Production Supervisor Nights
About The Position
American Plastics, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, is a leading designer and manufacturer of innovative plastic-injection molded products for the household & garage storage and commercial cleaning end-markets. Reporting to the Production Manager, the Injection Molding Production Supervisor will plan, direct, and coordinate the production activities of their shift. The primary responsibilities of the Production Supervisor include directing job assignments and providing leadership to the production staff; managing production resources for a high-volume manufacturing operation; maintaining high levels of order fulfillment with good quality and operating in safe conditions. The Production Supervisor is accountable for inspiring, training, and developing their team to achieve optimum safety, quality, service, productivity, and profitability.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Operations Management, Engineering, Business Management, or related field preferred.
- Minimum 3-5 years related experience.
- Plastic Injection knowledge is a MUST.
- Willing to roll up sleeves and be on the floor as well as office management.
Responsibilities
- Direct job assignments and provide leadership to the production staff.
- Manage production resources for a high-volume manufacturing operation.
- Maintain high levels of order fulfillment with good quality and operating in safe conditions.
- Inspire, train, and develop the team to achieve optimum safety, quality, service, productivity, and profitability.
- Utilize prior experience leading an injection molding team, as well as working knowledge of processing plastics.
- Troubleshoot and adjust molding parameters to maintain quality and maximum product output.
- Respond to problems by performing corrective technical or mechanical solutions.
- Maintain a safe and clean work environment.
- Communicate production KPIs to production staff.
- Evaluate and provide timely feedback on employee performance.
- Motivate and develop a cohesive production team.
- Maintain production and attendance records.
- Make timely decisions to maintain production output and quickly analyze situations and provide direction to production staff.
- Recommend and implement process improvements to maximize productivity, reduce waste, improve quality, reduce costs, and provide a safe work environment.
- Monitor processes to ensure productivity and quality standards are being achieved.
- Analyze and resolve processing issues.
- Understand escalation process for when issues move from maintenance to engineering.
- Understand schedules and priorities.
- Interact well with all levels of the organization.
- Report incidents.
- Perform root cause investigation and corrective actions.
- Manage waste and monitor floor activities.
- Effectively communicate with Process / Maintenance when an issue needs to be addressed to prevent it from becoming a safety issue, or give direction due to production demand.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
