Production Supervisor, Mid-Shift

Sekisui Chemical Ltd.•Sumner, WA

66d•Onsite

About The Position

Join us as we look to the future. We are currently accepting applications for an upcoming Production Supervisor for our Paint department at our Sumner location. SEKISUI Aerospace strives to provide an employee-friendly environment in which goal-oriented individuals thrive as they achieve even more demanding challenges. We are committed to Excellence, managing our company with Integrity, Dignity & Respect, Trust, Engagement in all that we do, and Passion to get the job done to the best of our abilities. Schedule: 9:30 am - 8 pm, Monday - Thursday with overtime on Fridays and Saturdays Position Supervises daily activities of production area to ensure volume, cost, and quality standards are achieved. Coordinates work schedules, staffing requirements, and production sequences to maximize productivity. Identifies problems related to production process and provides production reports to assist process improvement.

Requirements

Strong technical knowledge related to the field of manufacturing.
Ability to lead, coach and motivate employees to promote continuous improvement efforts resulting in improved safety, on-time delivery, quality and reduced waste.
Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively with a diverse workforce.
Communicate in a clear, approachable, professional and proactive manner, providing strong leadership and management to assigned team.
Capacity to effectively prioritize tasks and responsibilities in order to meet deadlines, perform effectively under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
Advanced problem-solving skills to interpret and identify solutions with available information and resources.
Ability to understand, interpret and communicate instructions in varied formats including written, oral, diagram or schedules.
Prior experience overseeing medium to large size production teams in a manufacturing environment highly preferred.
One-year certificate from college or technical school; or three to six months related experience or training.
Equivalent combination of education and experience can be used in lieu of above requirement.
Minimum of two years' supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment preferred.
Intermediate skills with Microsoft Office Suite to interoperate and create reports required.
Pre-employment drug screen required.
Any applicant selected for this position will be required to submit to a background screening.

Nice To Haves

Experience and training in lean manufacturing and leading continuous improvement using Kaizen events preferred.
Prior experience with an ERP system preferred.

Responsibilities

Supervise and lead production team members in their daily activities, including assignment of duties, training, coaching, counseling, and presenting disciplinary actions, as necessary.
Coordinate and communicate production activities with external customers and internal departments including logistics, engineering, and production management (to include management on other shifts).
Interpret specifications, blueprints, job orders, and safety guidelines to workers.
Promote flow and pull of products and information to internal and ultimately external customers.
Lead regular communications with team pertaining to company and department performance, with the goals of improvement and reducing waste and non-value-added activity.
Investigate problems and issues on the production floor, recommend and implement solutions, including 5S tools to reduce variation in the work environment. Develop and utilize visual aids to communicate process and procedures identified to address issues.
Partner with quality and engineering teams to identify issues and develop and implement process and procedures to prevent recurrence.
Daily scheduling and organization of work departments, including ownership of time and production records.

Benefits

Medical (free employee-only coverage and low-cost options available)
Dental, Vision, Prescription
Life and AD&D Insurance
Company Sponsored 401k with Employer Match
Employee Assistance Program
Wellness Program
Tuition Reimbursement
Employee Discounts
8 Paid Holidays plus closed (with pay) for a week during the winter break!
15 days per year accrued Vacation/Sick time. Accrued time is available for immediate use; prorated first year