Safety:

• Accountable for the safety of all employees for whom they are responsible through active engagement in safety activities and provides clear, consistent communication of safe work expectations.
• Supports and investigates situations in which line/equipment stoppage occurs due to perceived, imminent safety risk.
• Completes responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and procedures, and applicable laws
• Actively leads risk assessment activities for their area of responsibility by driving prioritized corrective and preventive actions to eliminate/reduce environmental, health or safety risks.
• Lead all required meetings with safety (i.e. Pre-shift, Department, Change Management, General communication, Town Hall, etc.)
• Completes incident investigations, root cause analysis and implements corrective actions accordingly in a timely and thorough manner.
• Ensures the proper training and development of all assigned employees for whom they are responsible.
• Sets goals for their organizational unit; achieves goals and ensures that all employees understand and work toward achieving goals.
• Motivates and coaches employees through good communication and frequent performance feedback. Identifies and coordinates additional training as needed.

Production Operations:

• Ensure production operations are adhering to schedules established by determining work priorities and scheduling;
• Coordinate production activities for manufacturing areas to insure productions goals are achieved;
• Complete and submit production related paperwork;
• Ensure that manpower is properly utilized in order to achieve MES goal of 90%;
• Responsible for insuring that heldware and regrind are maintained at a level that meets the goal established for the plant.
• Responsible for maintaining the Food Safety Program (GMP)

Quality:

• Ensure that all Quality Plans are understood and followed by staff;
• Confirm that all quality checks are being performed by all production personnel as established by the Quality Plans;
• Work closely with the quality inspectors and supervisor to identify and minimize quality defects and complaints.

Personnel:

• Lead staff to accomplish activities in an efficient and safe manner by:
• Providing definition of job duties
• Providing training opportunities for staff
• Conducting performance evaluations
• Defining criteria for personnel advancement
• Administer coaching/counseling as required in a timely manner
• Provide accurate attendance records to human resources indicating any point assessments
• Enforce personnel policies and procedures; complete and submit all associated paperwork in a timely manner;
• Maintain safe working conditions with a goal of zero recordable accidents and zero lost time accidents;
• Control employee overtime hours.
  
  

Manufacturing Support:

• Assist other departments with special projects as assigned.
• Actively participate in production management team meetings as requested.
• Recommend/justify equipment/tooling purchases.
• Responsible for implementing and maintaining the Quality Management System (ISO)

Authorities:

• Perform essential functions and assigned duties while communicating any deviations from the requirements to management
• Report any safety concerns to management and to shut down any equipment that presents a safety hazard
• Make management or appropriate parties aware of any potential nonconforming issue or mechanical problems
• Authority to shut down production or stop any machine for any reason deemed necessary

Education:

BS Degree in Business, Operations Management or equivalent experience.

Technical Skills:

Demonstrated ability to provide guidance and leadership to peers and subordinates

Demonstrated ability to work well in a team environment

Flexibility to work some overtime, as necessary

Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word

Experience:

3-5 years production supervision experience in a high volume-manufacturing environment.

Safety Competency Requirements:

• Safety Leadership – embodies commitment for a safe workplace; acts as a role model on safety leadership, activities and communication
• Accountability –holds self-accountable evidenced by say/do ratio, initiative and ownership actions (such as ensuring safety is more important than productivity)
• Communication – ability to communicate safety, goals and company expectations with appropriate levels of the organization; create clear, timely audience appropriate messages (both written and verbal).
• Engagement – communicate and support the vision of plant leadership; celebrate the wins, and ensure employees actively participate in safety-related activities.
• Team Development – understand the development needs of employees in your organization; drive the culture of employees as safety leaders; champion talent development from pre-hire to continuous learning.
• People Agility – understand personal strengths and weaknesses; leads by example; promotes change through listening skills and seeking frequent input from employees; is genuine and approachable; firm but fair – consistent.
• Problem Solving/Conflict Resolution - identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; gathers and analyzes information skillfully; develops alternative solutions; mitigates relationship conflicts and encourages constructive (problem-solving) conflict.

Organization Relationships:

• Reports to Production Manager
• Interacts with Human Resources, Planner, Quality Control, Warehouse, Tool Room, and Maintenance.
• As needed interacts with Raw Material Suppliers, Customers.