Shift Supervisor - 3rd Shift

American Packaging Corporation; Town of Forest (WI); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plans

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

American Packaging Corporation (APC) is seeking a 3rd shift Production Supervisor at the DeForest, WI location. The role directs production employees, trains staff, and ensures safety and quality standards are met across all shifts.

Responsibilities include planning, directing, and evaluating work while maintaining regulatory and company policies. The position requires an Associate degree or equivalent experience, strong leadership and communication skills, and the ability to coordinate with

Qualifications

• Associates degree (A.A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; with one-year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to present information to groups of managers, clients, customers, and the public.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.

Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise production employees and direct work assignments.
• Train employees and conduct performance evaluations.
• Coordinate safety programs and conduct safety observations.
• Investigate incidents and follow up within 24 hours with department manager.
• Manage machine operations and ensure 5S housekeeping and inventory controls.
• Communicate with department managers on process and personnel issues.
• Oversee shift run sheets and ensure adherence to specifications.

Skills

Team leadership

Safety awareness

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Associate degree or equivalent

Job description

At American Packaging Corporation (APC), you’ll find the packaging career you’ve been looking for. With competitive salaries, excellent benefits, 401(k) plans and tuition reimbursement programs, we nurture our employees while advancing and promoting diversity and inclusion. As the leading flexible packaging converter in North America for over a century, APC’s longstanding success is fueled from the inside out. We’re constantly seeking to improve our internal operations and were named a “Best of the Best” in the Best workplaces in the America’s awards for 12 years in a row. It’s how and why we engage the best and brightest talent to continue propelling our shared success into the future.

At American Packaging Corporation (APC), you’ll find the packaging career you’ve been looking for. With competitive salaries, excellent benefits, 401(k) plans and tuition reimbursement programs, we nurture our employees while advancing and promoting diversity and inclusion. As the leading flexible packaging converter in North America for over a century, APC’s longstanding success is fueled from the inside out. We’re constantly seeking to improve our internal operations and were named a “Best of the Best” in the Best workplaces in the America’s awards for 12 years in a row. It’s how and why we engage the best and brightest talent to continue propelling our shared success into the future.

LOCATION: DeForest, WI

SHIFT: 3rd

SUMMARY: Directly supervises production employees and carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Include The Following.

Other duties may be assigned.

• Safety
• Leads safety efforts throughout all departments in manufacturing.
• Actively participates in safety programs and makes safety observations, also is a contributing member of a safety team.
• Reviews all observations and accepts responsibility for follow up.
• Conduct Incident investigations & send out by email before the end of the shift when an incident happens.
• Follow up investigation & TOR completed with the department manager within 24hrs.
• Accountability for fire drills & tornado drills, where applicable.
• Equipment Facilitator
• Manages & is responsible for operations of assigned machines 24 hours a day.
• Housekeeping, implementation & maintaining the 5s program.
• Conduct meetings daily with assigned personnel.
• Review Safety Concerns, Maintenance Concerns, Production #s, and Customer complaints.
• Responsible for evaluating employees assigned on shift.
• Look ahead on the schedule & have run conditions for jobs.
• Coordinate with maintenance the work orders & PMs.
• General Responsibilities
• Facilitate on the job training and instruction for team members on the correct use of tools and equipment to ensure proper safety and operating procedures are followed.
• Management representative responsible for all plant operations on off shifts and weekend operations.
• Approves color matching for presses on scheduled shift, where applicable.
• Strong communication with Department Managers on all process and personnel issues.
• Makes decisions concerning troubleshooting and employee issues.
• Knows, understands, implements, & enforces plant procedures and policies.
• Processes shift reports from production and waste on scheduled shift.
• Analyzes production and improves process where opportunity exists.
• Sign off on Finishing run sheets ensuring correct specs are maintained and schedule is accurate on night shifts.
• Leads teams formed to deal with production, manufacturing and safety issues.
• Daily 5s shift audits.
• Daily production status report
• Ensure Raw Material Rejections have required MFG data to process. Coordinate priorities and efforts of maintenance and the engineers
• Inspecting & sign off on all retains & ensure that good quality product is being produced.
• Cylinder check sheets.
• Adjust crews accordingly to minimize OT but still meet goals.
• OK sheets filled out & check off.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION And/or EXPERIENCE

Associate’s degree (A. A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; with one-year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Language Skills

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the public.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representatives of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to sit and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. This position may require manual lifting not to exceed 50 lbs – reference your department-specific JHA (job hazard analysis) for departmental lifting restrictions.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

American Packaging Corporation is committed to equal opportunity for all, without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic. American Packaging Corporation will make reasonable accommodations for known physical or mental limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants with disabilities unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. EOE/AA Disability/Veteran.