2nd Shift Packing Supervisor

Cardinal Glass Industries•Jessup, PA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

This role is responsible for ensuring a safe working environment, coaching junior leaders, providing guidance for daily operations, and handling personnel issues. The position also involves evaluating production processes, communicating specifications, monitoring schedules, and coordinating with team members to ensure orders are completed on time. The supervisor will also be involved in problem-solving to improve first-time yields, conducting daily huddles, and operating specific machinery like the autoclave. A comprehensive understanding of all departmental sections is required, including Autoclave, Bagging, Inspection, LPC, Buffing, Box Building, and Closing. The role requires 90% of scheduled shift time to be spent on the production floor and 10% on administrative duties, with flexibility based on daily operations. The supervisor is expected to take on challenging assignments and train others.

Requirements

Requires regular, in-person attendance at the facility.
Able to work as part of a team including but not limited to members of management, employees throughout Cardinal and vendor partnerships.
Able to exercise good judgement in decision making, ideas, and all aspects relating to the NELG team, Cardinal Glass Industries, and other company relationships.
Able to maintain a professional appearance and conduct, exhibiting a respectful and courteous demeanor at all times.
Previous supervisory management experience.
Strong communication and public speaking skills.
Proficient in Microsoft Office programs.
Comfortable performing multifaceted projects in conjunction with day-to-day activities.
Ability to establish credibility and be decisive, but still able to recognize and support the organization’s mission.
Self-directed/self-managed.
Ability to maintain confidentiality.
Strong communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Must know all aspects of each section within the department. This includes; Autoclave, Bagging, Inspection, LPC, Buffing, Box Building, Closing

Responsibilities

Ensure safe working environment for all team members in the department.
Coach and mentor junior leaders (leads and potential leaders) to develop their team leadership skills.
Provide guidance for day-to-day operations to team members as well as delegating specific tasks.
Directly handle personnel issues as they arise; coordinate with the shift supervisor and department manager.
Give positive recognition and corrective actions to team members when needed.
Provide and support HR and Safety with beneficial information, paperwork, etc.
Evaluate production processes to determine where improvements can be made.
Communicate new product and customer specifications to Team Members.
Monitor the Truck Schedule to ensure team members in the department stay on task to send all customer orders on time and complete.
Work with the team members to ensure they have the tools/resources needed to complete their orders each day.
Coordinate with production Team Members, Shift Supervisor, and QC to solve problems that cause rejects and work to raise the first-time yields (FTY) of materials produced.
Conduct daily shift start huddles to discuss safety, quality, efficiency and production.
Maneuver glass racks into and out of the autoclave using the tugger. Also operates the autoclave and tags the staging racks accordingly.
Coordinates daily schedule of production tasks to move laminated glass and from the autoclave to inspection and packing in preparation of shipping finished product.
Perform autoclave start-up, monitoring and shut-down activities.
Provide updates and/or reports of productivity to department supervisor as needed.
Accept more challenging assignments as experience and knowledge allows.
Train others to help them gain knowledge in your strength areas as needed.