Production Supervisor - 3rd Shift

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

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.

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

Must be able to successfully complete and pass a background check, employment verification and drug screening

Positive and Verifiable Work History

• A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in manufacturing
• Experience leading/supervising in a manufacturing environment
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, procedure manuals, SOP and standard work
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of the organization.
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing processes
• Some familiarity using manufacturing software systems such as Infor M3
• Able to be perceptive and have a strong awareness of surroundings to identify potential risks and communicate these risks to employees.
• Able to follow established policies and procedures.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Able to demonstrate practical problem-solving skills.
• Able to work independently as well as in a team environment on assigned projects/tasks and report to supervision the status of each as needed.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• 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

MENTAL DEMANDS

• 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

ENVIRONMENTAL DEMANDS

• 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.
• Salary: $85,000 - $92,500