Concrete Production Supervisor

American Concrete Products•Dallas, TX

9d•Onsite

About The Position

American Concrete Products is seeking a Production Supervisor to work with the Production Manager in scheduling crew and crew-leader activities for constructing and stripping precast forms. The supervisor directs and coaches crews, collaborates with plant foremen and Quality Control personnel to support production quality and workflow, and assists the Production Manager with interpreting and administering company policy. The role involves supporting production estimating and scheduling, coordinating daily production activity, developing employees, monitoring labor costs and rework, and maintaining plant safety. The supervisor also helps ensure that employees remain productively engaged or are assigned designated training, housekeeping, maintenance, or recordkeeping tasks when production work is unavailable.

Requirements

Precast experience is required.
Must be able to interpret blueprints with ease.
Must be able to read a measuring tape.

Nice To Haves

Carpentry experience is preferred.
Concrete finishing experience is preferred.
Heavy equipment experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

Provide estimators with general guidelines for precast production costs and input on the production difficulty or innovation opportunities associated with specific jobs.
Assist the Production Manager in establishing and managing production schedules and table utilization.
Attend daily production meetings to discuss schedules, concerns, improvement opportunities, and teamwork.
Meet regularly with crew leaders to communicate production sequences, discuss potential problems, and invite input on improving work processes and workflow.
Ensure production personnel complete fabrication of an entire product so Quality Control personnel can independently check the work.
Work with crew leaders to ensure crew members perform productive work throughout the workday or are assigned designated training, housekeeping, facility maintenance, or recordkeeping tasks.
Evaluate precasters’ skills, training needs, and potential for increased responsibility, and coach them on career development.
Model attendance, timeliness, loyalty, mutual respect, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
Conduct preliminary performance appraisals of crew leaders and crew members and review them with the Plant Manager before discussing them with employees.
Monitor actual production labor costs per panel against bid-established labor costs and engage production personnel in problem-solving when negative trends occur.
Work with the Production Manager and production personnel to track and reduce precast panel rework and fixes.
Maintain plant safety in accordance with the Safety Manual.
Work with the Production Manager to develop prioritized constructive tasks for production employees when scheduled work is delayed or postponed.