Production Supervisor: Safety & Efficiency Leader

Vesuvius USA; South Carolina; On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Vesuvius USA is seeking a Manufacturing Supervisor to lead a shift in our Charleston, IL plant. You will coordinate production activities, supervise staff, and ensure safety, quality, and efficiency while controlling costs.

Responsibilities include directing maintenance, planning workflows, training employees, and maintaining housekeeping and safe operations. Strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills are required.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years supervisory experience in Manufacturing.
• Knowledge of Manufacturing Processes.
• Knowledge of Preventative Maintenance preferred.
• Skilled in the use of Microsoft Word and Excel for Windows.
• Strong interpersonal skills, People oriented, Team Player.
• Problem solving and Attention to Detail skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintains and promotes safety, safety awareness, employee safety and ensures all jobs are done in a safe manner.
• Abides by all safety, health and environmental policies required by regulatory authorities or the Company.
• Files incident reports including near miss, injury, property damage, fires and environmental. Leads and reports on incident investigations and follow up action status.
• Resolves problems affecting production, including directing maintenance personnel to an equipment failure, scheduling production employees as required and notifies Plant Manager of any out of the ordinary circumstances.
• Directs maintenance as required on shift and reviews completed work orders against work performed to ensure that the job requirements were adequately met.
• Directs people, both employees and contractors, involved with scheduled and unscheduled down time for purposes of minimization of down times and best utilization of resources during those periods.
• Assists in the planning, scheduling and execution of plant maintenance activities as needed.
• Keeps employees informed of any operating changes and trains employees to work effectively and safely. Helps train employees for newly bid jobs and ongoing job knowledge.
• Ensures that adequate stocks of operating supplies are available and communicates needs as identified.
• Maintains a neat and orderly work environment and ensures that high standards of housekeeping are maintained within the Main Plant and grounds.
• Maintains a daily shift report of plant activities and employee time control records.
• Enforces plant rules and administers discipline as necessary consistent with plant disciplinary guidelines.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Manufacturing knowledge

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Interpersonal skills

Team player

Education

Formal education or certifications preferred

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel for Windows

Job description

Vesuvius USA is seeking a Manufacturing Supervisor to lead a shift in our Charleston, IL plant. You will coordinate production activities, supervise staff, and ensure safety, quality, and efficiency while controlling costs.

Responsibilities include directing maintenance, planning workflows, training employees, and maintaining housekeeping and safe operations. Strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills are required.