Supervisor - Department

SIERRA PACIFIC INDUSTRIES; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 37,000 - 43,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hiring bonus

Competitive hourly pay

Training and internal promotion

Health benefits

Retirement plan

Paid vacation & holidays

Job summary

Sierra Pacific Industries is seeking a 2nd shift Department Supervisor at our Windows facility in Medford, Wisconsin. The role focuses on safety, productivity, and quality in a large lumber/millwork operation.

You will supervise the crew, manage timecards, support cross-training, and drive continuous improvement while ensuring compliance with OSHA and other regulations.

Qualifications

• 2 years’ recent, related, and relevant work experience.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and motivate a crew.
• Understand wood product manufacturing processes with emphasis on people management.
• Proven commitment to Safety and Company Policy.
• Ability to handle multiple priorities under demanding circumstances.

Responsibilities

• Assure safe workplace practices are followed and promote safety awareness through leading by example.
• Work with Mill Manager, Superintendent, and other Supervisors to optimize productivity.
• Actively manage and reduce downtime through quick analysis of options and orchestrating solutions.
• Identify opportunities and take measures to reduce waste and inefficiencies.
• Oversee the product manufacturing process to ensure quality standards are met.
• Understand and comply with applicable regulations such as OSHA, wage and hour, and environmental.
• Supervise, train, direct, and coordinate work of the department's crew.
• Effectively manage crew work time and duties during production, breakdowns, and emergencies.
• Recognize the need and opportunity, and take action, to implement cross-training.
• Manage scheduled time off, unexpected absences, and modified duty of crew.
• Approve timecards for payment, assuring compliance with applicable regulations and Company policy.
• Recognize, recommend, and participate in crew commendation, corrective, disciplinary and discharge action.
• Participate in crew member corrective, disciplinary, and discharge actions.
• Evaluate crew and make recommendations for awarding of job openings.

Skills

Leadership

Safety commitment

Multitasking

Wood processing knowledge

Experience (2+ yrs)

Job description

Up to $1,500 hiring bonus!
Earn $27.16 to $30.86 per hour
We train and promote from within
Excellent low-cost health benefits
Retirement plan with employer-paid contributions
Paid vacation and 10 holidays

At Sierra Pacific Industries, we understand our greatest strength is the people who choose to build a career with us. We are a fourth-generation family-owned company that has grown to be one of the largest lumber and millwork producers in the United States. Our more than 6,000 employees are proud to work at our state-of-the-art sawmills and other facilities, including: manufacturing, custom wood-framed windows, fabrication, millwork, veneer, cogeneration, trucking, forestry, and other operations.

Currently, we are seeking a qualified 2nd shift Department Supervisor at our Windows facility located in Medford, Wisconsin.

About the Position

• Assure safe workplace practices are followed and promote safety awareness through leading by example
• Work with Mill Manager, Superintendent, and other Supervisors to optimize productivity
• Actively manage and reduce downtime through quick analysis of options and orchestrating solutions
• Identify opportunities and take measures to reduce waste and inefficiencies
• Oversee the product manufacturing process to ensure quality standards are met
• Understand and comply with applicable regulations such as OSHA, wage and hour, and environmental
• Supervise, train, direct, and coordinate work of the department's crew
• Effectively manage crew work time and duties during production, breakdowns, and emergencies
• Recognize the need and opportunity, and take action, to implement cross-training
• Manage scheduled time off, unexpected absences, and modified duty of crew
• Approve timecards for payment, assuring compliance with applicable regulations and Company policy
• Recognize, recommend, and participate in crew commendation, corrective, disciplinary and discharge action
• Participate in crew member corrective, disciplinary, and discharge actions
• Evaluate crew and make recommendations for awarding of job openings

Qualifications

• 2 years’ recent, related, and relevant work experience
• Demonstrated ability to lead and motivate a crew
• Understand wood product manufacturing processes with emphasis on people management
• Proven commitment to Safety and Company Policy
• Ability to handle multiple priorities under demanding circumstances

Why Join Our Team?

Because this is more than an invitation, it's a commitment to offer opportunities for personal and professional growth to everyone! We ask people to grow with us and make the company even better.

We provide an excellent benefit package including a full Health Benefits Plan (including medical, dental, and vision) with low-cost premiums, a 401(k) with Company Match, additional Retirement Contributions, and company-paid Life Insurance.

Sierra Pacific is an (EOE) Equal Opportunity Employer, including those with a disability and veterans.

Sierra Pacific Industries is a fourth-generation family-owned company based in Northern California that started in 1949 and has grown to be one of the largest lumber and millwork producers in the U.S., employing around 6,500 crew members. Sierra Pacific continues to be a company where its employees are proud to work at state-of-the-art facilities and others strive to become part of the team.

We own and sustainably manage more than 2.4 million acres of timberland in California, Oregon, and Washington. Our forests are sustainably managed under a 100-year plan by Registered Professional Foresters, Wildlife Biologists, Botanists, and other professionals. We are growing forests for our future, planting over 6 million new trees every year. In Spring 2024, we planted our 300 millionth seedling on our timberlands. This milestone was decades in the making, reflecting our commitment to sustainable forest management and ensuring we have forests not just for today, but for generations to come.

Sierra Pacific effectively uses nearly 100% of every piece of wood we bring to our facilities. In fact, any small amount that isn't turned into hand-crafted doors and windows, millwork, lumber, or landscaping material is actually converted into electricity in our eight biomass-fueled power plants.

We are proud that all Sierra Pacific facilities follow our drug-free and tobacco-free policies. As part of our safety in the workplace policy, an offer of employment is subject to a negative drug screen result. We use E-verify to verify the social security number and work authorization of all newly hired employees. Sierra Pacific is an (EOE) Equal Opportunity Employer, including those with a disability and veterans.