Production Supervisor

Job details:

Job title:: Production Supervisor

Duration:: 1 Year (CONTRACT)

Location:: Pottstown, PA 19464

Shift:: 2nd Shift - Monday - Friday (3:00PM - 11:00PM)

Essential Functions

• Oversee, provide leadership for and coordinate activities for production within the plant to ensure quality and productivity measurements are acceptable.
• Supervise all employees in your department and manage the flow of production.
• Encourage teamwork within the lines and across all shifts.
• Responsible for training team members in their operations and the safety requirements of that operation.
• Responsible for maintaining high standards for housekeeping, safety and general maintenance.
• Actively participate in all aspects of quality control as it related to daily production.
• Verify work standards/ set up sheets, quality checkpoint sheets and all other production related documents are present at the point of use and up to date. Must also ensure employees follow them.
• Monitor scrap on daily basis and implement corrective actions to achieve yearly scrap goals.
• Focus on improving product and process capability.
• Forward thinking and self-motivated in relation to production floor/ systems improvements.
• Involved in problem solving and corrective actions related to production issues.
• Oversee production meetings with employees in your department.
• Liaison to Team Leaders on all shifts (Coach, Lead, and Direct).
• Able to coach and give disciplinary notices to employees when necessary.
• Update and assess employee-training matrix at all times.
• Schedule and post overtime requirements when necessary.
• Monitor vacation and attendance of employees in your department. Responsible for time entry.
• Supports, enforces and complies with all company policies and procedures.
• In charge of completing performance evaluations on employees.

Experience Required:

• Must be willing to accept phone calls during off hours.
• Good organizational skills.
• 3 years manufacturing or assembly experience, Union experience preferred & Supervisory experience preferred.
• Solution oriented with the ability to investigate and analyze data for problem solving.
• Project Management skills and ability to perform multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills, along with the ability to think and act cross-functionally.
• Basic mechanical aptitude with strong attention to detail focus.
• Ability to work in a fast paced, highly complex setting.

Skills:

• Solution oriented with the ability to investigate and analyze data for problem solving.
• Project Management skills and ability to perform multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills, along with the ability to think and act cross-functionally.
• Computer proficiency in a Windows environment utilizing Microsoft Office.
• Basic mechanical aptitude with strong attention to detail focus.
• Ability to work in a fast paced, highly complex setting.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Must be flexible to work on first, second or third shift.
• Must have the ability to work overtime and weekends as required.

Education Qualification

High School Diploma is required & College degree or some college preferred.