1st Shift Waterbase Production Supervisor

IFS Industries•Garland, TX

About The Position

IFS Industries is seeking a hands-on leader to supervise waterbase manufacturing operations. The Waterbase Production Supervisor is responsible for safe, efficient, and timely production and provides direct leadership to production employees. The role is accountable for safety, quality, productivity, schedule attainment, housekeeping, training, and compliance with manufacturing procedures. The supervisor works with the Waterbase Production Scheduler, Quality, Customer Service, Warehouse, Maintenance, and Operations leadership to meet production schedules and customer commitments. The supervisor directs daily production, assigns employees and resources, reviews batch requirements, monitors progress, ensures accurate production records, coordinates quality release, and oversees packaging and movement of finished products. The role also maintains safe and compliant operations, quality standards, housekeeping, employee development, material availability, equipment readiness, production reporting, and continuous improvement. Performance is evaluated in part on safety, schedule attainment, quality, documentation, QC turnaround, productivity, equipment uptime, inventory accuracy, and workplace organization.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent required.
Previous manufacturing supervisory or leadership experience required.
Working knowledge of production scheduling, inventory control, quality systems, and manufacturing documentation.
Strong leadership, communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to manage multiple priorities in a changing manufacturing environment.
Strong commitment to safety, quality, housekeeping, accountability, and customer service.
Must successfully pass an interview, background check, and drug and alcohol screenings.

Nice To Haves

Associate or technical degree preferred.
Chemical, adhesive, coatings, batch-processing, or similar manufacturing experience strongly preferred.
Experience supervising batch manufacturing operations preferred.
Experience with ERP/MRP systems preferred.

Responsibilities

Direct and supervise daily waterbase production activities and execute the established production schedule.
Communicate conditions that may prevent schedule attainment and provide production status, completion estimates, delays, and recovery plans.
Assign employees to production tanks, packaging operations, and other areas according to priorities; adjust labor and resources as needed.
Review batch tickets and requirements with employees, and ensure batches follow approved formulations, procedures, and specifications.
Review completed batch tickets for accuracy and submit them for timely closing.
Coordinate completed batches through QC approval and release, and ensure products are properly packaged, labeled, and moved to staging or warehouse locations.
Enforce safety policies, conduct safety observations, address unsafe conditions or behavior, and ensure required PPE is used.
Participate in safety meetings, incident investigations, and corrective actions; ensure compliance with environmental, regulatory, and company requirements.
Verify raw materials, quantities, processing steps, packaging, and labeling; work with Quality to resolve discrepancies, out-of-specification conditions, and product holds.
Establish and enforce housekeeping standards; inspect production areas and promptly address spills, waste, clutter, and other deficiencies.
Keep equipment, floors, aisles, staging areas, storage locations, tools, hoses, containers, and materials clean, organized, and appropriately stored; maintain clear access to emergency equipment and exits.
Assign and monitor housekeeping responsibilities during and at the end of each shift, and implement corrective actions for recurring issues.
Provide daily direction, coaching, and feedback to production employees; establish expectations for safety, quality, productivity, attendance, housekeeping, and conduct.
Train and develop employees on equipment, manufacturing processes, procedures, housekeeping standards, and safe work practices; support cross-training and employee capability development.
Assist with performance evaluations and disciplinary actions as appropriate, and promote accountability, teamwork, communication, and continuous improvement.
Work with the Waterbase Production Scheduler to execute production priorities and participate in production or Customer Service communications as required.
Communicate significant production issues that could affect customer commitments and support expedited customer requirements when operationally feasible.
Verify raw materials and packaging components are available before scheduled production; promptly communicate shortages or discrepancies.
Coordinate material movement and staging with Warehouse and Scheduling personnel; support cycle counts and investigate production-related inventory discrepancies.
Monitor tanks, mixers, pumps, transfer equipment, filling equipment, and other production assets; promptly report and document equipment problems.
Coordinate maintenance requirements and production priorities with Maintenance and support preventive maintenance and equipment availability.
Maintain accurate production records and reporting; monitor schedule attainment, productivity, downtime, rework, waste, housekeeping, and other production measures.
Identify recurring production constraints, recommend corrective actions, participate in root-cause analysis, and support continuous-improvement efforts.
Maintain production information and reports on the shared drive and company systems.
Successfully pass an interview, background check, and drug and alcohol screenings.