Production Supervisor

Westlake•Lodi, CA

7d•Onsite

About The Position

Westlake Pipe & Fittings, a Westlake division (NYSE:WLK), is one of the largest polyvinyl chloride pipe and fittings manufacturer in North America. With 23 manufacturing and distribution locations, the company supplies gasketed, solvent weld and restrained joint pipes and a wide range of fittings for a diverse list of markets including municipal water and sewer, plumbing, water well, pool and spa, and agricultural and turf irrigation. Westlake Pipe & Fittings is an industry leader in product development with Certa-Lok® spline-lock technology and product systems that are focused on building A Better Foundation. The Production Supervisor will supervise, direct, and develop personnel in the safe and effective utilization of the plant’s manufacturing facilities, producing products to company and customer specifications according to production schedules.

Requirements

Proficiency with Windows based software (specifically Excel, Word and PowerPoint) required.
Four-year degree or equivalent preferred.
Two years manufacturing supervisory experience helpful.
Five years manufacturing experience in PVC extrusion preferred.
Direct reports are Production Leader, Extruder Operators and Forklift Operators.

Responsibilities

Responsible for the safety of personnel.
Must work and maintain a safe, clean work environment, and perform available work as required by the supervisor.
Perform the primary thinking encompassed by this job description.
Comply with all Company policies and procedures.
Perform and promote the use of 5-Why program for root cause problem solving.
Administers the Westlake Safety Program on the production shift level; including, but not limited to, conducting safety training, shift meetings, inspections, reporting, incident investigation, and follow-up.
Completes accurate and timely reports and paperwork including any documents generated during the shift including, but not limited to; DSI, SAP Production Reports, SPC Charts, shift personnel's attendance, overtime, and disciplinary events.
Recommends alterations and redesign of equipment through use of root cause analysis as they become either obsolete, or in need of alteration or redesign.
Directs, supervises, and develops personnel to meet or exceed goals and objectives such as production output, scrap rates, material utilization, and regrind usage. Also recommends promotions, demotions and disciplinary action of subordinates.
Directs, supervises, and develops the personnel within his responsibility with regard to the quality of the product to Westlake standards, to include testing and record keeping.
Oversees the effective and timely changeover of production lines to meet customer requirements.
Maintains self-appearance, morals, comments, gestures, befitting a representative of Westlake.
Conducts actions on the job with professionalism.
Attend Supervisor’s meetings as required.
Responsible for the total housekeeping of plant during the work shift and enforcing all housekeeping policies.
Any other duties assigned by his immediate supervisor.