Production Supervisor- 3rd Shift

Cooper Standard Automotive; Bellefontaine (OH); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Cooper Standard Automotive in Ohio is seeking a capable Plant Supervisor to ensure safety, production, quality and continuous improvement goals are met. This role plans, organizes, coordinates and controls resources to achieve targets and maintain compliance with quality and safety standards.

You will lead a team, develop staff, manage breaks and overtime, and drive improvements with the Continuous Improvement teams, while collaborating with managers to review performance and actions.

Qualifications

• Four year degree or pursuing a four year degree with two to four years in supervision and/or more than 3 years of supervision/management experience.
• Ability to identify and resolve day-to-day technical and operational problems.
• Analytical skills to gather and interpret production information.
• Willingness and ability to travel, as necessary.
• Computer competency with spreadsheets, charting, and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Create a work environment where employees are respected, welcomed, safe, and empowered to excel.
• Ensure parts are built to plan and customer specifications.
• Ensure employees and team leaders are trained and empowered to meet job requirements.
• Communicate work rules and required standards of conduct.
• Assess employee performance and coach or discipline as needed.
• Identify, control and communicate risk in operations.
• Ensure staff are trained to perform their jobs safely.
• Model safe behaviors and lead by example.
• Lead incident investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective actions.
• Maintain accurate production reports.
• Organize and schedule work, breaks, overtime, vacation, and coverage to meet production needs.
• Conform to quality procedures and apply quality/process controls.
• Encourage improvement ideas from operators and assist with implementation.
• Collaborate with Continuous Improvement teams and support their implementation.
• Ensure shift communication and timely team meetings.
• Participate in manager meetings to review performance and actions.
• Attend critical parts meetings and daily walkabouts.
• May perform other duties as required.
• Participate in or lead safety processes (hazard assessments, incident investigations, etc.).

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Computer literacy (Excel, Word)

Travel willingness

Supervision experience

Education

Bachelor's degree or pursuing a four-year degree

Job description

Position Summary:

Ensure the achievement of the unit's safety, production, quality, and continuous improvement goals through adequate planning, organization, coordination and control of its human and technical resources and materials.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Create a work environment in which each employee is respected, feels welcome and safe, and is empowered to do their best.
• Responsible for all parts being built to the manufacturing plan and customer specifications.
• Ensure that employees and team leaders are properly trained and empowered to execute the job requirements.
• Communicate work rules and required standards of conduct.
• Assess employee performance, and initiate employee coaching and discipline as necessary.
• Identify, control and communicate risk in operations.
• Ensure employees are trained to safely perform their jobs.
• Act as a role model and ensure employees model safe behaviors.
• Initiate and participate in incident investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective actions.
• Ensure production reports are accurately maintained.
• Organize and schedule work, including management of breaks, overtime, vacation and absence coverage to achieve production requirements.
• Ensure conformance to quality procedures and proper application of quality and process controls.
• Encourage, support and communicate improvement ideas from operators, and assist with implementation once ideas have been approved.
• Collaborate with Continuous Improvement teams, identifying and proposing possible solutions and supporting their effective implementation.
• Ensure communication between shifts and that team meetings occur.
• Participate in meetings with managers to evaluate performance results and planned actions.
• Participate in critical parts meetings as needed, and daily walkabout.
• May, on occasion, be required to perform duties other than those specified in this description.
• Participate in or lead safety‑related processes such as hazard assessment, work instruction development, incident investigations, LPA, 6S, safety walks, etc.
• Ensure that HSE legal and management system requirements for work areas are met.
• May, on occasion, be required to perform duties other than those specified in this description

Education and Qualifications:

• Four year degree or two year degree in pursuit of a four year degree with two to four years in supervision and / or more than 3 years practical experience in supervision / management
• Ability to identify and resolve day to day technical and operational problems.
• Analytical skills to gather and interpret production information.
• Computer competency required, spreadsheet, charting, and word documentation.
• Uses tact and diplomacy to exchange information and handle sensitive issues.
• Willingness and ability to travel, as necessary.

Work Environment/Work Conditions:

• Professional Office Environment
• Must wear proper personal protection equipment while on manufacturing floor
• Travel to manufacturing facilities or customer locations when required
• Equipment used requires proper training on the potential for and avoidance of injury

Cooper Standard is proud of its diverse workforce and committed to providing equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, genetic information, physical or mental disability, age, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We are dedicated to creating an environment at work that not only values diversity but also encourages inclusion and a sense of belonging. We firmly believe that a diverse workplace fosters an environment where our employees can flourish and provide superior service to our customers.

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