1ST SHIFT SUPERVISOR

At Fratco Inc, we believe that every team member is essential to our success. As you step into your new role as 1st Shift Supervisor, we want you to know that you are joining a dynamic and supportive team that is excited to work alongside you. We value your skills, experience, and the unique perspectives you bring, and we are committed to providing you with an environment where you can thrive.

Location: 1600 W. Washington St. Mount Pleasant, IA 52641

Schedule: Monday-Friday (weekends as needed)

Hours: 6:30am to 3:30pm

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Accident insurance
• Critical illness insurance
• Hospital indemnity insurance
• 401(k) and matching
• PTO (after 30 days)
• Paid holidays
• Attendance bonus
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee assistance program

Why You’ll Love Working Here:

• Collaborative Culture: We foster a culture of teamwork and open communication where your ideas and contributions are valued.
• Growth Opportunities: We are dedicated to your professional development and offer various resources to help you grow and succeed.
• Supportive Environment: Our team is here to support you every step of the way, ensuring you have the tools and resources you need to excel.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Perform related duties as assigned by Plant Manager
• Maintain compliance with all company policies and procedures, ensuring work meets standards, policies, and safety regulations
• Dispatch personnel and equipment in emergencies and non-emergencies using established company protocols
• Monitoring productivity, providing feedback, conducting evaluations, and coaching employees.
• Creating schedules, planning workloads, and adjusting staffing as needed.
• Directing daily work, assigning tasks, and ensuring employees understand expectations.
• Inspect products to verify conformance to specifications and direct setup and adjustments of machines
• Study production schedules and estimate worker hour requirements for completion of job assignment
• Serving as the point of contact between employees and management, sharing updates, and reporting progress.
• Interpret company policies to workers and enforce safety rules and regulations
• Always promote safety first and oversee and ensure that housekeeping requirements are maintained on the premises
• Establish or adjust work procedures to meet production schedules
• Recommend measures to improve production methods, equipment performance, and quality of product
• Analyze and resolve work problems, or assist workers in solving work problems
• Maintain time and production records, working with maintenance to help with machine start- ups
• Promote team effort and making sure that all employees understand that helping each other and other shifts will increase the performance level of all in supplying a high level of satisfactory service to the customer
• Maintain a positive cooperative working relationship with customers, community, and those persons superior or subordinate to this position, as well as peers

Qualification Requirements:

• Problem‑solving — handling issues quickly and effectively
• 1–3 years of leadership experience — as a team lead, senior worker, or shift leader
• Hands‑on experience in the industry — understanding the work you’ll be supervising
• Strong performance record — reliability, attendance, and productivity
• Basic computer skills — email, spreadsheets, scheduling tools, and reporting systems
• Time management — scheduling, prioritizing, and organizing work

Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:

• Verbal and written communication skills, including ability to effectively communicate with employees and customers
• Must be able to work under pressure and meet deadlines, while maintaining a positive attitude and providing exemplary customer service
• Ability to work independently and to carry out assignments to completion within parameters of instructions given, prescribed routines, and standard accepted practices
• Associate degree (A.A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; or six months to one-year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to regularly lift and/or move up to 60 lbs.
• Must be able to talk, hear, listen, and speak English clearly
• Must be able to stand, walk, sit, and reach with hands and arms
• Must be able to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls
• Must be able to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distant vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• The employee is occasionally required to smell
• Safety glasses must be always worn in the production plant for your protection
• Cut Level 2-3 gloves must be worn with sharp hand tools.
• Hot Gloves must be worn when working with 400-degree molted materials
• Hearing Protection is to be worn in all production areas

Salary : $26 - $30