Shift Supervisor

Job Summary:The Shift Supervisor is responsible for management and supervision of campaign shift operations in order to meet factory process and maintenance performance standards, and to manage inter-campaign maintenance resources to ensure factory reliability. Management of daily shift operations including the Beet processing campaign, Juice and Extract campaigns, Molasses Desugarization (MDS), Chemical Softening and Waste Water Treatment operations. The Shift Supervisor is also responsible for supporting safety, environmental, quality, feed and food safety programs and individualized R&M budgets in addition to hourly employee management. Primary Responsibilities:- Leadership – Manage shift operations to achieve factory business goals and performance standards. Supervise the shift Union process foremen and maintenance crews through documented objectives and performance assessments.Safety – Ensure all employees, contracted personnel and visitors comply with regulatory and company requirements for personal and facility safety.Environmental – Manage and support all processes impacting environmental operations ensuring government compliance with regulatory requirements.Production – Review shift production data and adjust specific targets to achieve factory process goals, cost efficiency and environmental compliance. Follow up on tracking results, provide feedback and take corrective actions as appropriate.Quality – Sustain quality targets to ensure production sugar and byproducts meet feed and food safety and customer quality standards. Investigate product quality issues, document and implement corrective actions.Maintenance – Support daily maintenance for all factory equipment during the process campaigns. During inter-campaign conduct significant equipment inspection, R&M, improvements, capital project installations and reassembly of the entire factory in preparation for the next campaign. Set planned tasks and expectations for responsible equipment repair and adhere to budget.Budget – Support and accountability to the annual factory operations budget. Follow-up on process materials, chemicals and supplies usage. Communication of results and accountability for variances.Efficiency – Optimization of process and equipment resources to minimize unit costs and enhance product output.Employee Development – Identify and implement training and development for the Union workforce to ensure the necessary people skills and resources are applied currently and in the future.Business Development – Identification and submission of capital and extraordinary projects that provide solutions for continuous improvement to operations.Position Qualifications:- Bachelor of Science technical degree (Chemistry, Engineering, Industrial).Alternatively, extensive industrial experience of 5+ years with progressive supervisory or management responsibilities.Training or relevant exposure in supervision skills, quality assurance systems, environmental and safety regulations.Strong leadership abilities, communication skills and understanding of mechanical equipment and chemical process.Proficient skills in company data management systems and Microsoft Office.Required Training:- General factory safety requirements (Right to Know)Food-related Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)Factory-related environmental regulationsSQF certification – principles or SQFKnowledge of GMP+ standardsKey Competencies:- Ability to lead and develop cross functional teams.Ability to work shift work on day and night shift rotations.Ability to deliver results working within collective bargaining agreement.Demonstrated personal leadership and strong conflict resolution skills.Flexible and able to work in fast paced and varying environments.Provides model behavior to demonstrate corporate value.Lead by demonstrating ethics and integrity, displaying drive and purpose, demonstrated capability to learn, and managing self and increasing self-awareness. #J-18808-Ljbffr Michigan Sugar Manufacturing