Production Supervisor

First Quality; Lock Haven (Clinton County); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary and bonus opportunities

Paid time off (three-week minimum)

Medical, dental and vision starting day one

401(k) with employer match

Tuition assistance

Job summary

A family-owned manufacturing company in Lock Haven is seeking an experienced Production Supervisor to lead production teams and ensure compliance with safety regulations. Candidates should possess leadership skills, analytical abilities, and a strong understanding of lean principles. The position offers competitive benefits including medical insurance, paid time off, and 401(k) with employer match.

Qualifications

• Minimum one to two years of experience in a leadership capacity.
• Knowledge of lean manufacturing principles or certification preferred.
• Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead production team members to maximize production quality.
• Monitor workflow and coordinate production with departments.
• Ensure compliance with GMP, FDA, and ISO regulations.

Skills

Leadership skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Communication skills

Knowledge of lean manufacturing

Education

Minimum of two years of college courses

Tools

Microsoft Office (Outlook & Excel)

Job description

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Talent Acquisition - First Quality Enterprises, Inc

Founded over 35 years ago, First Quality is a family-owned company that has grown from a small business in McElhattan, Pennsylvania into a group of companies, employing over 5,000 team members, while maintaining our family values and entrepreneurial spirit. With corporate offices in New York and Pennsylvania and 8 manufacturing campuses across the U.S. and Canada, the companies within the First Quality group produce high-quality personal care and household products for large retailers and healthcare organizations. Our personal care and household product portfolio includes baby diapers, wipes, feminine pads, paper towels, bath tissue, adult incontinence products, laundry detergents, fabric finishers, and dishwash solutions. In addition, we manufacture certain raw materials and components used in the manufacturing of these products, including flexible print and packaging solutions.

Guided by our values of humility, unity, and integrity, we leverage advanced technology and innovation to drive growth and create new opportunities. At First Quality, you’ll find a collaborative environment focused on continuous learning, professional development, and our mission to Make Things Better.

We are seeking an experienced Production Supervisor for our First Quality facility located in McElhattan, PA.

This position is responsible for leading all production team members on crew (and all plant team members on off hours, nights and weekends) and managing company assets to safely maximize production of excellent quality product.

Principal Accountabilities/ Responsibilities:

• Follows and ensures accountability for all safety rules and policies and drives a culture of personal responsibility and keeping each other safe.
• Follows and ensures accountabilities for all necessary GMP, FDA, and ISO regulations.
• Monitors workflow and coordinates production with appropriate departments.
• Plans production schedules to ensure maximum utilization of equipment and team members.
• Participates in Daily Operations Meetings (DOM).
• Ensures proper communications and plans to shift support and crews.
• Verifies communication of process changes and quality procedure/specification changes.
• Submits work requests to correct issues that can be resolved by Support Teams.
• Demonstrates and verifies 100% compliance of safety best practices with team members (PPE, LOTO, cleaning, no jewelry, loose fitting clothing, etc.).
• Monthly – Safety Committee Meeting attendance.
• Quarterly – safety observations, safety training in the LMS, safety audits, & crew emergency response meeting.
• As needed – safety incident reporting & related follow up action items.
• Understands and models the values and culture of the company.
• Serves as a positive team player that works to find solutions and builds team morale.
• Participates in monthly development meeting with Production Manager.
• Leads, coaches and mentors all direct team members and indirect support teams to achieve goals and successful execution of the production plan on the shift.
• Leads cross-company teamwork and collaboration.
• Drives execution on completion of tasks.
• Partners with Production Manager and Technical Trainer to schedule and support skills training and individual development of team members.
• Evaluates/verifies technical skills of team members to identify skill gaps and training needs; offering guidance and coaching to team members.
• Thinks critically and acts strategically.
• Evaluates team member work assignments & optimize where necessary.
• Champions change to grow the business.
• Verifies all production specifications and packaging requirements.
• Leads a robust asset management and housekeeping program that shows respects for the incoming shift by ensuring the necessary cleaning best practices are planned and completed (general housekeeping, area blitz cleaning, down-to-do cleaning, hot spot cleaning, etc.).
• Follows escalation plans to prevent poor performance/high scrap and verify support teams are being contacted and verify flow of escalation plan with support teams.
• Achieves > 90% completion of standard work tasks.
• Completes production orders and efficiency reports for machine lines.
• Audits changeovers for line clearance completion verification.
• Provides support for MES and SAP.
• Provides support for print codes.

Education and experience requirements:

• Minimum of two years of college courses (preferred).
• Minimum of one to two years of experience in a leadership capacity.
• Knowledge of lean manufacturing principles or possess lean manufacturing training certification (preferred).
• Advanced knowledge of all processes and equipment.
• Standard knowledge of forklift operation.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, computer skills, reasoning and mathematical skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience with Microsoft Office (specifically Outlook & Excel).

What We Offer You

We believe that by continuously improving the quality of our benefits, we can help to raise the quality of life for our team members and their families. At First Quality you will receive:

• Competitive base salary and bonus opportunities
• Paid time off (three-week minimum)
• Medical, dental and vision starting day one
• 401(k) with employer match
• Paid parental leave
• Child and family care assistance (dependent care FSA with employer match up to $2500)
• Bundle of joy benefit (years’ worth of free diapers to all team members with a new baby)
• Tuition assistance
• Wellness program with savings of up to $4,000 per year on insurance premiums
• ...and more!

First Quality is committed to protecting information under the care of First Quality Enterprises commensurate with leading industry standards and applicable regulations. As such, First Quality provides at least annual training regarding data privacy and security to employees who, as a result of their role specifications, may come in to contact with sensitive data.

First Quality is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identification, or protected Veteran status.

For immediate consideration, please go to the Careers section at www.firstquality.com

to complete our online application.

Seniority level

• Associate

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Production, Management, and Manufacturing
• Industries
• Manufacturing

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