3rd Shift Supervisor

Nemco Food Equipment, LTD.; Kentucky; On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Nemco Food Equipment, LTD. is seeking a 3rd Shift Production Supervisor to lead the night shift on assembly, manufacturing or fabrication lines. You will drive safety, quality and productivity while coaching a team of 15–25 employees.

You will plan, schedule and monitor production, enforce standards, and develop staff. Occasional overtime is required as needed to meet production goals and shift coverage.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years as site leader or supervisor over 15–25 people.
• Forklift, press brake, spot welder, punch press, laser cutter and assembly line experience a plus.
• Capable of learning and applying Lean Principles.
• Maintain safety and quality standards in a fast-paced production environment.

Responsibilities

• Continually monitor employee behavior and workplace safety; provide coaching, discipline and correction.
• Maintain and improve compliance with quality standards.
• Capable of performing all tasks your employees are required to do.
• Create teamwork through effective leadership and communication.
• Maintain workflow by monitoring process steps and resources; ensure safety, quality and productivity standards.

Skills

Leadership

Coaching

Communication

Team development

Lean principles

Education

Experience in site leadership or supervision

Tools

Forklift

Press brake

Spot welder

Punch press

Laser cutter

Job description

Description

Nemco is a family-owned business, since 1976, that manufactures food equipment for the fast food, convenience, restaurant, and entire foodservice industry. Nemco strives to be an employer of choice by focusing on six core values and a positive, family culture. Our six core values are: Respect Others, Do the Right Thing, Embrace Learning, Be Agile, WOW Customers and Create Awesome.

The 3rd shift Production Supervisor is the senior site leader for 3rd shift and is hands-on, working with their team on an assembly, manufacturing or fabrication line. Results are attained by communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results; coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; initiating, coordinating, and enforcing systems, policies, and procedures.

The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Maintains staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees.
• Maintain training documentation for all 3rd shift employees.
• Maintains workflow by monitoring steps of the process, observing control points and equipment, monitoring personnel and resources, studying methods and raising issues.
• Completes production plan by scheduling and assigning personnel to accomplish work results, communicating priorities, monitoring progress, resolving problems and reporting results of the shift on a production summary.
• Maintains quality by following and enforcing established standards, including first piece inspections, buddy checks, defect awareness and various other audits.
• Communicate equipment maintenance concerns through work orders, email, and face-to-face discussions.
• Provides manufacturing information by compiling, initiating, sorting, and analyzing production performance records and data; answering questions and responding to requests.
• Maintains safe and clean work environment by educating and directing personnel on the use of all control points, equipment, and resources; maintaining compliance with established policies and procedures.
• Resolves personnel problems by analyzing data; investigating issues; identifying solutions; recommending action.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Allocating daily available people resources to the most important priorities.
• Planning and determining training needs.

Key Roles

• Know and model Nemco’s core values
• Site Leader of all personnel
• Know and apply all policies, procedures or work instructions
• Coach, discipline, appraise, praise and develop your team
• Communicate with interested parties
• Develop an engaged employee culture
• Training and development for your team

Key Responsibilities

• Continually monitor employee behavior and the workplace environment for safety or health concerns. Provide coaching, discipline and correction to reinforce standard.
• Maintain and improve compliance with all quality standards
• Capable of learning and performing all the work that your employees are required to perform.
• Create good teamwork through proper leadership techniques
• Maintains workflow by monitoring steps of the process
• Monitoring personnel and resources; Ensuring safety, quality and productivity standards are met
• Ability to understand and apply Lean Principles

Relevant Work Experience

Working as a site leader or supervisor over 15-25 people for a minimum of 3 years. Forklift, press brake, spot welder, punch press, laser cutter and assembly line experience a plus.

Work Schedule

• 3rd Shift 9:00 pm Sunday night - 5:00 am Friday Morning (20 minute paid working lunch) Subject to Change
• Occasional overtime is required

Requirements

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

As part of your job, you should be able to fill in for any position on the shift and train, complete the work, or backfill a person who is absent. In this role, you should be able to perform the following:

• Standing: Most tasks are performed in a standing position with intermittent walking.
• Lifting: Frequently lifting items weighing 5 lbs. to 60 lbs.; occasionally team lifting items weighing up to 100 lbs.
• Walking: Frequent walking short distances (less than 1/8 mile).
• Carrying: Occasional carrying of bulky items weighing up to 50 lbs. short distances.
• Pushing: Use of manual hand truck and carts to occasionally move skids or parts short distances.
• Pulling: Use of manual hand truck and carts to occasionally move skids or parts short distances.
• Bending: Occasional bending required to perform a variety of tasks.
• Reaching: Frequent reaching to load and unload parts from fixture, tubs, carts, or pallets.
• Handling: Frequent handling of parts ranging in weight from 5 lbs. to 60 lbs.
• Gripping: Frequent gripping of varying sizes of parts