2nd Shift Production Supervisor

Function The Production Supervisor is responsible for overseeing the daily operations of manufacturing or production lines, ensuring that products are made efficiently, on time, and meet quality standards. The role typically involves managing a team of production workers, providing direction and discipline, coordinating with different departments, and ensuring safety and productivity goals are met. Essential Duties And Responsibilities This list of duties and responsibilities is not all inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities as management may deem necessary from time to time. Production Support Safety: Ensure that manufacturing processes and people comply with safety regulations and standards, maintain workplace organization and cleanliness using 5S methodology, implement and train on safety and ergonomic protocols, conduct regular safety checks, address safety concerns, and take corrective action to preserve a safe work environment and prevent loss or damage of plant inventory and company property. Quality: Collaborate with quality engineers to ensure processes and products meet quality standards, address defects or process deviations, conduct cross training of operators, reduce scrap, and perform regular quality checks and audits to identify issues and take corrective actions. Delivery: Comply with planning schedules to ensure efficient production, eliminate roadblocks and deliver on time, monitor the use of raw materials, tools, people, and equipment, maintain inventory levels with the supply chain or purchasing departments, and ensure equipment is properly maintained and repaired when necessary. Efficiency: Monitor and control production expenses including labor costs (staffing and overtime), material usage, and overhead to stay within budget, identify areas for improvement to increase efficiency, reduce waste, lower costs, implement lean manufacturing and continuous improvement techniques, and lead projects to improve productivity and reduce downtime. Team Leadership Lead and manage a team of production workers, including scheduling, training, payroll, attendance, and performance management. Interpret and follow the union contract. Foster a positive work environment that encourages teamwork, communication, and productivity. Provide guidance and coaching to workers to meet production standards and improve performance. Reporting and Communication Prepare daily or weekly production reports, including output, defects, downtime, and labor performance. Communicate with management about production progress, challenges, and any required support. Coordinate with other departments such as quality control, maintenance, logistics, and engineering to ensure smooth operations. #J-18808-Ljbffr