Production Supervisor Night Shift

American Plastics, Llc.; Missouri; On-site; USD 50,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Production Supervisor to lead their injection molding operations. This role offers an exciting opportunity to manage a dynamic production team, ensuring high-quality output while maintaining a safe work environment. You'll be responsible for directing job assignments, troubleshooting production issues, and implementing process improvements to enhance productivity. With a fixed schedule that includes a 3-day weekend every other week, this position promises a great work-life balance. If you're ready to roll up your sleeves and make a significant impact in a fast-paced environment, we want to hear from you!

Benefits

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

401k

Paid Vacation

Qualifications

• 3-5 years experience in a related field with a focus on plastic injection.
• Strong leadership skills to manage and motivate production teams.

Responsibilities

• Direct job assignments and lead production staff effectively.
• Implement process improvements to maximize productivity and safety.
• Monitor production output and quality standards.

Skills

Injection Molding

Leadership

Problem-solving

Production KPIs

Process Improvement

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Operations Management

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management

Job description

Description

American Plastics, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, is a leading designer and manufacturer of innovative plastic-injection molded products for the household & garage storage and commercial cleaning end-markets. We are searching for a Production Supervisor for our Sycamore, OH facility. This position will be reporting to the Production Manager.

The Injection Molding Production Supervisor will plan, direct, and coordinate the production activities of their shift. The primary responsibilities of the Production Supervisor include directing job assignments and providing leadership to the production staff; managing production resources for a high-volume manufacturing operation; maintaining high levels of order fulfillment with good quality and operating in safe conditions. The Production Supervisor is accountable for inspiring, training, and developing their team to achieve optimum safety, quality, service, productivity, and profitability.

Injection Molding

• Utilize prior experience leading injection molding team, as well as working knowledge of processing plastics.
• Troubleshoot and adjust molding parameters to maintain quality and maximum product output.
• Respond to problems by performing corrective technical or mechanical solutions.

General

• Maintains safe and clean work environment.
• Knowledge of production KPIs and communicate the KPIs to production staff.
• Evaluate and provide timely feedback on employee performance; motivate and develop a cohesive production team; maintain production and attendance records.
• Make timely decisions to maintain production output and quickly analyze situations and provide direction to production staff.
• Recommend and implement process improvements to maximize productivity, reduce waste, improve quality, reduce costs, and provide a safe work environment.
• Monitor processes to ensure productivity and quality standards are being achieved.
• Analyze and resolve processing issues.
• Understand escalation process for when issues move from maintenance to engineering.
• Understand schedules and priorities.
• Interact well with all levels of the organization.

Safety

• Report incident reports
• Understand how to preform root cause investigation and corrective actions.
• Waste Management and monitoring what is happening on the floor.
• Effectively communicate with Process / Maintenance when an issue needs to be, so it does not become a safety issue, or give direction due to production demand.

Fixed Schedule:

All (4) shifts A, B, C, D are scheduled on a 2/2/3. This schedule gives you a 3-day weekend every other week! The schedule pattern consists of four 12-Hour shifts who work two days in a row, get two days off and then work another three days, which results in only 14 working days each month!

Requirements

• Education – Bachelor’s Degree in Operations Management, Engineering, Business Management, or related field preferred
• Minimum 3-5 years related experience, Plastic Injection knowledge is a MUST.
• Hybrid Candidate – Willing to roll up sleeves and be on the floor as well as office management.

Benefits:

If you are interested in joining the American Plastics team and want to work in a fast-paced, progressive environment, we want to hear from you. We offer a competitive salary, full benefit package including medical/dental, 401k, and paid vacation.