3rd Shift Paint Dept Supervisor

Paint Line Supervisor

Are you an experienced paint professional looking to get in on the ground floor and supervise a paint line and batch department on a newly created 3rd shift? This is the position for you.

Supervises paint department operations; ensures efficient completion of jobs through use of computer applications. Plans and directs the work of shipping/receiving and paint employees ensuring finished parts meet customer packaging requirements.

Essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned:

• Helps maintain job time keeping in manufacturing software and entering and managing barcode information.
• Works with Paint Manager and Paint Lead to create daily work schedules.
• Makes sure all safety procedures are being followed and paint department employees are working safely.
• Ensures that employees are following instructions in paint line automation system. Maintains and updates system as needed.
• Monitors consumables levels to assure efficiency.
• Monitors daily production and system operations and reports information to Paint Supervisor and Paint Manager.
• Responsible for meeting department and company productivity and quality goals.
• Assists Paint Manager with other duties, as needed.
• Helps train and mentor new employees and existing employees when advancing them within the department.
• Meets all yearly company and department goals.
• Come up with CI improvement ideas every year and promote CI ideas within the department.
• Ensures packaging meets E.K. Machine standards as well as customers packaging specifications.

Supervisory responsibilities:

• Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws.
• Develops Paint Department staff, mentor, and provide training.
• Motivates Paint Department staff, individually and as a group.
• Understands and supports cross-training opportunities.
• Establishes an effective team.
• Ensures visual system is being used and updated as needed.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or experience: Associate's degree (A. A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; or three to five years related experience and/or training and a High School Diploma or GED; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Experience using computer applications, including Microsoft Office and Manufacturing Software.

Language skills: Ability to communicate as a leader of a team. Ability to effectively present information one-on-one to other employees of the organization. Ability to read and comprehend instructions and memos, as well as operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals. Ability to write correspondence.

Mathematical skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

Reasoning ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and may occasionally lift and/or move up to 80 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and fumes or airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.