What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Supervisor position at Piramal Pharma Solutions?
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- First line responsibility for the safe operation of chemical operations, the manufacturing process and all operations, maintenance or work taking place during their shift
- Direct the appropriate response to a safety incident or other emergency until the emergency chain of command arrives
- Reinforce and ensure plant safety practices and maintain a constant alert for hazardous conditions on a daily basis.
- Lead/Participate in Incident and Discrepancy Investigations as necessary
- Responsible for the proper issuance of any work permits, including Lockout/Tag Out
- Keep Production Supervisors and Management informed as to the state of operations and production needs that need to be addressed
- Address substandard performance in a fair and timely manner
- Responsible for ensuring efficient operations to meet production demands and schedules
- Lead improvement projects within the plant
- Responsible for the organization and cleanliness of the production floor
- Identify when modifications to SOP’s are necessary for safety reasons, quality concerns, or operational efficiency
- Identify and potentially assist with maintenance repairs
- Responsible for the daily scheduling, and maintaining vacation time records for operators on the crew
- Assign overtime as required to meet production requirements
- Communication with vendors for ordering, pick up, and delivering of materials
- Train operators on proper operation, maintenance, safety, proper system set-up and housekeeping requirements for assigned tasks
- Responsible for proper production startups, shutdowns and changeovers
- Ensure accurate production logs are kept on a daily basis, including an accurate shift supervisors log of all events occurring on shift
- Coordinate with Manufacturing and Maintenance personnel for maintenance work on equipment needing to be done
- Review of Manufacturing batch records to ensure completeness and accuracy before submission to Quality Assurance
- Drive cGMP standards within the Manufacturing area including training of operators
- Work with QA and QC to ensure process and materials meet all quality specifications
- Lead SFTI/5S efforts in the Manufacturing area and support associated projects and improvements
