Production Supervisor - Days

TekniPlex•Decatur, IN

7d•Onsite

About The Position

The Production Supervisor is responsible for planning and coordinating work, training, motivating, monitoring, and evaluating the performance of forming employees. This role ensures employees can safely operate equipment to produce product, and involves counseling, recording, and disciplining as necessary. The supervisor will develop Production Leads to oversee daily routines in their absence, conduct pre-shift meetings to communicate changes and company information, and attend Tier Meetings to provide updates. A key responsibility is creating training plans for new hires and supporting onboarding. The supervisor must be alert to production problems and take corrective action, maintaining an active presence on the production floor (at least 50% of the time) to support employees and build positive relationships. This role also involves maintaining shift reports/records, ensuring necessary supplies are on hand, and establishing and maintaining an effective and efficient personnel structure and staffing level. The supervisor will interview and recommend applicants for hire, create and modify shift schedules, and collaborate with others to develop and implement improvements and cost-saving ideas. They must maintain thorough knowledge of all processes and equipment, ensure policies and procedures are followed, and be responsible for all processes, equipment, employee safety, housekeeping, and meeting production quality and quantity standards. Budgeting, business planning, and establishing/meeting department goals and objectives are also key. The supervisor will review and ensure SPC data and Production reports are completed. This position directly supervises 18-30 employees and carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with organizational policies and applicable laws, including interviewing, hiring, training, planning, assigning and directing work, appraising performance, rewarding and disciplining employees, and addressing complaints and resolving problems. Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Ability to lead, motivate, select, train and instruct personnel.
Good interpersonal, organizational communication and mechanical skills.
Computer skills required for multiple graphs, reports and charts.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, employees, customers, and the general public.
Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as statistical inference.
Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
Must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Nice To Haves

Manufacturing experience preferred.
College degree in a related field; or five years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Responsibilities

Plans and coordinates work, trains and motivates, monitors and evaluates performance of forming employees.
Ensures employees can safely operate equipment to produce product.
Counsels, records, and disciplines employees as necessary.
Develops Production leads to effectively oversee the daily routines of their assigned crew in the event of the production supervisor's absence.
Conducts pre-shift meetings, and communicates changes, company information and planning to employees every shift.
Attends Tier Meetings as set forth by leadership team and provides information on Tier boards.
Creates a training plan for new hires, and directly supports any onboarding needs.
Is alert to existing and potential production problems and takes necessary corrective action.
Maintains an active presence on the production floor (at least 50% of time during each shift), showing support and building positive relationships with all employees.
Maintains shift reports/records; ensures that necessary operating supplies/materials are on hand.
Maintains a personnel structure and staffing level to accomplish the manufacturing mission in an effective and efficient manner.
Interviews and recommends applicants for hire as forming employees.
Creates shift schedule, and modifies the schedule accordingly as changes occur with production and employees.
Collaborates with other employees at all levels to develop and install methods, improvements and cost saving ideas.
Maintains thorough knowledge of all processes and equipment.
Ensures that established policies, rules, regulations and procedures are followed.
Responsible for all processes, equipment, employees’ safety, and housekeeping of the area and meeting productions quality and quantity standards on the shift.
Responsible for budgets and business planning for department and responsible for establishing and meeting department goals and objectives.
Reviews and ensures SPC data and Production reports are completed.
Directly supervises 18-30 employees in the Production.
Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws.
Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
Performs other duties as assigned.