Production Supervisor All Shifts

US Farathane•Georgetown, TX

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Production Supervisor manages all equipment, materials, and human resources to ensure optimum performance. This role leads the entire shift's staff in applying all procedures and work instructions, ensuring maximum output in the categories of Safety, Quality, Production, Housekeeping, and Conduct. The supervisor is responsible for ensuring the daily production schedule is followed and production goals are met, as well as ensuring die setters complete mold changes according to the schedule. They provide a safe, healthy, and congenial working environment, respond to employee questions and needs, enforce company policies, schedule employees for tasks, and serve as the main communication channel between management and employees. This role also involves training employees, filling out evaluations, and holding monthly shift meetings. The Production Supervisor must maintain an acceptable level of part quality, respond to quality complaints, make necessary corrections, and ensure machine conditions are recorded and reacted to. They are responsible for maintaining efficient productivity levels, making adjustments to cycles and conditions, and reporting any problems that cannot be corrected. The supervisor must also submit cost savings ideas and ensure Process Engineers meet their cost-saving goals. Responsibilities include safely and efficiently changing molds, starting up presses, starting up or shutting down the plant, cleaning and lubricating molds, recording cycles accurately, performing minor machine troubleshooting and repairs, and scheduling/assisting in cleaning machinery. The role also involves performing basic quality checks in the absence of a shift inspector, assuming responsibilities of the Lead Technician when needed, reading articles to improve supervision and injection molding skills, and writing work orders for machinery repair. Employees are responsible for taking corrective action on non-conforming items. The role requires maintaining overall Shop 5S with a minimum score of 85% in the assigned area and participating in Kaizen events to implement improvements. The Production Supervisor directly supervises non-supervisory employees and carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws, including interviewing, hiring, training, planning, assigning work, appraising performance, rewarding and disciplining employees, and addressing complaints. The Manufacturing Manager will resume responsibilities if this position becomes vacant. Environmental responsibilities include monitoring operator compliance with safety and other regulations, potentially functioning as a member of the Environmental Response Action Team, Fire brigade, and First Responder, and providing OJT training. The role ensures all internal and OSHA required safety procedures are followed and applies lean manufacturing methodologies for continuous improvement. Adherence to all company policies and procedures is required. The supervisor walks the floor with the prior supervisor/team leader for a smooth shift handoff, schedules overtime, and ensures HR has a copy. They ensure Die Setters have their line-up sheets and address any issues, and complete the Supervisor Verification Sheet. All Process Tech and Die Setter daily sheets must be completed and turned in daily.

Requirements

Related Bachelor’s Degree (B.A.) from four-year college or university; two to five years of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Previous automotive operations management experience preferred.
High energy and experience in inspiring and motivating cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

Monitor all production equipment for maximum performance.
Monitor all personnel for performance and adherence to procedure.
Oversee all on the job training.
Enforcement of Production standards.
Enforcement of Quality standards.
Enforcement of Material handling standards.
Enforcement of Housekeeping standards.
Ensure proper and timely application of all process improvements.
Record and enter labor, scrap, and finished parts to maintain inventory.
Directly supervises 60+ employees in the manufacturing department.
Responsibilities include training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints, resolving problems and safety.
Responsible for ensuring daily production schedule is followed/production goals are met.
Responsible for ensuring die setters complete mold changes in accordance to the schedule.
Supervise all personnel directly related to the operation of a normal shift.
Provide a safe, healthy, congenial working environment for all employees; respond to the questions and needs of employees; enforce all policies, rules and regulations established by the company; assign machines for operators to run prior to the start of each shift; schedule and assign employees to specific tasks based upon amount of employees' time available and work to be done; accept the responsibility for being the main channel of communication between management and employees; provide for the training of all employees; fill out periodic employee evaluation and progress reports; hold monthly shift meetings.
Maintain an acceptable level of part quality based on instructions from Quality Control Department.
Respond to complaints of substandard quality parts; make necessary corrections to processing conditions to correct for part defects; review shop floor prior to start of your shift; schedule periodic spot checks as needed to ensure all production is at an acceptable quality level; make suggestions to improve on part quality or on quality consistency; notify quality control manager of any problems which can be corrected; make sure all machine conditions are recorded and reacted to for unstable and out of control conditions; ensure all process changes are documented; participate in LPA's.
Maintain an efficient level of productivity using established standards as guides.
Make adjustments to cycles and conditions to maintain job standards, using job set up sheet; notify the Sr. Process Engineer or General Manager of any problems which cannot be corrected; fill out daily production sheet reports to recap events during the shift and account for machine downtime and/or jobs running below standard, verify production counts & input all information on production sheet.
Submit the required amount of cost savings ideas per year.
Ensure Process Engineers are meeting their cost save goals.
Safely, neatly and efficiently change molds and start same up for production using guidelines of: Mold parts according to Q.C. department standards using controlled cycle sheet and maintain an efficient level of productivity using established production standards as guides.
Start up presses after mold changes, cycle interruptions or production, start up shift with same guidelines.
Be capable of starting up or shutting down the plant properly.
Properly clean and lubricate molds.
Record cycles accurately.
Perform minor machine troubleshooting and repairs.
Schedule and assist in cleaning machinery and equipment.
Do basic quality checks in the absence of the shift inspector.
Assume some or all responsibilities of the Lead Technician in their absence or when required when the work load necessitates it.
Read articles pertaining to supervision and injection molding to help improve skills in these areas.
Write up work order on all machinery needing repair and on all maintenance required to the premises.
It is the responsibility of all employees to take corrective action for all nonconforming items identified by the employee.
Perform other duties as required for the safe efficient operation of the plant.
Maintain overall Shop 5S and a 85% minimum 5S score in assigned area.
Participate in Kaizen with CI Manager. Help implement improvements.
Manages two subordinate supervisors who supervise a total of zero employees in the Manufacturing.
Is responsible for the overall direction, coordination and evaluation of this unit.
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.
Monitors operator compliance with safety and other regulations.
May be required to function as a member of Environmental Response Action Team, Fire brigade, and First Responder with specialized training as listed in the tracking system.
Provides OJT training to personnel where appropriate.
Responsible to ensure all internal and OSHA required safety procedures are followed.
Responsible to apply lean manufacturing methodologies to drive continuous improvement in manufacturing process.
Adherence to all company policies and procedures (i.e., Quality manual, Employee Policy Guide, etc.).
Walk the floor with prior Supervisor/Team Leader to ensure smooth shift to shift handoff.
Schedule all overtime and /or lack of work and ensure HR has a copy.
Ensure Die Setters have their line up sheet and address any issues.
Complete Supervisor Verification Sheet.
Ensure all Process Tech & Die Setter daily sheets are completed and turned in on a daily basis.