Cast Shop Production Supervisor

Revere Copper Products, Inc.; City of Rome (NY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

401(k) matching

Dental insurance

Flexible spending account

Health insurance

Health savings account

Life insurance

Paid time off

Vision insurance

Job summary

Revere Copper Products, Inc. is seeking a seasoned supervisor for the Cast Shop to lead production, coach staff, and sustain safety, quality and efficiency.

You will manage scheduling, mentor employees, and work with maintenance to ensure reliable operation while upholding company policies and safety standards.

Qualifications

• Supervisory experience or equivalent; business PC skills.
• Post high school or vocational education desirable.
• Bachelor arts or science preferred; Behavioral Management Leadership Techniques.

Responsibilities

• Supervise Cast Shop production staff including scheduling work and issues.
• Complete Leader Standard Work Sheets Daily (LSW).
• Coordinate with maintenance on repairs and parts needed.
• Observe performance and provide regular feedback on safety, quality and productivity.
• Ensure effective shift-to-shift communications and resolve barriers to performance.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Relationship building

Mechanical aptitude

Troubleshooting

Education

High School/GED

Bachelor's degree

Leadership training

Job description

Summary:

Member of the Operations Team. Build relationships with employee direct reports. Remove barriers so employees can succeed. Coach employees to put forth their best efforts towards the goals of the company. Create and reinforce clear and basic workplace expectations. Actively follow up with employees to reinforce or redirect their efforts towards these expectations. Coach employees on continuous performance improvement in the areas of safety, quality, productivity and efficiency, using Behavioral Management Techniques (BMT). Ensure schedules are followed, assist in any function to keep operations running, assign manpower to job assignments, make sure people are working in a safe manner, and assist in training of old and new jobs.

Requirements

Communication and Relationships:

• Supervise Cast Shop production staff including disciplinary issues, scheduling work, troubleshooting issues, etc.
• Complete Leader Standard Work Sheets Daily (LSW).
• Work with maintenance supervisor and planner on repairs needed in Cast Shop.
• Order tools and parts as needed.
• Observe performance.
• Hold regular, daily conversations to fully engage employees on safety, quality and productivity while conducting mill walk-arounds (Milk Runs), observations and monitoring.
• Be present and visible to production operators; listen and follow-up on employee input regarding barriers and impediments that prevent employees from achieving high levels of work performance.
• Provide regular, ongoing feedback to employees regarding their work performance using Revere safety, quality, and productivity and attendance data.
• Take ownership of workplace issues and challenges regarding your direct reports and communicate with others as needed to address and resolve.
• Ensure effective shift-to-shift communications for safety, equipment status, staffing and end of shift report out.
• Uphold the Collective Bargaining Agreement; follow and apply all workplace policies and Human Resource procedures; consult HR on issues as needed.
• Perform hands-on tasks to further the safety and quality of the process.
• Assists crew members with troubleshooting machine issues and providing appropriate resources for production.
• Resolves issues with absences, vacations, etc.
• Communicate with other departmental supervisors, employees from other departments, and occasional vendor representatives.

Safety:

Continuously take leadership actions to create a safe workplace culture by engaging direct reports in local safety meetings, safety action plans and safety report follow-up, data collection (observations, tallies, surveys), injury reports, and corrective action follow-up.

Quality:

Continuously take leadership actions to apply Revere’s process control procedures including the implementation of deviation procedures. Train and coach employees to documented work methods and conduct job instruction breakdown (JIB) observations to reinforce work methods and provide feedback to employees.

Equipment Reliability:

Follow Reliability and Maintenance roles and responsibilities, including work requests for equipment; and follow-up to provide needed resources. Reinforce Operator Basic Care principles.

Qualifications:

The following skill sets and attributes are key to the success of this position:

• Strong supervisory experience; industrial or production type setting
• Relationship building experience.
• Basic mechanical and electrical aptitude of electrical / machine environment
• Ability to troubleshoot and problem solve with urgency

Minimum:

• Supervisory experience or equivalent. Business PC skills

Preferred:

• 3-5 years of experience in production with time spent in supervisor role.
• Melt shop / melt factory experience

Special Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, will be regularly exposed to work near moving mechanical parts.

• May be exposed to wet or humid conditions.
• May be exposed to outdoor weather conditions.
• May be regularly exposed to high noise environments.
• Will be exposed to a graphite rich / dusty environment.
• Exposure to mobile traffic and hot furnace environments.
• Will be required to be hands on with some electrical and mechanical day to day tasks.

Education / Training:

Minimum

• High School/GED
• Leadership training

Desirable:

• Post High School or vocational education.

Preferred

• Bachelor Arts or Science
• Behavioral Management Leadership Techniques.

Job Type: Full-time

Schedule: Night Shift

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance