Production Supervisor

Harsco Environmental; Pueblo (CO); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401k with company matching

Life insurance and disability plans

Job summary

Harsco Environmental is seeking a Production Supervisor to oversee hourly workers at steel mill sites. You will coordinate operations, ensure safety standards, and align with customer requirements.

The role demands strong leadership, effective communication, and hands-on involvement with equipment and crews to deliver timely results. The ideal candidate has 3–5 years of supervisory experience in similar settings, plus proficiency with Excel and MS Office.

Qualifications

• Three to five years of supervisory experience in hourly production roles.
• Proficient with Microsoft Excel and able to format tables and organize data.
• Strong communication skills and commitment to safety and quality.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate plant operations to ensure customer obligations are met on time.
• Implement safety objectives to maintain a safe work environment.
• Communicate tasks, materials and equipment needs to workforce clearly.
• Oversee training and operation of heavy equipment on site.
• Schedule employees and equipment to meet production demands.
• Conduct daily safety talks at shift start and document records accurately.
• Identify improvements to production methods, equipment performance, and product quality.
• Collaborate with Site Manager and Operations Director on issues within areas.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Excel proficiency

MS Office competency

Safety awareness

Teamwork

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Job description

Company Description

Harsco Environmental is the premier provider of material processing and environmental services to the global steel and metals industries. Our onsite mill services and resource recovery services offer sustainable solutions that maximize environmental benefit and return valuable raw material into production. We also have developed a range of by-products for specialized applications across industry, construction and agriculture, which utilize Harsco’s expertise in mineral materials.

Company Description

Harsco Environmental is the premier provider of material processing and environmental services to the global steel and metals industries. Our onsite mill services and resource recovery services offer sustainable solutions that maximize environmental benefit and return valuable raw material into production. We also have developed a range of by-products for specialized applications across industry, construction and agriculture, which utilize Harsco’s expertise in mineral materials.

Summary

Job Description Supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in hourly production jobs at Steel Mill locations serviced by Harsco Environmental to ensure all obligations for the customer are met in a timely and satisfactory manner.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Coordinate plant operations to ensure proper function within company policies and procedures.
• Implement and coordinate safety objectives resulting in a clean, safe work environment.
• Communicates to workforce the job to be done, identifying materials and equipment to be used. Ensures the employee has a full understanding of expectations and of how to perform the job safely and efficiently.
• Oversees the employee training and operation of equipment such as bulldozers, cranes, graders, etc.
• Responsible for proper scheduling of employees and equipment to meet all needs of the customer and productions demands.
• Conducts daily safety talks with employees at the commencement of the shift.
• Ensures all shift records and documentation are completed accurately and in a timely manner to facilitate data collection required for payroll, maintenance, etc.
• Recommends measures to improve production methods, equipment performance, and quality of product.
• Communicates with Site Manager, Operations Director or various functional support teams regard any and all problems within their particular areas
• Must be a team player with the ability to come in when required, and stay until the job is completed.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION And/or EXPERIENCE

• Supervises & coordinates activities of hourly production workers within the steel mill industry operating heavy equipment.
• Ensure obligations for the customer are met in a timely, safe, professional manner.
• Coordinate plant operations, implement safety objectives for a safe work environment.
• Communicate to work force jobs or task to be done.
• Ensure documentation is accurately complete, conduct daily safety talks, communicate with site manager.
• Computer skills a must.

LANGUAGE

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

Preferred Skills

• Three to five years of supervisory experience

COMPUTER SKILLS (Required)

Microsoft Excel – Must be proficient, capable of capturing and organizing dates as well as creating simple equations with the ability of formatting tables.

Microsoft Outlook, Word and PowerPoint - Must also be competent and capable of communicating information in a presentable format to a customer or senior manager.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Ability to sit, stand, walk, reach, use arms and hands, kneel, climb or balance 60-100% of on-the-job time.
• Ability to talk or hear 100% of on-the-job time.
• Ability to lift up to twenty five pounds 30% of on-the-job time.
• Vision requirements: close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Work atmosphere may include the following conditions: working near moving mechanical parts, in fumes or airborne toxins, in outdoor weather conditions, in the risk of radiation, and vibration.

Moderate to Loud noise.

Additional Information

We offer competitive benefits, including health insurance, life insurance and disability plans, as well as a 401k with company matching.

Harsco is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Disclaimer

This job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not intended to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this position.