Production Supervisor, 3rd Shift

Argon Medical Devices Inc; Athens (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Argon Medical Devices Inc. is seeking a Production Supervisor for the 3rd shift to lead daily activities in the production department. The role focuses on optimizing resources, timelines, and quality to ensure the availability of high-quality medical devices.

Responsibilities include coaching staff, enforcing cGMP/IPQ standards, and collaborating with engineering, materials, and QA to meet budget and throughput goals. Safety and process improvements are emphasized throughout.

Qualifications

• AA/AS with 4 years or BA/BS with 2 years direct line supervisory experience in an industrial environment.
• Knowledge of medical components, ISO/cGMP and FDA regulations.
• Equivalent on-the-job training accepted.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily production operations for the 3rd shift to ensure on-time, high-quality product availability.
• Drive continual improvement in safety, quality, and production processes while ensuring compliance with ISO/GMP/FDA standards.
• Provide training and coaching to department employees to promote cGMP compliance and quality awareness.
• Lead and mentor team members, set goals, provide performance feedback, and manage salary administration.
• Identify capacity constraints and communicate with management to protect customer service levels.

Skills

Direct line supervisory experience

Education

AA/AS with 4 years

BA/BS with 2 years

Job description

Company Overview:

Argon Medical Devices is a global manufacturer of specialty medical products, headquartered in Plano, Texas. Argon offers a broad line of medical devices for Interventional Radiology, Vascular Surgery, Interventional Cardiology and Oncology. Argon’s brand is recognized for best-in-class products that improve patient outcomes via percutaneous, image-guided procedures. Our values describe what we believe in and how we operate. These values are our moral compass which guide our decisions and define the deeply held beliefs and principles of our organizational culture. Argon Medical is a family of individuals united by a mission and culture which continue to grow stronger every day.

ARGON MEDICAL DEVICES IS NOT LEVERAGING SEARCH FIRMS

Position Overview:

The Production Supervisor, 3rd Shift performs functions of department supervision and direct the daily activities of department employees to assure timely availability of high-quality products

What you will do:

• Assure maximum utilization of resources to meet the scheduled due dates for product availability. Balance throughput by scheduling resources and equipment to ensure attainment of established production goals and objectives.
• Responsible for continual improvement of safety, quality and production processes while
• ensuring compliance with ISO/GMP/FDA and quality standards.
• Provide adequate training and close coaching for the department employees to establish
• product awareness and understanding, cGMP compliance and promote ISO 13485 quality
• standards.
• Implement safety programs to include training and awareness to eliminate lost time accidents
• and reduce OSHA recordable injuries.
• Serve as a communication link between management and the department to assure quality
• information flow.
• Provide effective leadership and coaching to members of department, including goal setting,
• performance feedback and salary administration.
• Alert management to any capacity constraints that have a potential to adversely affect the
• customer service levels.
• Maintain the floor stock inventory to assure adequate components availability.
• Assist in the development of annual operation budgets, provide updates and manage
• variances.
• Obtain Engineering, Materials management and Q.A. support as necessary to achieve the
• department’s thru-put and budget objectives.
• Maintain an environment of fairness, challenge and support to foster job effectiveness and a
• sense of direction and well-being in the department employees. Respond to all employee
• concerns in an efficient manner.
• Maintain the department integrity in terms of cGMP compliance. Follow all safety policies procedures. Other responsibilities as assigned.

Leadership Responsibilities

• Responsible for the management of all production employees in department.
• Communicate openly and often with cross-functional management staff to evaluate productionprocess needs, resolve problems and obstacles, provide resources, reset direction and maximizeeffective interactions and functioning.
• Constructively challenge, and actively participate in, management decision-making processesrelated to strategic and tactical business issues.
• Articulate vision/strategy to company leaders, peers and subordinates and gain commitment aswell as influence behaviors to drive results.
• Effectively drive teamwork up, across and down the organization to deliver results.

Skills for Success:

• AA/AS with 4 years or BA/BS with 2 years direct line supervisory experience in an industrial environment with knowledge of medical components, ISO/cGMP and FDA regulations, or equivalent on the job training.