Production Supervisor

*JOB TITLE: Production Supervisor
*LOCATION: Osisioma Aba, Abia State

*WORKMODE: Full-time On-site
*REPORTS TO: Plant / Operations Manager
*SECTOR: Manufacturing.

*ABOUT NIPLAS:*

Our client is a plastic manufacturing company scaling from a regional factory to a national brand. Aba plant is our core production hub — mainly injection moulding production process. They produce household plastics, industrial containers, and custom OEM products.

*ROLE PURPOSE:*

Take full ownership of daily production at Aba plant — man, machine, material, output. Your job is to deliver quality products on time, at target cost, with zero downtime culture.

*KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:*

*1. Production & Output*
- Plan and execute daily/weekly production schedule based on sales orders
- Meet daily tonnage / units target — 100% OEE focus
- Reduce changeover time, control scrap rate <2%

*2. Machines & Maintenance*
- Manage injection molding, blow molding, extrusion machines
- Work with maintenance team on preventive maintenance — no reactive firefighting
- Keep mold register, machine logbook, downtime tracker

*3. Quality & Process*
- Ensure first-off approval, in-line QC, weight & thickness control
- Enforce SOPs — material mixing ratio, heating temperature, cycle time
- Zero tolerance for short-weight, poor quality or off-spec products

*4. People & Factory Discipline*
- Lead over 200 production staff — operators, mixers, packers — across shifts
- Daily toolbox meeting, shift handover, discipline, attendance
- Train operators on machine handling and safety

*5. Materials & Cost*
- Manage raw material — PP, HDPE, masterbatch — issuance vs output reconciliation
- Track resin consumption per kg of product — report variance daily
- Control regrind usage within approved %

*6. Reporting*
- Daily production report: planned vs actual, downtime, scrap, power consumption
- Weekly report to Plant Manager — efficiency, cost, issues

REQUIREMENTS:

- B.Eng / HND in Mechanical, Polymer, Chemical, Industrial Engineering — or equivalent factory experience
- 3-5 years experience in plastics manufacturing — MUST have worked on injection molding as Production Manager / Shift Manager
- Hands-on with molds, hydraulics, heaters, robots — not just office manager
- Experience managing 30+ factory workers in Aba / Onitsha / Nnewi industrial environment
- Strong with Excel, basic ERP / production log systems
- Lives in Aba or willing to relocate — must have factory-first mindset