on support, leadership and direction to their direct reports. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies, CBA, and applicable State and Federal regulations.

Responsibilities:

• Is a role model for good safety habits. Promotes action oriented safety culture by embracing safety as a core value while instilling and exemplifying a safety mindset for employees resulting in an incident-free workplace.
• Promotes culture committed to consistent quality through training and monitoring adherence to required work methods and processes and takes corrective action when needed.
• Works closely with fellow Supervisors to manage product and execute the production schedule given product mix, labor allocation, and downstream customer needs. Meets production schedule in accordance with established standards and scheduling commitments from planning meetings and directives.
• Reviews safety, quality and productivity performance and develops proactive plans and/or problem solves to continuously improve performance. Espouses the vision of, relentlessly improving safety for our people, quality for our customers, and productivity for our stakeholders.
• Attends daily production meetings and helps set and coordinate production schedule demands with employees. Reports labor capability and manufacturing concerns to Manager.
• Ensures that production personnel are effectively trained for the work they are assigned.
• Engages employees to foster a culture of teamwork and collaboration.
• Self-motivated with the ability to make data-driven decisions in order to take ownership of departmental performance and drive daily operations.
• Interfaces with others in the organization to ensure customer deadlines are met.
• First line of responsibility for production employees and first line of contact for personnel issues.
• Performs variety of administrative duties including working at computer, answering phone or radio.
• Walks and observes production area for the majority of the work shift.
• Drives real-time problem solving and engages support resources to attain departmental metrics and manage operations.
• Available and on site 30 minutes prior to and after shift to ensure a timely shift transition.

Physical Demands:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands and fingers to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and /or move up to 10-20 pounds, at times, lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

• 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.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; outside weather conditions; cold; heat; electrical and vibration risks. The employee is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

This Job Is Ideal for Someone Who Is:

• Dependable (more reliable than spontaneous),
• Adaptable/flexible (enjoys doing work that requires frequent shifts in direction),
• Achievement-oriented (enjoys taking on challenges, even if they might fail)

Other Questions and Concerns:

1. Benefit Conditions: Only full-time employees eligible
2. Pay Frequency: Twice monthly
3. Typical start time: 11PM
4. Typical end time: 7am
5. Work Remotely: No

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