Quality Control Supervisor - Days - Glendale, OR

Swanson Group, Inc.•Glendale, OR

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The QC Supervisor leads and directs a crew of quality control technicians and oversees employees’ daily safety, production, quality, and recovery work. The role performs quality checks, monitors production key performance indicators, addresses operational variances, schedules log processing and lathe work, and coordinates production needs with available log species and grades. It also supports continuous improvement, works with maintenance to resolve issues and improve processes, and completes administrative, recordkeeping, and production paperwork duties. The position reports to the Plant Manager and is in the General Plant department. The schedule requires a minimum 10-hour shift, five days per week, with overtime expected. Employees receive three 10-minute breaks and a 30-minute unpaid lunch. The work is performed 90% indoors and 10% outdoors, with machine and forklift noise, wood fumes and odors, limited dust, and water mist. The position requires use of eye, hearing, and hand protection and approved footwear. Physical demands include continuous hearing and vision use, frequent bending, twisting, pushing/pulling, reaching, and occasional lifting or carrying over 50 pounds; loads over 50 pounds are handled with others and/or lifting devices.

Requirements

Ability to lead and direct a crew of QC technicians and production employees.
Skills in root cause analysis and action planning.
Ability to operate machines and rolling stock safely at production levels.
Ability to read and write and communicate comprehension of job hazard analyses, machine-specific lockout procedures, and safety training.
Excellent hand-eye coordination, continuous use of vision and hearing, and peripheral vision to monitor forklifts and coworkers.
Ability to prioritize, organize, and make necessary decisions; self-directed in identifying and completing tasks.
Follow lockout/tagout procedures and perform only maintenance for which trained.
Ability to perform the described physical demands, including frequent bending, twisting, pushing/pulling, and reaching; lifting over 50 pounds requires assistance or lifting devices.

Responsibilities

Supervise and direct employees in daily safety, production, quality, and recovery duties.
Perform quality checks, monitor production key performance indicators, and address safety, production, quality, and recovery variances.
Provide daily, weekly, and monthly safety training to production employees.
Schedule log processing and lathe work to balance dryer and lay-up line needs with the species and grades of logs available in the log yard.
Use root cause analysis and action planning to support continuous improvement across the operation.
Work with the maintenance department to resolve issues and improve processes.
Assist the General Foreman with employee evaluations.
Operate machines and rolling stock safely at production levels.
Complete administrative duties and recordkeeping as directed by the Plant Manager and Human Resources department.
Attend or assist the Plant Manager with crew meetings and lead KPI meetings as needed.
Assist with cleanup during downtime, between shifts, holiday shutdowns, and cleanup projects as directed.
Rotate to other positions for cross-training or production needs, and assist coworkers or maintenance personnel with basic maintenance procedures when trained.
Run machinery when needed after completing the required training.
Assist the Plant Manager and supervisors with employee advancement.
Conduct new employee interviews as needed.
Assist the data administrator with production and quality paperwork accuracy.