Production Supervisor - 12 Hours Days

Verdesian Asia•Cape Girardeau, MO

About The Position

The Production Supervisor provides floor leadership and operational support for production at Verdesian’s Cape Girardeau site. The role requires knowledge of production lines, formulations, equipment, and processes across materials handling, mixing, packaging, dry production, compacting, quality control, receiving, and distribution. The supervisor supports safe, quality-focused production, maintains orderly inventory and work areas, and helps ensure that employees follow established procedures and production requirements. The position oversees day-to-day employee and production activities, including training, time and attendance management, shift paperwork, inventory coordination, and production reporting. It also supports new product startups as assigned, performs facilities maintenance duties as assigned, and carries out other duties requested by the immediate supervisor.

Requirements

At least 2 years of work experience in a supervisory position.
High school diploma.
Proficiency in Verdesian products software and programs related to the job.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Proficiency with Microsoft Word and Excel.
Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize work.
Proficiency using standard laboratory equipment.
Ability to handle stressful situations.
Ability to maintain production quality and observe Safe Food/Safe Feed criteria.
Ability to complete required production forms and records.
Ability to perform basic maintenance and assist maintenance as needed.
Ability to use hands and arms for handling, reaching, and related tasks; stand and walk; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
Ability to regularly lift or move up to 55 pounds.
Vision abilities including close, distance, and color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and adjustment of focus.
Ability to ascend and descend multiple levels of stairs, use ladders, and walk on open grating structures at heights up to 50 feet.
Ability to pass a respirator fit test and perform the outlined physical requirements while wearing a respirator.

Responsibilities

Learn production lines and formulations to support production operations at the Cape Girardeau site.
Provide floor leadership to production employees involved in receiving, warehousing, distributing, and producing products.
Comply with safety procedures and applicable laws governing waste disposal.
Conduct daily toolbox talks and maintain safety standards.
Maintain knowledge of regulations governing the storage and management of hazardous materials, including solvents, flammables, and chemicals.
Maintain accurate safety records, including records concerning lock-out/tag-out and confined-space entry.
Oversee the plant safety program on the floor, including employee adherence to training, injury reporting, and maintaining a safe and accessible environment.
Ensure shift personnel follow safety procedures and closely monitor new employees during probationary periods to support a positive safety culture.
Conduct and record laboratory analyses of manufactured products for quality assurance and quality control.
Train as a functional backup for production operators and develop practical knowledge to address operating problems and setbacks.
Examine production machinery to verify conformance to quality standards.
Develop proficiency in operating production equipment and processes, including materials, mixing, packaging, dry production, compacting, quality control, receiving, and distribution.
Maintain orderly storage of raw materials, work in process, and finished goods.
Maintain plant housekeeping to a high standard.
Read work orders, production schedules, and other records to determine production requirements and evaluate estimates and output.
Observe equipment operations and test machinery, equipment, components, and parts for defects and proper functioning.
Demonstrate equipment operation and work and safety procedures to new employees, or assign them to experienced workers for training.
Maintain and approve employee time and manage attendance issues in accordance with company policy.
Issue employee discipline when appropriate, in concurrence with plant management and human resources and in accordance with company policy.
Review shift paperwork to ensure operators record relevant information about production, raw material use and consumption, cleanouts, and finished goods, and highlight issues affecting production.
Work with production leads to ensure material inventory supplies meet demand.
Support assigned new-product startups as directed by the Production Manager.
Complete assigned facilities maintenance duties and other duties assigned by the immediate supervisor.
Use company products software and programs related to the role, complete required production forms and records, maintain production quality, observe Safe Food/Safe Feed criteria, and perform or assist with basic maintenance as needed.