Finishing End Supervisor

Leggett & PlattSterling, IL
Onsite

About The Position

Contribute to Sterling Steel safely producing high quality products at the lowest cost by effectively supervising employees and process in Rod Mill Finishing End. Leggett & Platt’s overall mission is a commitment to enhance lives – by delivering quality products, offering empowering and rewarding careers, and doing our part in bringing about a better future. Leggett & Platt’s inventive heritage and leadership in the residential products industry span more than 130 years. As The Components People, we are the leading supplier of a wide range of products and components for all areas of life, including mattress springs and carpet cushion, as well as bedding machinery and erosion-control products. Leggett & Platt’s inventive heritage and leadership span more than 130 years. Leggett & Platt has divisions that design, manufacture, and sell a variety of products for all areas of life. Our reliable product development and launch capability, coupled with our global footprint, make us a trusted partner for customers in the automotive, furniture, hydraulic cylinders, flooring, textile and geo components industries. The world leader in bedding technology. Leggett & Platt has been the driving force in bedding components technology since inventing the bedspring in 1885. Now, we own more mattress industry patents than anyone in the world. Springs, foam, adjustable beds, machinery – our Bedding businesses design, produce, and supply innovative sleep solutions that help you rest comfortably.

Requirements

  • General knowledge of entire SSC Rod Mill process
  • Extensive understanding of Sterling Steel’s Rod Mill Finishing End & Shipping processes
  • Familiarity with LPCS
  • Basic Outlook skills
  • Effective written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to learn and retain new information

Nice To Haves

  • Previous leadership experience helpful

Responsibilities

  • Provide daily supervision of employees in Finishing End
  • Enforce rotation of employees in Finishing Attendant positions
  • Participate in creation of training for Finishing End employees
  • Educate employees on what we do as well as how and why we do it
  • Provide ongoing training & coaching of current and new finishing end employees
  • Document employee performance issues
  • Administer employee discipline
  • Participate in Union employee grievance procedures
  • Monitor processes that affect timeliness of operation and quality of product
  • Oversee coil staging
  • Determine which cars are to be loaded first
  • Assure coils are properly identified
  • Verify correct number of coils are loaded into cars
  • Verify proper parameters are set at heath/batch changes
  • Assist maintenance with troubleshooting and repairs
  • Make decisions such as what to do about quality issues, whether to scrap or not, etc.
  • Schedule rework and verify it is addressed in the shift it was made
  • Take samples to lab or assign appropriate employees to do so
  • Complete required reports
  • Report operational issues to General Manager & Roller in a timely manner
  • Provide effective communication between Mill and Finishing End
  • Share information with other Finishing End Supervisor at beginning/end of each shift
  • Create and send reports
  • Fill in for Shift Supervisor and Shipping Supervisor as needed
  • Assist Rod Mill General Supervisor & General Manager as directed
  • Perform fire watch duties when scheduled
  • Audit and update SJPs
  • Verify that all SJPs and Safety processes are followed
  • Enforce SSC Work Rules and Policies consistently
  • Champion and participate in ECO, QMS & Continuous Improvement initiatives
  • Participate in training from HR, Rod Manager, Lab, Roller, and other supervisors
  • Take initiative to learn more about Rod Mill & Shipping processes
  • Comply with and enforce all SSC Safety rules
  • All other duties as assigned
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