Production Supervisor - Night Shift

Buckhorn•Springfield, MO

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Plans, assigns, and monitors the production of product, ensuring smoother and consistent operation to satisfy internal and external customer requirements. As an employee at Buckhorn, you have the responsibility to make a good quality product to exceed our customer expectations. You have the authority and responsibility to initiate recommendations to resolve problems and continuously improve our Quality Management. Total Quality Management involves all employees at Buckhorn to be dedicated to participating in improving our processes, our products, and our culture. Quality product starts and ends with you! Take pride in your work by providing a clean & functioning product for our customers.

Requirements

High school diploma/GED required.
Leadership experience, 2 years required.
Ability to read and interpret documents, such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to do two mathematical operations to arrive at the solution.
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
Frequently required to walk, climb, or balance, and talk or hear.
Occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.

Nice To Haves

College Degree, AA required/Bachelors, preferred.
Five plus years’ experience in plastic molding manufacturing; preferred.
Lean Manufacturing experience, preferred.
Desire to take on new challenges/opportunities.
Evolve through continuous improvement.
Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
Be highly self-motivated and directed.
Flexibility for relocation; preferred.

Responsibilities

Coordinate personnel structure and staffing levels to accomplish the production of product.
Maintain department ISO 9001 quality requirements.
Interview and recommend applicants for hire.
Plan and coordinate work, train and motivate, monitor, and evaluate performance of production molding machine employees; ensure their ability to safely operate equipment; counsel, record and discipline as necessary.
Develop Team Leads to effectively oversee the daily routines of their assigned employees.
Make necessary adjustments on injection molding machines to produce quality products safely to acceptable standards.
Responsible for new machine startup and testing of new products.
Monitor and measure production against production standards for their shift.
Interaction with other departments and molding facilities in scheduling of machinery and resources.
Responsible for monitoring, tracking, recording, and ensuring that all equipment is producing to standard cycles, weights, and quality requirements as outlined in provided work orders and BOMs.
Responsible for conducting first article inspections in accordance with provided product sketches.
Utilize and incorporate the use of 6S and 5Why strategies in the plant.
Work safely to prevent on-the-job injuries by following Buckhorn policies and OSHA Standards.
On call 24 hours a day 7 days a week.