Production Supervisor

Hoover Treated Wood Products, Inc.; Oxford (PA); On-site; USD 52,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

Hoover Treated Wood Products, Inc. is seeking a Production Supervisor to manage daily plant operations, safety compliance, and material movements. You will supervise the hourly workforce, coordinate scheduling, and ensure efficient production flow while maintaining quality and safety standards.

The role reports to the Scheduler/Assistant Plant Manager and involves 10-20% travel, with relocation as needed. This on-site position requires strong leadership and problem-solving abilities to drive

Qualifications

• High School Graduate or GED required.
• Minimum of one year of Supervisory experience.
• Ability to adapt to change in the workplace.
• Ability to use thinking and reasoning to solve problems.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Ability to communicate effectively with others.

Responsibilities

• Ensure safety procedures are followed and report unsafe activities.
• Meet production goals including downtime, productivity and lead time.
• Lead and develop employees; conduct performance reviews for hourly staff.
• Manage attendance and schedules to ensure full production.
• Identify and correct quality issues quickly.
• Monitor and enforce company policies and procedures.
• Coordinate movement of products through warehouse locations.
• Address worker problems or grievances and escalate as needed.
• Assist in hiring and termination of production personnel.
• Train new employees and supervise training of experienced staff.
• Maintain yard layout and housekeeping.
• Suggest improvements to production methods, equipment, and efficiency.
• Assist with physical inventory counts.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Safety compliance

Team leadership

Production planning

Problem solving

Communication

Education

GED or high school diploma

Tools

Google Drive

Windows OS

Word processor

Email

Job description

Job Description: Production Supervisor

Job Status: Salary

FLSA Status: Exempt

Work Schedule:

Monday - Friday, Weekends

Reports To: Scheduler/Assistant Plant Manager

Travel Required: 10-20%

Relocation: As Needed

Positions Supervised:

All Production Personnel

Position Summary

Assist with plant production and material movements in a safe manner. Duties and responsibilities include safety compliance, management of the yard, and planning the flow and use of materials and human resources.

Essential Functions/Duties

• Ensure all environmental and safety procedures are followed and report all unsafe or non-compliant activities.
• Ensure production goals are met to include downtime, productivity and lead time.
• Lead and develop employees under their supervision. Conduct performance reviews for hourly team members as required.
• Manage team member attendance and schedules to ensure full production..
• Recognize and quickly correct any quality issues.
• Monitor and enforce company policies, goals, objectives, and procedures.
• Coordinate the movement of products through all warehouse locations.
• Address all worker problems, complaints, or grievances and elevate as required.
• Assist in hiring and terminating production personnel.
• Demonstrate equipment operations and work safety procedures to new employees, and/or assign experienced employees to train new workers. Be able to perform/train new employees effectively
• Maintain yard layout and general housekeeping.
• Assist with measures to motivate employees and to improve production methods, equipment, performance, product quality, and efficiency.
• Assist as needed for all physical inventory counts.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• High School Graduate or General Education Degree (GED) required.
• Minimum of one year of Supervisory experience required.
• Ability to perform work accurately and thoroughly.
• Ability to adapt to change in the workplace.
• Ability to use thinking and reasoning to solve problems.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Ability to communicate effectively with others.
• Ability to work effectively with people regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, or job type.
• Ability to demonstrate behaviors conforming to Hoover's set of values and accepted standards.
• Ability to influence others to perform their jobs effectively and to be responsible for making decisions.
• Ability to organize and direct oneself and effectively supervise others.
• Ability to be internally inspired to perform a task to the best of one's ability.
• Ability to utilize the available time to organize and complete work within given deadlines.
• Ability to be held accountable or answerable for one's conduct and actions.

Skills & Abilities

Computer Skills

Be comfortable working within Google Drive programs, Windows based programs, using a word processor, and email.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Indoors and outdoors in all weather conditions.