Relief Lead

Owens Corning; Summit (IL); On-site; USD 62,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Front Line Leader, where you'll lead and inspire a team to achieve excellence in production. This role is pivotal in managing operations during the night shift, ensuring safety, quality, and productivity standards are met. You'll be responsible for developing talent, driving continuous improvement initiatives, and achieving cost targets while maintaining a strong focus on customer satisfaction. If you're passionate about leadership and making a tangible impact in a dynamic manufacturing environment, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of leadership/supervisory experience required.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead operations and employees during 12-hour shifts.
• Ensure safety training and adherence to safety protocols.
• Achieve customer satisfaction and quality commitments.

Skills

Change Management

Communication Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Customer Focus

Mentoring Talent

Conflict Resolution

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Bachelor’s Degree

Leadership/Supervisory Experience

Tools

Learning Management System

Job description

Department: Production 03/24/2025

Job: Front Line Leader (Production Supervisor)

Shift: AM Shift

Overtime Available

Annual Salary: $62,000 to $70,000

SUMMARY

The Production Supervisor is accountable to lead the operation and employees for a 12-hour night shift (6pm -6am). The Production Supervisor also manages and oversees all shift operations in a manner that enhances the plant’s safety, engagement, cost, productivity, efficiency, quality, and customer service.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

Live the Safety stand, adhere to the safety responsibilities (20%)

• Coordinate all required safety training
• Lead execution of monthly team safety requirements
• Educate team members on safe operations
• Effectively communicate Owens Corning’s stand on safety throughout the Operations Department
• Perform reporting and investigation of all safety incidents, driving to root cause and permanent resolution

Achieve customer satisfaction and quality commitments (25%)

• Understand and communicate customer expectations throughout the Operations Department, and ensure all products meet customer standards and requirements
• Ensure timely and accurate production to schedules in order to meet or exceed delivery to promise
• Ensure operational procedures are followed to product specifications, and quality metrics meet customers’ needs
• Perform root cause analysis with the involvement of operators on all quality issues and resolve
• Train operators on problem solving skills, and coach through resolution

Execute Plant’s Continuous Improvement Plan (15%)

• Identify opportunities for improvement and execute actions to deliver improved processes and results
• Communicate expectations around continuous improvement with all team members

Lead and develop talent (20%)

• Monitor and enforce all plant and corporate policies and procedures
• Provide candid feedback on expectations and performance to all members of team on regular basis
• Actively lead and build effective work teams to increase plant performance and drive continuous improvement initiative
• Maintain documentation, track, counsel, and execute coaching and corrective action when performance issues occur

Achieve Plant cost targets (20%)

• Leverage standard work to minimize variation and waste
• Develop and implement productivity projects/programs to enhance processes
• Drive waste out of operation
• Utilize proper resourcing to meet cost targets
• Gather input from and engage all team members in productivity initiatives

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

The employee should hold the following abilities:

• Possesses strong change management skills
• Possesses strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Customer focused
• Grows and mentors talent
• Demonstrates self-knowledge and takes action to continuously improve
• Leverages own and others’ strengths
• Properly utilizes influencing and change leadership skills
• Resolves conflict, as needed

COMPUTER AND SOFTWARE COMPETENCIES

The employee must be able to:

• Log into and navigate company intranet to access for paycheck/benefits enrollment information
• Log into and navigate Learning Management System and accomplish required online training

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE

The employee should have the following:

• High School Diploma or GED equivalency
• Minimum 3 years leadership/supervisory experience required
• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• Six Sigma or Continuous Improvement exposures preferred

ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/WORK ENVIRONMENT

The employee should possess the ability to:

• Ability to routinely lift up to 40 lbs without assistance
• Ability to routinely lift up to 80 lbs with assistance
• Work for up to 12 hours in extreme hot/cold manufacturing environment
• Walk/stand on concrete floors continuously for up to 12 hours
• Routinely ascend and descend stairs to enter work areas
• Safeguard self with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) – steel toed shoes, ear plugs, eye protection (glasses, goggles, and/or facemask) as necessary for task
• Push/Drive floor sweeping and cleaning equipment or tools as necessary for housekeeping duties
• Lifting and carrying (up to 40 lbs) from Auto Catcher to seconds re-wrap or recycle/trash receptacle.
• Ability to rotate and work shift work
• Ability to help with all line breaks and lace-ups