Production Supervisor Nights

American Plastics, LLC; Adams Township (OH); Hybrid; USD 60.000 - 75.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

American Plastics, LLC in Tiffin, OH is seeking a Production Supervisor to lead the injection molding team, ensuring safety, quality, and productivity on the shop floor. The role reports to the Production Manager and requires hands-on floor presence and collaboration with maintenance and engineering to meet schedules.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor’s degree and 3–5 years of plastics injection experience, with a proven ability to drive process improvements and manage KPI performance.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s degree preferred in Operations Management, Engineering, Business Management, or related field.
• Minimum 3–5 years related experience in plastic injection molding.
• Hybrid candidate willing to be on the floor as well as in the office.

Aufgaben

• Lead injection molding team and apply knowledge of plastics processing.
• Troubleshoot and adjust molding parameters to maintain quality and output.
• Respond to problems with corrective technical or mechanical solutions.
• Maintain a safe and clean work environment.
• Monitor KPIs and communicate them to production staff.
• Evaluate performance, develop the team, and maintain records.
• Make timely production decisions and provide direction.
• Suggest process improvements to maximize productivity and reduce costs.
• Coordinate with maintenance and engineering during escalations.
• Understand schedules and priorities and interact with all levels.

Kenntnisse

Injection molding knowledge

Leadership on floor

Problem solving

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s Degree

Jobbeschreibung

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 at the Tiffin, OH facility. This position will report to the Production Manager.

Job Responsibilities

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.

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