Production Supervisor

Carolina Container; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Disability insurance

Job summary

A leading packaging company in Minnesota is looking for a Production Supervisor to oversee production activities. Responsibilities include leading employees, ensuring safety and quality, and managing scheduling. Candidates should have a high school diploma and prior management experience. The role offers a full-time position with a focus on both production efficiency and team development.

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years of age.
• Prior Mounting Experience is essential.
• Ability to read a tape measure with speed and accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Lead activities of production employees for safety, quality, and efficiency.
• Schedule Production machines effectively and efficiently.
• Ensure on-time delivery of raw materials.

Skills

Problem-solving skills

Technical skills

Organization and efficiency

Ability to work in a team setting

Excellent computer and data entry experience

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Tools

MS Office: Word, Excel, Outlook

Job description

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SUMMARY: Responsible for leading the activities of production employees to maintain safety, quality, and efficient productions. With oversight and at the direction of the Production Manager, is responsible for training employees, planning, assigning, and directing work, safely maximize quality, and leading employees to improve.

SUPERVISOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for shift safety activities to include housekeeping, and working with the Production employees and shift maintenance to address any safety concerns that can be remedied on shift
• Interpret specifications, blueprints, and job orders, and assign duties
• Interface with others in the company to ensure customer deadlines are met.
• Inspect and measure parts and products to verify conformance to specifications.
• Acts as a resource to the production employees in helping resolve key issues and concerns as well as identifying “Best Practices” and efficiencies.
• Explains and enforces policies, identifies violations of policies and procedures to Shift Supervisor for further action needed.
• Document Training with HR; coordinate relevant training sessions.
• Planning and organizing schedule of the assembly department per manager by assessing projects and the resources required to meet daily production schedule.
• Assessing root cause failure analysis for quality concerns and issues.
• Attentive to safety, productivity, quality standards, and practice lean manufacturing techniques.
• Provides feedback in relation to employee performance, moral, and training gaps.
• Duties may be expanded upon, and additional duties may be assigned.

SCHEDULING RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Schedule Corrugator / Production machines effectively and efficiently as possible.
• Ensure waste numbers are minimized by creating a smooth and seamless production schedule for each department in the plant, side trim accountability.
• Coordinate daily and production scheduling and transportation needs – morning & afternoon.
• Ensure on-time delivery of raw materials to meet press dates based on customer orders.
• Generate monthly forecasts based on previous year performance and information from the Sales Team.
• Serve as a liaison between the Production Department and CSR/Sales Department to communicate customer needs and current production abilities.
• Manage in a goal-oriented environment to deliver target results in the areas of safety, reliability, cost, quality, productivity, and employee engagement.
• Implement, maintain, and support all company policies and procedures, including safety and maintaining good housekeeping.
• Comply with company policies and procedures.
• Regular and predictable attendance.

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Must be 18 years of age
• High School diploma or equivalent
• Prior Mounting Experience
• Technical skills
• Organization and efficiency
• Problem-solving skills
• Ability to work in a team setting.
• Able to read a tape measure with speed and accuracy.
• Knowledge equipment design and capabilities that can be translated into efficient operation.
• Read and interpret product layout and production specifications.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret technical procedures, manuals, regulations, and codes.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, percentages, proportions, area, and volume. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw conclusions.
• Ability to solve practical problems as well as interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Previous experience in a corrugated scheduling department and/or box plant operation.
• Excellent computer and data entry experience and accuracy
• Efficiency with MS Office: Word, Excel, Outlook

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit and use hands to handle or feel.
• The employee frequently is required to talk or hear.
• The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms.
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• The employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts.
• Exposure to wet and humid conditions.
• Exposure to high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; and vibration.
• Noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

OTHER DUTIES

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Production, Management, and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Packaging and Containers Manufacturing and Paper and Forest Product Manufacturing

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