Extrusion Supervisor (Nights)

Bonnell Aluminum•South Carthage, TN

About The Position

The Extrusion Night Shift Supervisor is responsible for the overall leadership, safety, quality, productivity, staffing, and operational performance of the assigned shift. The position directly supervises extrusion employees, ensures compliance with company policies and procedures, drives production results, maintains quality standards, and promotes a safe and efficient work environment. The Night Shift Supervisor is the primary leader for the shift and is accountable for employee performance, attendance management, coaching, corrective action, staffing decisions, operational execution, and communication with management about production performance and concerns.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Prior manufacturing leadership or supervisory experience.
Strong leadership, communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced production environment.
Working knowledge of safety, quality, production, and employee-accountability practices.
Basic computer skills, including production reporting and timekeeping systems.

Nice To Haves

Experience in aluminum extrusion or a related metals-manufacturing environment.
Experience with Kronos, FMX, or similar systems.
Experience leading continuous-improvement activities.
Knowledge of extrusion presses, dies, alloys, and related production processes.

Responsibilities

Provide direct supervision and leadership for assigned shift employees, set expectations, and hold employees accountable for safety, quality, attendance, productivity, and workplace behavior.
Conduct coaching, performance discussions, corrective and disciplinary actions, and conflict resolution; support employee development through training, mentoring, retraining, and feedback.
Monitor attendance, timekeeping, and attendance points in Kronos; make or approve work assignments, staffing allocations, shift coverage, overtime, and employee movement according to operational needs.
Partner with Human Resources on employee relations, investigations, performance concerns, and policy administration; escalate significant personnel or operational issues to management.
Conduct and document daily safety toolbox talks; ensure employees follow safety procedures and wear required personal protective equipment; maintain safe, clean, orderly work areas; identify and address hazards; complete monthly safety testing and documentation.
Lead and coordinate production activities to meet customer and business requirements, line up shift production, and ensure due-date dies are staged at presses in accordance with compliance requirements.
Monitor production rates, pounds per hour, equipment performance, and hourly results; update hour-by-hour boards; investigate and document production losses, downtime, rate misses, and inefficiencies.
Ensure presses are adequately staffed, tables are full and prepared for the incoming shift, and assigned raw-material inventory is controlled and monitored.
Collaborate with Maintenance, technical staff, Quality, Operations, and other support groups to resolve production issues; report nonconformities, production barriers, and other hindrances to the Extrusion Manager.
Ensure quality processes, procedures, standard work, and work instructions are followed; check or print job instructions in Order Shop Floor and promote customer satisfaction, excellent quality, and continual improvement.
Periodically verify employees can identify at least one quality objective; report quality nonconformities and process concerns to the Extrusion Manager.
Ensure a cleanout block is run every 50th billet and at each alloy change, leave the butt on the die daily for the Die Shop's alignment check, and confirm the die oven checklist is completed daily.
Ensure production, quality, safety, training, and personnel paperwork is complete, accurate, and timely, including onboarding, standard-work signoffs, new-hire records, wage increases, employee ratings, monthly safety tests, and EASE audits.
Enter FMX requests for downtime and equipment issues and follow up through resolution; review Kronos daily for correct clock-ins and clock-outs and attendance points; ensure checklists, employee records, and corrective-action documentation are complete.
Administer company policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements consistently.
Review production performance, downtime, scrap, quality issues, safety concerns, and shift communications; identify opportunities to improve processes, rates, quality, and waste reduction; participate in problem-solving and corrective-action activities.
Communicate expectations clearly, follow up, coordinate with HR, Safety, Quality, Maintenance, Operations, the Die Shop, and other support groups, and provide a thorough shift handoff while escalating serious issues as needed.