Supervisor Manufacturing Operations

3M•Cottage Grove, MN

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers. This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career. As a Water Treatment Supervisor, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by: Leading and overseeing all operations associated with 3M wastewater and water quality systems, ensuring activities are performed safely, compliantly, efficiently, and in alignment with company standards. Providing direct leadership to employees through effective supervision, training, and performance support. Promoting a culture of safety, accountability, employee engagement, and operational excellence while maintaining focus on environmental quality, cost control, morale, and productivity. Coordinating with maintenance, engineering and other departments to ensure reliable system performance, timely resolution of operational issues, and sustained compliance with applicable requirements, policies, procedures, and standards. Promoting a safe and sustainable working environment through modeling safe behaviors as well as recognizing and resolving safety related problems. Actively lead incident investigations, including presenting incident resolutions to site leadership. Cultivating and leading a team by encouraging and implementing cross training activities, cooperation, innovation, flexibility, and teamwork. Scheduling work priorities consistent with engineering directives, coordinating maintenance activities, allocating work assignments, communicating expectations and monitoring workflow. Providing coaching and feedback to employees and utilizing corrective action to resolve conflict and inappropriate behaviors. Implementing advanced working knowledge and interpretation of corporate and site policies and procedures. Ensuring shift administrative activities such as time reporting, attendance control, vacation planning, overtime, etc. are properly implemented and documented. Representing plant leadership team through supporting initiatives across the plant, including but not limited to supervision coverage for alternative shifts and supporting 24/7 production through flexible work schedules when required.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution and a minimum of two (2) years of combined experience working in a manufacturing or production environment in a private, public, government or military setting.
OR High School diploma/GED or higher (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution and a minimum of four (4) years of combined experience working in a water treatment facility a private, public, government or military setting.
Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).
Responsibilities of this position may include direct and/or indirect physical or logical access to information, systems, technologies subjected to the regulations/compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws.
All US-based 3M full time employees will need to sign an employee agreement as a condition of employment with 3M. This agreement lays out key terms on using 3M Confidential Information and Trade Secrets. It also has provisions discussing conflicts of interest and how inventions are assigned.
Employees that are Job Grade 7 or equivalent and above may also have obligations to not compete against 3M or solicit its employees or customers, both during their employment, and for a period after they leave 3M.

Nice To Haves

Wastewater license
Leadership experience in a union environment.
Experience in one or more of the following: project leadership, team leadership, supervisory, and/or management.
Self-directed and detail oriented.
Good interpersonal, communication, prioritization, organizational skills, and computer skills.
Create, lead and work in a team atmosphere.
Communicate written and verbally clearly and concisely and influence changes with operators as well as other plant employees and management team members.
Identification and resolution of process issues.
Use of continuous improvement methodologies (e.g. Lean Six Sigma) to provide impact through cost reduction programs, quality improvements, and safety of work environments.

Responsibilities

Leading and overseeing all operations associated with 3M wastewater and water quality systems, ensuring activities are performed safely, compliantly, efficiently, and in alignment with company standards.
Providing direct leadership to employees through effective supervision, training, and performance support.
Promoting a culture of safety, accountability, employee engagement, and operational excellence while maintaining focus on environmental quality, cost control, morale, and productivity.
Coordinating with maintenance, engineering and other departments to ensure reliable system performance, timely resolution of operational issues, and sustained compliance with applicable requirements, policies, procedures, and standards.
Promoting a safe and sustainable working environment through modeling safe behaviors as well as recognizing and resolving safety related problems.
Actively lead incident investigations, including presenting incident resolutions to site leadership.
Cultivating and leading a team by encouraging and implementing cross training activities, cooperation, innovation, flexibility, and teamwork.
Scheduling work priorities consistent with engineering directives, coordinating maintenance activities, allocating work assignments, communicating expectations and monitoring workflow.
Providing coaching and feedback to employees and utilizing corrective action to resolve conflict and inappropriate behaviors.
Implementing advanced working knowledge and interpretation of corporate and site policies and procedures.
Ensuring shift administrative activities such as time reporting, attendance control, vacation planning, overtime, etc. are properly implemented and documented.
Representing plant leadership team through supporting initiatives across the plant, including but not limited to supervision coverage for alternative shifts and supporting 24/7 production through flexible work schedules when required.
Responsibilities of this position include that corporate policies, procedures and security standards are complied with while performing assigned duties.
All employees are expected to contribute to a strong Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) culture by following safety policies, identifying hazards, and engaging in continuous improvement.