Production Supervisor - 3rd Shift
About The Position
Directly leads and coordinates the activities of production associates. This role involves suggesting changes to improve safety, quality, and productivity, interpreting company policies, and fostering a positive working environment. The Production Supervisor oversees departmental goals, ensures product quality, manages workload planning, and applies ISO Quality System Standards. They also interpret specifications, recommend production improvements, resolve work issues, maintain records, and coordinate with other supervisors. Inventory accuracy within the department is also a key responsibility, along with timely reporting of production data and adherence to company policies and labor agreements.
Requirements
- Ability to be careful about details and thorough in completing work tasks
- Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions with others
- Ability to demonstrate professional communication skills, both written and verbal
- Ability to be personally connected to others on the job, maintain a professional demeanor with a positive attitude
- Ability to function independently, guiding oneself with little or no supervision and depending on oneself to get things done
- Knowledge of safety and security procedures and how to use equipment and determine necessary action
- Ability to be open to change with excellent organizational and time management skills
- Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing concepts
- 3 to 5 years related experience and/or education, training considered equivalent
Nice To Haves
- Associates degree from a two year college or technical school preferred
Responsibilities
- Suggest changes in working conditions and use of equipment to improve safety, quality and productivity within the department
- Assist in the interpretation of company policies to promote and enforce safety regulations
- Lead department in a manner that creates a positive working environment for all employees
- Oversee plans to motivate and achieve departmental goals
- Responsible for product quality to specifications and for all production processes within the department
- Responsible for workload planning of direct reports
- Understand and apply ISO Quality System Standards
- Assist in the interpretation of specifications, blueprints, and job orders/schedules and assigns responsibilities
- Recommend measures to improve production methods, equipment performance and quality of product
- Analyze and resolve work problems, or assists in solving work problems
- Maintain time and production records as required
- Confer with other supervisors to coordinate activities of individual departments
- Responsible for inventory accuracy within department
- Report scrap, hold tag, daily production, appraisals, disciplines and other required documents in a timely manner
- Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organizer’s policies, labor agreement and applicable laws
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
