Shift Supervisor (1st Shift)

Filtration Group Corp•Town of West Seneca, NY

3d•Onsite

About The Position

In the performance of their respective tasks and duties, all employees are expected to conform to the following: Perform quality work safely, and within deadlines, with or without direct supervision; Interact professionally with other employees, customers and suppliers; Work effectively as a team contributor on all assignments; Work independently while understanding the necessity for communicating and coordinating work efforts with other employees and organizations. Position Summary The person in this role manages production manufacturing operations on a daily basis with a focus on safety and quality. Leads production room teams, production support, and representatives to ensure production is properly planned and executed to meet the demands of our customers. Assist support groups with daily tasks and long-term development projects. Responsible for daily decision making, focused on maximizing production and solving issues that affect deliveries, room efficiencies, manpower, parts supply, quality and other factors relating to production operations.

Requirements

High School Diploma or equivalent. Some college preferred
Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to navigate complex emotions, demonstrate empathy, and effectively de-escalate challenging situations
Strong mechanical aptitude for production equipment and comfortable with using hand tools
Understanding of LEAN manufacturing principles
Strong mathematical aptitude
Ability to mentor and lead peers and reports
Attention to detail
Strong work ethic
Good organizational skills
Ability to manage change
Ability to manage priorities and meet deadlines
Good analytical skills
Knowledge of SPC
Knowledge of Current Good Manufacturing Practices (CGMP)
Ability to effectively interface with multiple levels within the organization

Nice To Haves

First aid training preferre

Responsibilities

Ensures manufacturing operations are running at maximum efficiency.
Responsible for ensuring manufacturing teams are hitting expected production numbers and production priorities are in line with customer demand and can achieve projected shipping requirements.
Daily decision-making relative to what machines are required to run and what orders need to be completed based upon available production personnel and equipment. Assures communication of these requirements across all shifts
Adheres to all aspects of plant safety and performing safety audits on a continual basis.
Responsible for knowing what orders are starting and finishing and what change-overs are required for production continuity using production planning tools such as lean manufacturing practices, XA, and daily communication with production planners.
Handles daily production related issues including manpower movements.
Communicates material outages during production runs and drives resolution through support team involvement and communication during Tier 1 meetings.
Follows up with issue resolution and material shortage resolution.
Coordinates communications for updates and changing production situations.
Manages in-room Gemba activities. Strong support for team leaders during presentations.
Collaborate with your team and mentors team leaders.
Manages execution of review process for production level employees and team leaders.
Handles employee time-off requests, attendance recording, payroll approval for the shift and selected critical support groups.
Identifies opportunities for improvement related to production downtime, inefficiencies, and other leading/lagging indicators.
Works with lean teams to facilitate projects, drive to completion, and track status of A3 and kaizen reports.
Collaborates lean team activities to Project Facilitator to drive to project completion.
Responsible for Customer Audit Support as required.
Responsible for opening and closing building as required under normal production.
Develops and supports plans for weekend overtime, as needed
Support the interview process and assist in coordinating onboarding and training for new hires
Assist in the administration and oversight of the Operator Advancement Program, including tracking progress and following up with team members on required documentation for promotions.
Support overtime efforts based on business needs and provide leadership coverage as needed
Supervise the operations on an assigned shift according to the established policies and procedures