Plant Operations Supervisor – Safety & Lean Lead

CHEP Services, LLC; United States; On-site; USD 62,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with company match

Vision insurance

Short-term disability

Life insurance

PPE provided

Tuition reimbursement

Parental leave

Profit sharing

Job summary

CHEP seeks an Operations Supervisor on 1st shift in Jacksonville, FL to lead production and shipping, mentor staff, and drive safety and efficiency. You will coordinate with the Plant Manager, manage costs, and support Lean initiatives while ensuring quality and timely customer service.

The role offers a 1st shift schedule Mon-Fri with potential flexibility. CHEP emphasizes safety, continuous improvement, and a hybrid work model to balance performance and work-life needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Operations/Supply Chain or related field.
• Six Sigma/Lean certification desirable.
• Experience in a plant supervisory role in an engineering or manufacturing environment.
• Familiarity with private fleet management/transportation is helpful.
• Strong customer focus orientation.
• Strong people management capability including non-exempt production workforce.
• Demonstrated success in delivering strong employee relations.
• Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally.
• Experience managing safety performance and programs.
• Understanding of supply chain practices and metrics.

Responsibilities

• Supervise the work of all production employees – oversees production and shipping schedules based on availability of raw and finished goods.
• Provide hands-on leadership as a supervisor, responsible for mentoring and coaching all employees and working through employee relations issues.
• Support plant administration to ensure compliance to established policies.
• Responsible, in consultation with Plant Manager, for the cost and yield performance of the Plant in partnership with the overall P&L of the Plant.
• Support cost control initiatives and process control within the Plant.
• Review operations activities, including local transportation activities, to maintain compliance with all Federal, State and local laws (OSHA, DOL, DOJ, EPA, FD).
• Drive Safety improvements (Zero Harm) across the Plant.
• Ensure the consistent execution of all SOPs throughout the Plant in accordance with the PMS Commercial Organization, Global Supply Chain.
• Deliver best operational practices and cost efficiencies across the Plant while maintaining critical quality and raw material utilization standards that are necessary to maintain customer satisfaction and Plant profitability.
• Ensure compliance through teamwork for all Standard Operating Procedures within the Plant.
• Identify Lean opportunities to effectively eliminate waste.
• In partnership with Plant Manager, provide leadership to Plant staff to effectively recruit, train, develop, evaluate, motivate, delegate and monitor their activities.
• Drive efficiencies in asset utilization through proper transportation scheduling, dispatch, & driver management while meeting customer expectations.

Skills

Leadership

Safety culture

People management

Cross-functional collaboration

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Operations/Supply Chain or related field

Six Sigma/Lean certification desirable

Job description

CHEP seeks an Operations Supervisor on 1st shift in Jacksonville, FL to lead production and shipping, mentor staff, and drive safety and efficiency. You will coordinate with the Plant Manager, manage costs, and support Lean initiatives while ensuring quality and timely customer service.

The role offers a 1st shift schedule Mon-Fri with potential flexibility. CHEP emphasizes safety, continuous improvement, and a hybrid work model to balance performance and work-life needs.