Overview
The Production Supervisor is responsible for leading the Production Department activities. The Production Supervisor reports to the Production Manager.
Responsibilities
Core Responsibilities:
• Accountable for the safety of all employees for whom they are responsible through active engagement in safety activities and provides clear, consistent communication of safe work expectations.• Supports and investigates situations in which line/equipment stoppage occurs due to perceived, imminent safety risk.• Completes responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and procedures, and applicable laws• Actively leads risk assessment activities for their area of responsibility by driving prioritized corrective and preventive actions to eliminate/reduce environmental, health or safety risks.• Lead all required meetings with safety (i.e. Pre-shift, Department, Change Management, General communication, Town Hall, etc.)• Completes incident investigations, root cause analysis and implements corrective actions accordingly in a timely and thorough manner. • Ensures the proper training and development of all assigned employees for whom they are responsible. • Sets goals for their organizational unit; achieves goals and ensures that all employees understand and work toward achieving goals.• Motivates and coaches employees through good communication and frequent performance feedback. Identifies and coordinates additional training as needed.
Additional Resposibilities Include:
- Daily Management: Manages the team’s SQCDP daily, weekly, and monthly production goals and communicate them to employees.
- Organizing Workflow: Assign responsibilities, prepare schedules, and ensure efficient workflow.
- Monitoring Performance: Oversee and coach employees, ensuring they meet performance standards.
- Safety Compliance: Ensure the safe use of equipment and enforce strict safety guidelines.
- Quality Control: Check production output to ensure it meets specifications.
- Reporting: Submit shift reports timely and escalates critical matters where necessary.
- Training: Train new employees on machinery use and safety procedures. Responsible for ensuring the completion of all employee training documents.
- Communication: Communicate with all levels of the organization in a professional manner along with maintaining positive business relationships.
Qualifications
• Education – High School Diploma or GED equivalent required. Bachelor’s Degree preferred. • Safety Leadership – Embodies commitment for a safe workplace; acts as a role model on safety leadership.• Accountability –holds self accountable evidenced by say/do ratio, initiative and ownership actions (such as ensuring safety is more important than productivity)• Communication – ability to communicate safety, goals and company expectations with appropriate levels of the organization; create clear, timely audience appropriate messages (both written and verbal). • Engagement – communicate and support the vision of plant leadership; celebrate the wins, and ensure employees actively participate in safety-related activities. • Team Development – understand the development needs of employees in your organization; drive the culture of employees as safety leaders; champion talent development from pre-hire to continuous learning. • People Agility –Understand personal strengths and weaknesses; leads by example; promotes change through listening skills and seeking frequent input from employees; is genuine and approachable; firm but fair – consistent. • Problem Solving/Conflict Resolution - Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; Gathers and analyzes information skillfully; develops alternative solutions; mitigates relationship conflicts and encourages constructive (problem-solving) conflict.
