Production Supervisor

Owens Corning • Fort Smith, AR

5d • Onsite

About The Position

The Shift Leader embodies the 100% Leader concept by balancing Challenge with Connection, enabling engaged team members to exceed safety, quality, productivity, and financial expectations. This relationship is characterized by mutual trust, open communication, teamwork, and positive recognition. The Shift Leader is a key leader in Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), with special emphasis on Autonomous Maintenance (AM) activities. This position is responsible for the safety of the shift personnel first and is responsible for their training and development. The Shift Leader coordinates all production work, and is accountable for ensuring operational procedures, producing product to specifications, and meeting quality and performance metrics. The Shift Leader is the key change agent on the plant floor, identifying and removing barriers to Continuous Improvement (CI). This position directly supervises all production team members assigned either permanently or temporarily to the shift team and has responsibility for all plant team members outside of normal working hours (night shift, weekends, and holidays).

Requirements

• Bachelor’s OR applicable experience
• Three or more years of leadership experience in manufacturing, industrial, or related field
• Ability to safeguard self with proper PPE for the specific task
• Exposure to hot/cold temperature- periodically
• Exposure to noise- periodically
• Hand/Eye Coordination– continuously
• Walk, Sit, Stand for duration of shift with regular breaks
• Lift/carry/move up to 25 lbs. independently and heavier weights with assistance.
• Climb stairs, steps, and ladders
• Ability to work extended hours as necessary
• Able to Operate Computers & Computerized equipment for quality, safety and compliance testing and training.
• Communicate with co-workers face to face, by telephone, and electronic communications.
• Possess manual dexterity necessary to operate equipment, operate a computer and other standard office equipment.
• Vision adequate to manipulate equipment controls, complete paperwork, utilize computers, and have depth perception.

Nice To Haves

• A proven track record of driving results through employee engagement and problem-solving skill
• Demonstrated success of team-building and individual development
• Demonstrated ability to lead for results
• Six Sigma Green Belt and/or experience in continuous improvement preferred
• Experience using computer programs and Microsoft Office products

Responsibilities

• Drives expectations and seeks best practices to drive world-class safety performance
• Facilitates all required safety training
• Insures safe, clean, and environmentally compliant work areas, building a culture where EHS excellence is the top priority
• Identifies and immediately corrects risks and hazards in the workplace
• Effectively engages all teams to collaboratively own the success of the business, contributing to the continuous improvement in the areas of safety, quality, cost, productivity, and employee engagement
• Actively leads and builds effective work teams to increase plant performance, driving continuous improvement through TPM
• Partners with relevant stakeholders to ensure team members are well-trained
• Monitors and enforces all plant and corporate policies and procedures
• Manages all aspects of the shift, including staffing, to meet operational targets
• Anticipates, identifies, and corrects issues autonomously, escalating when additional resources are needed
• Develops and executes action to identify and eliminate top losses, using “loss tree” methodology
• Effectively utilizes manufacturing systems to identify, execute, and track improvement opportunities
• Recognizes TPM as the manufacturing solution and builds TPM culture through: TPM training and problem-solving tools, Leading, mentoring, and developing talent on TPM teams, Promoting skill enhancement of team members, Leading FI events, 5S events, and other CI activities throughout plant
• Collaborates with relevant stakeholders and takes proper actions to achieve desired output [(Job Efficiency (JE) and Operational Efficiency (OE)], optimizing the mat-making process through CI
• Performs AMC functions while leading a shift and participates on the AM pillar steering team
• Drives CI and Focused Improvement (FI) within AM teams, coaching, guiding, and assisting when needed
• Facilitates AM events and activities across the plant

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level