Operations Supervisor - 1st Shift

Brambles•Jacksonville, FL

10d•$62,000 - $90,000•Onsite

About The Position

CHEP is looking for a motivated Operations Supervisor on 1st shift to join their team in Jacksonville, FL. This role involves providing hands-on leadership, enhancing safety performance, managing maintenance activities, driving continuous improvement, and monitoring operational costs. The Operations Supervisor will assist the Plant Manager in managing total plant operations and delivering superior customer satisfaction by driving results and exceeding expectations in safety, service, quality, and cost.

Requirements

Bachelors in Operations/Supply Chain -or- relevant experience in a related field
Prior experience in a plant supervisory role in an engineering or manufacturing environment
Strong customer focus orientation
Strong people management capability including non-exempt production workforce
Demonstrated success in delivering strong employee relations
Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally
Experience managing safety performance and programs
Understanding of supply chain practices and metrics

Nice To Haves

Six Sigma/Lean certification desirable
Familiarity with private fleet management/transportation is helpful

Responsibilities

Provide hands-on leadership by mentoring, coaching, and guiding employees, addressing employee relations issues, and fostering a positive and productive work environment.
Lead and enhance safety performance on shift, promoting a proactive safety culture through training, accident prevention, and rehabilitation programs, ensuring compliance with safety standards.
Manage shift maintenance activities, resolving equipment breakdowns in coordination with the maintenance team to maintain uninterrupted plant operations.
Drive continuous improvement initiatives on shift, implementing best practices to enhance efficiency, quality, and cost-effectiveness across end to end operations.
Monitor and manage the plant's operational costs and yield, working closely with the Plant Manager to optimize performance and contribute to the overall plant objectives.
Address performance and attendance matters in collaboration with HR, ensuring that all plant staff meet operational expectations.
Ensure full compliance with CHEP procedures and work instructions, ensuring tasks are completed accurately and in line with company standards and operational goals.
Supervise the work of all production employees – oversees production and shipping schedules based on availability of raw and finished goods.
Support plant administration to ensure compliance to established policies.
Responsible, in consultation with Plant Manager, for the cost and yield performance of the Plant in partnership with the overall P&L of the Plant.
Support cost control initiatives and process control within the Plant.
Review operations activities, including local transportation activities, to maintain compliance with all Federal, State and local laws (OSHA, DOL, DOJ, EPA, FD).
Drive Safety improvements (Zero Harm) across the Plant.
Ensure the consistent execution of all SOPs throughout the Plant in accordance with the PMS Commercial Organization, Global Supply Chain.
Deliver best operational practices and cost efficiencies across the Plant while maintaining critical quality and raw material utilization standards that are necessary to maintain customer satisfaction and Plant profitability.
Ensure compliance through teamwork for all Standard Operating Procedures within the Plant.
Identify Lean opportunities to effectively eliminate waste.
In partnership with Plant Manager, provide leadership to Plant staff to effectively recruit, train, develop, evaluate, motivate, delegate and monitor their activities.
Drive efficiencies in asset utilization through proper transportation scheduling, dispatch, & driver management while meeting customer expectations.