Job Description
Job Title: Production Supervisor Department: Manufacturing
Reports to: Director of Operations Effective Date: 05/01/2024
Status: Exempt
The Production Supervisor will oversee and manage production shift employees and ensure compliance with safety, quality, and quantity standards.
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Oversees production operations on assigned shift.
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Prepares work schedules to ensure efficient operations.
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Maintains knowledge of processes and equipment.
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Ensures that products are identified, weighed, and warehoused correctly.
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Troubleshoots issues that arise.
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Notifies maintenance department of equipment problems.
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Ensures that employees comply with applicable safety regulations, policies, and procedures.
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Ensures paperwork is completed and signed correctly.
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Performs other related duties as assigned.
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Motivating, supporting, and providing guidance to production staff
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Ensuring all safety and health standards are met to keep an organization accident-free.
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Communicating regularly with upper management regarding problems or issues impacting production
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Evaluating machine resources to ensure continued production and minimal downtime.
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Establishing a balance between increased productivity and reduced costs of manufacturing operations
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Setting productivity goals for each manufacturing team
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Developing workflow policies and procedures that improve efficiency without compromising safety or quality.
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Ensuring adequate scheduling of staff
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Trains and manages production employees on the assigned shift.
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Oversees the daily workflow and assignments of the production shift.
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Provides constructive and timely performance evaluations.
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Bilingual (Spanish) highly desired.
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Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
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Excellent supervisory and interpersonal skills.
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Thorough understanding of or the ability to quickly learn production operations and machinery.
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Excellent supervisory and leadership skills.
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Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
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Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
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Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
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Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
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Ability to prioritize tasks and to delegate them when appropriate.
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Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software to complete reports and logs.
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Bachelor's degree preferred.
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Lean Manufacturing Six Sigma preferred.
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Prior experience with production as a director or manager.
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In-depth knowledge of production management, risk management, and safety regulations. Excellent organization, time management, and leadership skills.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk, hear, sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel, and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 35 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
EEO Statement
Starplast USA, LLC prohibits discrimination based on the following protected categories: race, creed, color, national origin, nationality, ancestry, age, sex/gender (including pregnancy), marital status, civil status, domestic partnership status, familial status, religion, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, genetic information, liability for service in the Armed Forces of the United States, or disability.