Production Supervisor

Silgan Plastics Corporation; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Silgan Plastics Corporation in Houston, TX, seeks a Production Supervisor to lead the manufacturing floor, drive safety, quality, and efficiency goals, and mentor the workforce.

Responsibilities include supervising production, maintaining equipment, enforcing standard practices, and communicating across teams to resolve issues promptly. A High School diploma is required; a technical degree is preferred.

Qualifications

• High School diploma required.
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversee production, quality, safety, and employee relations on the floor.
• Train and develop staff; ensure proper use of SPC methods.
• Monitor equipment and processes to maximize uptime and efficiency.
• Review production reports and implement improvements.
• Enforce standard safety practices and keep documentation current.

Skills

Leadership

SPC knowledge

Microsoft Suite

Education

High School diploma

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline

Tools

Microsoft Suite

Job description

SUMMARY DESCRIPTION

Trains, evaluates, and takes appropriate action to maintain a safe work environment with established standards and guidelines. Manage the people and processes in manufacturing to effectively produce a quality product. Investigates, evaluates and takes appropriate action to maintain quality within established standards and guidelines. Actively pursues opportunities to improve product quality. Investigates, evaluates and takes appropriate action to maintain and improve production efficiencies within the established standards or guidelines. Investigates, evaluates, reports and takes appropriate action to maintain cooperative relations. Investigates, evaluates and takes appropriate action to keep the resource usage within established standards or guidelines. MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES: Responsible for production, quality, safety, employee relations and resource control on the production floor. Train Personnel – Training never ends. Training includes formal and informal methods. Supervisors spend a lot of time training and working with people. This should be accelerated with new, displaced, or unfamiliar workers. Maximize Production Throughout – Supervisors are responsible for the efficient use of labor and materials to maximize production throughout. Maintain Equipment – Ensure all equipment is in good operating condition. Prevent down time due to mechanical problems through anticipating problems and correcting them before down time occurs. Follow Standard Practices – Supervisors are responsible to ensure equipment is set up to proper manufacturing standards to provide quality production and efficient, trouble-free operation. Maximize Floor Time – To be effective, supervisors are expected to spend 60-80% of their time on the floor. Supervisors are responsible to actively participate in the identification and resolution of any problems that may occur. Review Production Reports – When reviewing production reports, supervisors must know reasons for all periods of substandard performance and formulate plans to immediately correct them. Effective Verbal and Written Communications – Supervisors must effectively use verbal and written communications to communicate production and quality related issues to others. The use of effective communication is necessary to maintain equipment condition, insure proper maintenance practices and for the timely resolution of problems. Administer established standards, practices, and procedures. Responsible to meet standard efficiency, scrap loss, material usage, UPH. Direct and Assign Work to Employees – Supervisors must insure adequate work is assigned to employees. Employees must be effectively utilized, particularly those employees with discretionary time (i.e. utility, relief). Employees must understand where they are to work, what their responsibilities are, and how long they are expected to perform those duties. Know and Apply Written Safety Procedures – Knowledge and application of all safety manual programs is required. Supervisors need to keep themselves and their employees abreast of changes and updates to these programs. Inspect Work Areas – Supervisors are responsible for inspecting their work areas daily for unsafe conditions & behaviors. When recognized, unsafe conditions & behaviors need to be corrected immediately. Supervisors should make direct contact with each of their employees weekly, in routine communication, to discuss job related safety topics. Investigate Accidents & Near Misses – Supervisors are responsible for reporting, investigating, and documenting all accidents and reported near misses. Investigations must be completed in a timely manner. Enforce Safety Rules – Supervisors are key to enforcement of safe work practices. Supervisors must initiate appropriate measures with employees who fail to follow established safety procedures. SPC working knowledge including continuous improvements efforts.

EDUCATION

Required: High School diploma Preferred: Bachelors degree in a technical discipline

EXPERIENCE

Required: 3-5 yrs supervision experience Preferred: 3-5 yrs supervision experience in a plastic process facility

SKILLS

Required: Microsoft Suite, strong leadership, SPC knowledge.

LIMITATIONS AND DISCLAIMER (Non-Canada)

The above job description is meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed; it is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required for the position. All job requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health and safety of themselves or other employees. This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform other job-related duties requested by their supervisor in compliance with Federal and State Laws. Requirements are representative of minimum levels of knowledge, skills and/or abilities. To perform this job successfully, the employee must possess the abilities or aptitudes to perform each duty proficiently. Continued employment remains on an “at-will” basis. Silgan is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, or the presence of a disability, which would not prevent the performance of essential job duties with, or without reasonable accommodation of any other protective status. Silgan is a drug-free workplace.

LIMITATIONS AND DISCLAIMER – Canada

The above job description is meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed; it is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required for the position. All job requirements are subject to possible modification to accommodate individuals with disabilities. Silgan endeavors to provide accommodations to individuals with disabilities to perform their essential job duties as long as the accommodation does not pose an undue hardship on the company’s operations and does not pose a direct threat of substantial harm to the employee or others. This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform other job-related duties requested by their supervisor. Requirements are representative of minimum levels of knowledge, skills and/or abilities. To perform this job successfully, the employee must possess the abilities or aptitudes to perform each duty proficiently. Employment is always subject to the Silgan’s rights as employer, including the right to end employment in accordance with Provincial Law. Silgan is an equal opportunity employer. We consider applicants for all positions without regard to any ground protected under Provincial human rights laws. Silgan is a drug-free workplace. This page is specific to Silgan Containers, Silgan Closures, Silgan Plastics, Silgan Plastics Food Containers and Silgan Specialty packaging.

We are a leading worldwide manufacturer of dispensing and specialty closures for food, beverage, health care, garden, home, personal care, fragrance and beauty products. We are also a leading manufacturer of metal containers in North America and Europe, and we are the largest manufacturer of metal food containers in North America with a unit volume market share in the United States in 2021 of slightly more than half of the market. Additionally, we are a leading manufacturer of custom designed plastic containers in North America for a variety of markets, including the personal care, food, health care and household and industrial chemical markets.