1st Shift Supervisor

Production Supervisor-1st Shift

JOB DESCRIPTION

Summary/Objective

Manufactures products by supervising staff; organizing and monitoring workflow. The production supervisor should be able to optimize day-to-day activities while minimizing the costs. The goal is to ensure that production processes deliver products of maximum quality in a profitable manner.

Essential Functions

• Maintains safe and clean work environment by educating and directing personnel on the use of all PPE, tools, equipment, and resources; maintaining compliance with established policies and procedures.
• Maintains quality service by establishing and enforcing organizational quality standards.
• Accomplishes manufacturing staff results by communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results; coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; communicating and enforcing systems, policies, and procedures.
• Maintains workflow by monitoring steps of the process; observing process metrics, control points, and equipment; monitoring personnel and resources; implementing cost reductions; facilitating corrections to machine malfunctions;
• Initiates and fosters a spirit of cooperation and execution within and between departments and acts as a conduit between upper management and shop floor personnel.
• Completes production plan by scheduling and assigning parts, machines, and personnel; reports results of the processing flow on shift production summaries.
• Ensures operation of equipment by calling for repairs; evaluating new equipment and techniques.
• Provides manufacturing information by compiling, initiating, sorting, and analyzing production performance records and data; answering questions and responding to requests.
• Resolves personnel problems by analyzing data; investigating issues; identifying solutions; recommending action.
• Supervise, motivate, and evaluate staff to reach goals and document inventory transactions.
• Responsible for overseeing warehousing, shipping, receiving, and handling of materials. Supervises transport of materials to and from departments and ensures material needs are met throughout the organization. Typically reports to a manager or head of a unit/department.

Other Information

• Monday-Friday (can be flexible to balance company and employee needs.
• Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.