Operations Supervisor: Lead Safety, Efficiency & Growth

Brenntag Pacific, LLC; Arvada (CO); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid parental leave

Education assistance

Employee assistance

Healthcare + 401(k)

Job summary

Brenntag Pacific, LLC seeks a hands-on production supervisor to lead one or more departments in our Arvada facility. You will set priorities, drive safety, coach staff, and optimize production schedules while maintaining quality and compliance.

Key duties include performance reviews, training records, waste disposition, and cross-training to build redundancy. Excellent communication and leadership are essential to drive continuous improvement and safe operations.

Qualifications

• 3 to 5 years supervisory experience in distribution or chemical industry.
• Review and approve plant invoices and audits.
• Lead customer plant visits and participate in audits.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with staff and customers.
• Proven supervisory and leadership abilities; proactive with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Assume direct supervision of one or more departments.
• Assist in setting priorities and production schedules based on safety issues, customer needs, equipment failures, and other operational challenges.
• Aggressively pursue efficiency improvements.
• Develop redundancy through cross training within production departments.
• Coach, guide, and develop direct reports.
• Hold all reports accountable for performance and safety.
• Execute performance reviews.
• Discuss and support pursuit of career progression.
• Quality / Safety: Participate in quality/customer service meetings, assist in project development, drive assigned projects to completion.
• Ensure assignments for production are completed in a timely manner.
• Participate in monthly safety meetings and inspections.
• Drive plant-wide participation in and value-creation through the safety KPI program.
• Housekeeping: Emphasize housekeeping to improve safety.
• Monitor and coordinate disposition of waste and nonconforming material.
• Manage and enforce production and safety standards.
• Training: Train operations personnel and ensure maintenance of training records.
• HR- Assist with interviewing and onboarding new employees.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Supervision

Safety focus

Organizational skills

Tools

Word

Excel

Outlook

Enterprise management software

Job description

Brenntag Pacific, LLC seeks a hands-on production supervisor to lead one or more departments in our Arvada facility. You will set priorities, drive safety, coach staff, and optimize production schedules while maintaining quality and compliance.

Key duties include performance reviews, training records, waste disposition, and cross-training to build redundancy. Excellent communication and leadership are essential to drive continuous improvement and safe operations.