2nd Shift Warehouse Supervisor: Safety, Quality & Efficiency

Optimal Solution Company; Bolingbrook (IL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Optimal Solution Company is seeking a Warehouse Supervisor in Bolingbrook, IL to oversee warehouse staff and ensure safety, quality, and productivity in assigned departments. The role emphasizes staff support, performance management, and adherence to safety and SOPs.

The candidate will lead daily planning, coordinate workloads, and monitor compliance with union and regulatory requirements, including 49 CFR.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of manufacturing processes and procedures.
• Knowledge of basic math.
• Strong written and verbal communications skills.
• Understand of basic technology of area where assigned.
• Knowledge of scheduling and other management systems.
• Relatively high level of analytical ability where problems are complex.
• Strong interpersonal skills to work effectively with others, motivate employees and elicit work output.
• Knowledge of quality control procedures.

Responsibilities

• Counsel and support hourly employees with needs/concerns as required.
• Address performance behaviors by commending those that are positives and discouraging those that are negative.
• Uses Quality Network problem solving process to address opportunities within area and engage work force for ideas.
• Apply Workplace Organization (WPO) process to improve layouts and efficiency.
• Perform daily Timekeeping System (TKS) updating to ensure accurate processing of payroll data.
• Use A-3 reporting format to document problem solving activities and observe local A-3 guidelines.
• Conduct daily meetings to communicate business performance and have two-way discussions with employees.
• Perform and document weekly safety observation tours of departments.
• Plan daily workloads in advance.
• Support colleagues to optimize shift performance.
• Observe contractual requirements (National and Local).
• Enforce Shop Rules.
• Perform daily SOP audit checks.
• Advance skills through Individual Development Plan (IDP) process.
• Keep General Supervisor Shop Committee apprised of all pending activities.

Skills

Manufacturing processes

Basic math

Communication skills

Technical understanding

Scheduling systems

Analytical ability

Interpersonal skills

Quality control procedures

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Technical training or skilled trades training

10+ years experience

Overseeing union (UAW) employees

US - 49 CFR Certification

Job description

Optimal Solution Company is seeking a Warehouse Supervisor in Bolingbrook, IL to oversee warehouse staff and ensure safety, quality, and productivity in assigned departments. The role emphasizes staff support, performance management, and adherence to safety and SOPs.

The candidate will lead daily planning, coordinate workloads, and monitor compliance with union and regulatory requirements, including 49 CFR.