Shift Production Leader: Drive Efficiency & Safety

Packaging Corporation; California; On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Packaging Corporation is seeking a Shift Supervisor to coordinate daily and weekly production schedules, oversee staff, and drive safe, efficient operations. You will lead training, enforce policies, and partner with management to meet customer orders with quality and on-time performance.

The role emphasizes development of employees, adherence to safety practices, and continuous improvement across corrugated manufacturing processes.

Qualifications

• Education equivalent to high school diploma required. Some college preferred.
• Four (4) years of previous supervisory experience at a corrugated manufacturing facility.
• Previous experience in coaching, training, teambuilding, performance development, and conflict resolution.
• Established knowledge of corrugated and packaging manufacturing machinery, concepts, practices, and procedures including continual improvement processes and safety practices.
• Working knowledge of manufacturing systems including shop floor software.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to handle numerous details, deadlines, and requests.
• Strong listening, evaluating, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate activity with the production manager to plan and manage daily and weekly schedules to meet production goals, prioritize work orders, maintain quality requirements, and assure an even flow of work through all the departments to increase up-time and minimize unscheduled downtime.
• Schedule work, coordinate production activities, provide direct oversight of employees, approve time records, communicate and implement company policy.
• Engage in employee development activities, make recommendations on employee hire, promotion and disciplinary action.
• Maintain a clean, safe and injury-free work environment by ensuring health and safety procedures are understood and executed by all employees.
• Conduct employee training on all equipment, protocols, production standards, safety regulations, and waste control on an ongoing basis.
• Analyze production performance, identify opportunities, make recommendations for process and equipment improvement, establish and execute goals.
• Supervise efficient operation of equipment including the inspection of materials, products, and equipment to detect and/or prevent malfunctions.
• Participate in production meeting and provide updates as needed.
• Request materials, supplies, equipment parts, or repair services as needed.
• Know and follow policies and procedures of the company, share information that would benefit other members of the team, and find ways to improve the delivery of service to our customers.
• Strive to continually strengthen PCA’s business philosophy of meeting needs and exceeding expectation for customers specifically supporting PCA’s Commitment to Service which involves doing what’s right for our customers, focusing on strategies that add value and support growth, and keeping the promises that we make.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Coaching

Team building

Performance development

Conflict resolution

Process improvement

Strong communication

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Time management

Education

High school diploma

Some college

Tools

Shop floor software

Job description

Packaging Corporation is seeking a Shift Supervisor to coordinate daily and weekly production schedules, oversee staff, and drive safe, efficient operations. You will lead training, enforce policies, and partner with management to meet customer orders with quality and on-time performance.

The role emphasizes development of employees, adherence to safety practices, and continuous improvement across corrugated manufacturing processes.