Supervisor, Shift Job Description
Supervisor, Shift Duties & Responsibilities
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Supervisor, Shift Qualifications
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Licensing or Certifications for Supervisor, Shift
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Education for Supervisor, Shift
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Supervisor, Shift Examples
Supervisor, Shift Job Description
- Ensure that all operators are aware of any new changes in procedures and/or equipment
- Troubleshoot and resolve process and equipment problems as they arise, following all appropriate safety and GMP procedures
- Provide assistance and/or training to Chemical Operators by maintaining a detailed knowledge of plant equipment and procedures
- Supervise union production personnel
- Employee development with emphasis on safety, health, environmental, and production issues
- Formulate and/or follow detailed production schedules for a continuous operation process
- Provide leadership for production personnel to meet short and long term production goals
- Participate in the Follansbee Plant Safety Observations and Contacts Program
- There will be 8 – 10 hourly employees reporting to this position
- Directly participates in the development of plant specific goals and objectives
- Must have machining background and experience in the repair or maintenance business
- Basic proficiency with PC and Microsoft Office applications required
- Bachelor degree or equivalent with background on chemical , process ,or engineering
- Above 3 years experience on chemical manufacturing company , paint making company preferred
- Experience within a paper converting operation
- College degree (Associates or Bachelor's) preferred or 1 - 3 years or more experience in a maintenance operations environment required
Supervisor, Shift Job Description
- Ensure adequate training and communication to staff related to policies and procedures
- Recommend changes to policies and procedures as needed
- Direct shift in continuous improvement initiatives, such as SPS, 6 Sigma, Kaizen events, and lean manufacturing
- Coordinate production scheduling on shift to meet customer demands, manage overtime, minimize inventory, and reduce costs
- Support quality initiatives to ensure product meets or exceeds customer expectations
- Identify, propose and implement capital projects to improve operational performance
- Teach and lead the safety process for assigned crew to prevent injuring employees
- Manage production and quality to meet customer demands while minimizing overtime and inventory
- Meet performance metric expectations using methods such as
- Build and maintain productive relationships that foster employee engagement and satisfaction
- Ability to lead and train workforce
- Computer Literacy- Microsoft Office Suite, Minitab
- Refinery operations experience is an asset
- Operator qualifications, university degree, technical diploma or Journeyman trade
- Academic library experience, in Circulation/Reserve
- Direct Customer Service experience at a high volume Service Desk
Supervisor, Shift Job Description
- Proper documentation of Chemical Operators work time using the Kronos computer software
- Investigate and document root cause of any “out of specification” batches, safety incidents, process or equipment failure
- Provide training for Chemical Operators
- Discipline as necessary to ensure compliance with plant policies
- Call in and supervise mechanics when needed
- Ensure proper and adequate training for transferred or newly hired chemical operators
- Schedule overtime and vacation coverage for Chemical Operators
- Conduct formal performance reviews for Chemical Operators, giving positive and negative feedback
- Review production batch sheets daily for accuracy
- Monitor inventories to ensure that an adequate supply of raw materials is on-hand for production requirements
- Demonstrated knowledge of computer hardware
- Experience with Innovative Interfaces
- 5 years in a manufacturing setting, experience in a union environment
- Prefer a 4 year degree in an engineering discipline, but other areas of study will be considered with appropriate and relevant experience and 5-7 years of experience required
- Experience in supervision of associates in a production environment, preferably drug and/or cosmetic
- Knowledge of production equipment, especially safe operating techniques, product capabilities and troubleshooting methods
Supervisor, Shift Job Description
- Report promptly to appropriate managers/departments when upset conditions occur on shift or within area of responsibility
- Ability to manage and work with outside contractors
- Attend all supervisory training
- Leadership – setting expectations and gaining trust
- Communication - listening, giving clear instructions and preparing reports / presentations
- Interpersonal – ability to motivate direct reports and hold them accountable against expectations
- Have good teamwork characteristics with the ability to motivate, communicate and proactively develop associates
- Significant communication skills – verbal and written
- Work with others to staff a multiple shift organization
- The ability to calculate figures such as proportions and percentages, and product dimensions
- Bachelors degree in business, science or engineering required
- Minimum of 1 year of supervisory experience in manufacturing but prefer 2-3
Supervisor, Shift Job Description
- Training / Certification on EHS/ISO/Lean Six Sigma
- 15 years for Diploma & 10 years minimum for CIPET graduate, with good hands on experience on compounding process with working knowledge on Mfg
- Good understanding on compounding/Extrusion process & trouble shooting
- Able to lead team of 20 Hourly/Contractor team members
- Shop floor leadership skill to lead shift operation team independently
- Basic knowledge on ISO/TS Quality Standards / Process Improvement methodology
- Counting money accurately
- Ensure material reconciliation & batch booking as per finance compliance
- Co-ordinate with shift QC and maintenance for machine or process trouble shooting
- Lead shift team for various EHSS & Employee engagement initiatives
- Co-ordinate with SCM on RM planning & issue of required raw material
- Ensure required work force planning for his shift including job rotation & training