Shift Supervisor

JOB REQUIREMENTS: SUMMARY: Supervises and coordinates activities of

workers engaged in plastic extrusion and related finishing (secondary) work by performing the following duties. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned. Confers with supervisor of preceding shift and/or production manager and/or production scheduler to determine status of current and pending production runs. Analyzes Shop orders and prints to determine information such as material to be used, type of operations, and sequence of operations required. Requisitions dies, fixtures, and material as needed. Interprets run card specifications, prints, and job shop orders to production employees, and assigns duties based on skill and experience of each operator. Studies production schedules and estimates employee\'s time requirements for completion of job. Ensures each order has correct quantities produced in pieces, boxes, reels, coils, or feet according to the Shop Order. Inspects work-in-progress and finished products visually, and measures each part running with calipers and other instruments, to verify conformance to specifications, documents measurements on process control check sheet, and directs adjustments of machines if necessary. Make sure parts are being produced in the best possible way. Check teardowns, set-ups and start-ups of employees. Analyzes and resolves work problems or assists employees involving work problems. Establishes or adjusts work procedures to meet production schedules. Determines that raw material is charged in and out correctly. Maintains time and production records. Relays production status information to supervisor of following shift. See that scrap is ground up in a prompt and timely manner. Ensure all scrap is recorded and accounted for properly. Responsible for training all production employees permanent or temporary and documentation of such training. Interprets company policies to employees, trains and enforce safety regulations and maintains good housekeeping. Attend various safety, supervisory or other related training, workshops or seminars. May attend team meetings with sales and engineering for quoting new jobs. Attends daily production scheduling meeting. Holds weekly employee team meetings. Recommends measures to improve production methods, equipment performance, and quality of product. Suggests changes in working conditions and use of equipment to increase efficiency. Initiates or suggests plans to motivate employees to achieve work goals. Supervises a portion of inventory such as weighing and counting of raw material. Examines defective machinery to determine cause of malfunction and reports need for machine repairs. May attempt less complex repairs on the off shifts. On occasion may need to set up or polish tooling. Occasionally performs activities of employees supervised including packing parts, making boxes, making skids, helping out on the line, finding materials needed for a job, mixing raw materials, filling hoppers, setting-up, starting-up, tearing down extrusion jobs, running and packaging production jobs, and wrapping skids. Sets up and operates machines to make test runs for developments and experimental products. SUPERVISORY REPONSIBILITIES Manages one group leader who, together with supervisor, supervises a total of 5 to 20 employees in the primary (extrusion) section and secondary (finishing) section. Is responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of these units. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization\'s policies, procedures, work instructions, shop orders, ISO, customer requests, handbook, safety and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning and directing work; appraising employee performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems;attending quote meetings; attending daily production scheduling meeting; participating in safety meetings; participating in ISO audits; participating in inventory; holding weekly employee team meetings. Responsible for the quality of production parts on your shift, and responsible for the correct quantity of parts produced on your shift. \*\** OTHER EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS: 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 High school diploma or general education degree (GED) including shop courses and five years\' related work experience including thermoplastics, plastic extrusion and supervisory experience and/or training; or a oneyear certificate from technical school in production management or plastic technology and two to three years\' related experience and/or training in plastic extrusion; or equivalent combination of education and experience. LANGUAGE SKILLS Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure sheets and manuals. Ability to write routine reports. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization. MATHEMATICAL SKILLS Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as proportions, percentages, area, circumference, time, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry. REASONING ABILITY The work involves \"trouble shooting\" with considerable daily variation. Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where sometimes only limited standardization exists. Understand different plastic extrusion processes, equipment, methods and be able to troubleshoot, and train employees on the same. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form. \*\** APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Apply In Person: 1822 Martin Ave Sheboygan, WI 53083 E-Mail a Rsum: View email address on jobs.institutedata.com Apply Online: