Production Supervisor

Vitro Flat Glass•Tipton, PA

About The Position

The Production Supervisor oversees all shift associates and trains and develops them in production methods and plant procedures to achieve safety, quality, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness goals. The role supports continuous improvement to meet internal and external customer requirements and assumes responsibility for peripheral plant areas, including Maintenance and Shipping, when their departmental supervisors are absent. In emergencies, the supervisor leads efforts to ensure employee and facility safety and communicates with facility management. The position directs staffing, work assignments, production performance, safety practices, employee development, incident investigations, and corrective actions. It also supports quality-system compliance, audits, improvement teams, and escalation of production or employee problems that cannot be resolved at the supervisory level.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
At least five years of supervisory experience in manufacturing.
Problem-solving, conflict-resolution, and listening skills.
Ability to use modern management concepts and strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
Experience assigning work and delegating tasks.
Team-building skills to coach and develop associates and work with team members from other areas, departments, and shifts.
Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook.

Nice To Haves

A degree in a related field is preferred.

Responsibilities

Supervise and coach shift associates, resolve conflicts, and promote teamwork, respect, and courtesy.
Maintain appropriate staffing levels, participate in recruiting and selection, and monitor schedules to ensure staffing is in place for the next shift as needed.
Direct associates’ work and assign tasks to achieve production goals, control costs, and meet customer requirements.
Ensure safety training and communication occur, address employee safety concerns, and enforce safe work practices, including PPE, LOTO, hearing conservation, hazard communication, and housekeeping procedures.
Ensure incident investigations are completed and documented in Impact.
Lead the response to emergencies and other events to protect associates and the facility, and communicate with facility management.
Evaluate associates, identify training needs, and provide training to support workforce development; follow company disciplinary procedures when coaching and training do not resolve behavioral issues.
Monitor and report production and downtime metrics at daily meetings, and take corrective action concerning shrinkage loss, line downtime, pattern change duration, cost controls, rework, new-part startup cost, sample metrics, and customer PPM requirements.
Participate in improvement teams, including safety representative teams, Breakthrough Teams, and BAPP Steering Team/data collector teams, and encourage employee engagement.
Support QS9000/TS16949 policies and procedures and implement corrective actions resulting from audits.
Comply with business practices to help maintain the company’s certification status.
Complete Layered Process Audits and develop corrective actions as required.
Regularly communicate production and employee problems that cannot be resolved at the supervisory level to the appropriate management level.