Production Supervisor (Chemical)

Production Supervisor (Chemical)

The Production Supervisor (Chemical) reports directly to the Production Leader. Direct reports include 5-8 hourly operators. Responsible for all functions of personnel and operations management related to day-to-day staffing and production issues at the Bristol Plant.

Responsibilities

Operations and Safety Support

• Ensure safe operations and that all safety policies/ practices are followed by operations personnel.
• Support full compliance of all safety related regulatory requirements including: OSHA, PSM, RMP, VPP and Company policies and programs.
• Ensure timely completion of investigations and completion of actions generated from EHS programs.
• Support full environmental compliance and optimal environmental performance; ensure that all best practices are followed by Operations personnel.
• Direct supervision of production employees; motivates workforce for high productivity. Ensure procedures are updated and followed.
• Responsible for efficient use of the work force, including the scheduling of OT as needed to ensure adequate staffing and to control costs.
• Ensures employees attend required Safety meetings and remain up to date on training requirements.
• Maximize operational efficiencies by ensuring production units are run at optimum operating conditions.
• Minimize unit downtime by defining priorities with maintenance; assist in cost reduction by ensuring good coordination between maintenance and operations.
• Propose/implement improvements to drive unit continuous improvements.
• Participate and support implementation of all projects that involve the unit operations.
• Abides by terms of the collective Bargaining Agreement; properly conducts bidding and polling and responds to grievances; resolving differences with union leadership.
• Supports BBS process by performing observations and encourages employee participation.
• Supports bulk truck loading activities and rail movements at the site
• Performs lockout tagout on equipment in advance of maintenance activities.
• Write and issue Safe Work Permits for contractors, maintenance staff and others. Ensure provisions of the Safe Work Permit are followed and all work is completed safely.
• Supports Loss Control policy, ISO 9001 and OHSAS 18001 management systems.
• Provide initial onsite Emergency Response leadership during any incidents at the facility.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5+ years experience in manufacturing plant
• Prior production supervisory experience strongly preferred
• Chemical manufacturing experience preferred
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong knowledge of MS Office
• SAP experience preferred

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