Production Supervisor Nights 6pm to 6am 12hrs Shifts
About The Position
American Plastics, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, is a leading designer and manufacturer of innovative plastic-injection molded products for the household & garage storage and commercial cleaning end-markets. Reporting to the Production Manager, the Injection Molding Production Supervisor will plan, direct, and coordinate the production activities of their shift. The primary responsibilities of the Production Supervisor include directing job assignments and providing leadership to the production staff; managing production resources for a high-volume manufacturing operation; maintaining high levels of order fulfillment with good quality and operating in safe conditions. The Production Supervisor is accountable for inspiring, training, and developing their team to achieve optimum safety, quality, service, productivity, and profitability.
Requirements
- Prior experience leading injection molding team.
- Working knowledge of processing plastics.
- Knowledge of production KPIs.
- Ability to interact well with all levels of the organization.
- Understand how to perform root cause investigation and corrective actions.
- Understand escalation process for when issues move from maintenance to engineering.
- Understand schedules and priorities.
- Minimum 3-5 years related experience.
- Plastic Injection knowledge is a MUST.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s Degree in Operations Management, Engineering, Business Management, or related field.
Responsibilities
- Plan, direct, and coordinate production activities of their shift.
- Direct job assignments and provide leadership to the production staff.
- Manage production resources for a high-volume manufacturing operation.
- Maintain high levels of order fulfillment with good quality and operating in safe conditions.
- Inspire, train, and develop their team to achieve optimum safety, quality, service, productivity, and profitability.
- Troubleshoot and adjust molding parameters to maintain quality and maximum product output.
- Respond to problems by performing corrective technical or mechanical solutions.
- Maintain safe and clean work environment.
- Communicate production KPIs to production staff.
- Evaluate and provide timely feedback on employee performance; motivate and develop a cohesive production team; maintain production and attendance records.
- Make timely decisions to maintain production output and quickly analyze situations and provide direction to production staff.
- Recommend and implement process improvements to maximize productivity, reduce waste, improve quality, reduce costs, and provide a safe work environment.
- Monitor processes to ensure productivity and quality standards are being achieved.
- Analyze and resolve processing issues.
- Understand escalation process for when issues move from maintenance to engineering.
- Understand schedules and priorities.
- Report incident reports.
- Perform root cause investigation and corrective actions.
- Manage waste and monitor floor activities.
- Effectively communicate with Process / Maintenance when an issue needs to be addressed.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
