Production Supervisor - Off Shift

Tenneco•Frankfort, IN

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Tenneco is seeking a Production Supervisor for their Frankfort, Indiana plant, responsible for supervising either the 2nd or 3rd shift. This role reports to the Value Stream Manager and directly supervises 40-50 employees. The Production Supervisor is tasked with ensuring a safe work environment, driving quality improvements, developing a qualified workforce, and reducing operating costs, inventories, and lead times through continuous improvement initiatives. The company emphasizes that employee safety is their top priority and aims for a quick and transparent hiring process.

Requirements

Ability to read and write English.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
Ability to write reports for business correspondence.
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers, clients, customers.
Familiarity with customer and company part #'s, blueprints and drawings.
Proficiency and solid working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel, and other data collection systems.
Must be detail and quality oriented.
Ability to work independently.
Excellent attendance is required.
Working scheduled overtime along with shift team members is required.

Responsibilities

Participates in training to produce a quality product/services, uses preventative measures to ensure customer requirements and company standards are met.
Complies with legal and other requirements to avoid injury and/or ill health to themselves and others.
Understands preventative measures and creates a safe and healthy environment by identifying potential emergency situations and reporting all incidents to supervisor/manager.
Adheres to the facility’s quality, environmental, health, and safety policies and procedures.
Plans, assigns, and directs work; appraises performance; rewards and disciplines employees; addresses complaints and resolves problems.
Works closely with the Supply Chain Department and previous shift supervisors in scheduling and monitoring the flow of quality production parts from start to finish.
Ensures production teams are performing work in conformance with Work Instructions.
Interprets specifications and job orders to employees and assigns duties.
Establishes or adjusts work procedures to meet production schedules.
Coordinates and completes an accurate and thorough production report for the entire shift.
Interprets company policies to workers and enforces safety regulations.
Suggests changes in working conditions and use of equipment to increase efficiency.
Analyzes and resolves work problems, or assists employees in solving work problems.
Initiates or suggests plans to motivate employees to achieve work goals.
Resolves employee problems or submits unsettled problems to Operations Manager.
Initiates contact for assistance with emergency maintenance, engineering, quality, or other problems.
Completes necessary work orders for maintenance work.
Approves time-cards and overtime.
Confers with other supervisors to coordinate activities of individual departments and specific projects.
Works with the Production team on the monthly inventory and the annual physical inventory.
Works scheduled overtime along with shift team members.
Champions the 5S process and ensures standards are maintained for their area of responsibility.