Injection Molding Production Supervisor

MSA, The Safety Company•Murrysville, PA

22h•Onsite

About The Position

MSA Safety is seeking a passionate, motivated, and driven Production Supervisor for their Injection Molding Department at their Murrysville, PA manufacturing plant. MSA is a purpose-driven company focused on safety, innovation, and technology to protect people and assets globally. This role is crucial in solving customer problems to ensure they return home safe every day.

Requirements

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to keep the organization’s vision and values at the forefront of decision making and action.
Proven ability to organize and prioritize a large number of tasks, solve technical problems, lead projects and drive change.
Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
Demonstrated leadership abilities to promote teamwork, delegation, individual responsibility, and positive employee morale.
Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build and foster good working relationships with co-workers at all levels within the organization.
Self-motivated individual with demonstrated abilities to work independently.
Up to 10% domestic travel is required.

Nice To Haves

Familiar with Lean, Six Sigma principles, Continuous Improvement, and/or EHS initiatives.
One year of experience in manufacturing.
Professional work-related experience in Molding or lean manufacturing.
Industrial Engineering degree.
Prior MSA Experience.

Responsibilities

Maintain staffing of both full-time and temporaries to meet customer demand.
Assign associates to work cell and adjust staffing daily to match workload.
Meet with Buyer/Planners daily to discuss issues such as material shortages, customer demand, capacity, etc., and adjust appropriately.
Work with all plant support groups i.e. Safety, Industrial, Manufacturing, & Quality Engineering groups as required.
Be a promoter of Safety 24/7, Customer Satisfaction & a willingness to promote and sustain continuous improvement.
Maintain Visual Control Boards per MSA Operating System standards.
Oversee equipment problems in department and make sure repairs are completed in a timely manner.
Addressing Associate’s personal and work-related issues.
Interview associates to fill open positions.
Enforcing MSA policies and procedures ensuring accountability for compliance.
Create and maintain associate’s training records.
Daily interaction with Associates on multiple shifts according to MSA Operating System standards.
Attend Safety, Staff, department, stand-up and material management meetings.
Post-daily information on KPI and or department bulletin board.
Approve time for permanent and temporary associates and maintain attendance, vacation, etc. data in Replicon system.
Maintain the department roster, cross-training matrix and evacuation plan.
Write up safety documentation including JSA/SOP records, near hit and incident reports.
Verify and review ECO documentation.
Approve requisitions and tooling requirements.
Review, sign-off, and reconcile VISA transactions.
Respond to audit, CQN, and notification findings with solid root cause and occurrence prevention solutions.
Review performance of department and adjust and improve performance.
Help Production Manager with 6-week departmental projections.
Review productivity, linearity or schedule achievement as compared to departmental goals.
Monitor and investigate job-closeout variances.