Job Summary

Supervises a staff of production employees in the production department. Manages production team activities in accordance with production schedules ensuring unit goals are achieved. Ensures adherence to established operations and safety policies and procedures. Maintains standards in the areas of safety, food safety, housekeeping, attendance, operational discipline, process safety management, and scheduled/unscheduled maintenance. Responsible for communications up and down the line and for assuring that communications from team members are accurate and complete. Responsible for responding to personnel, operational, safety, and environmental incidents.
Supervises a staff of production employees. Manages production team activities in accordance with production schedules ensuring unit goals are achieved. Ensures adherence to established operations and safety policies and procedures. Maintains standards in the areas of safety, food safety, housekeeping, attendance, operational discipline, process safety management, and scheduled/unscheduled maintenance. Responsible for communications up and down the line and for assuring that communications from team members are accurate and complete. Responsible for responding to personnel, operational, safety, and environmental incidents.
Production Supervisor Responsibilities:
• Role model, establish expectations, and drive accountability in Core Values, e.g. Safety/Food Safety, Ethical Behavior, Respect for People, Environmental Stewardship.
• Provide production coverage support for assigned shift. First call point of contact for production issues/area emergencies for shift.
• Ensure safety in day-to-day activities through execution of site safety policies including proper permitting, safety audits, housekeeping, incident investigation/recommendation implementation.
• Maintains and updates operating procedures and job task analyses in assigned area using the document management system.
• Direct production team in activities such as coordination of competing production priorities and troubleshooting of process and mechanical reliability issues.
• Work directly with maintenance and technical resources (engineers, laboratory analysts, etc.) to help resolve production issues as well as on continuous improvement activities focused on unit processes and equipment.
• Manages/supports team and team members’ performance including shift staffing needs, overtime requirements, performance appraisals, and identifying and resolving performance issues.
• Maintains electronic employee data including accurate weekly time keeping records.
• Supports development of team member functional knowledge, skills (technical & soft), and abilities through formal training activities and mentorship/coaching.
• Perform job duties in a manner that follow food safety and quality guidelines as defined by the department.
Qualifications:
5 years manufacturing/production facility experience, with two years’ experience in a lead operator or equivalent capacity.
Supervisory experience preferred.
Skills & Abilities
• Ability to utilize common computer applications including Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SAP, SharePoint, etc.
• Demonstrated communication (written & oral) effectiveness
• Demonstrated critical thinking and analytical problem solving skills including data collection/analysis and solution definition/implementation
• Ability to manage multiple work streams necessary to meet plant targets, business objectives, and customer needs.
• Demonstrated team leadership through successful team building, skill development, and change management.

生産部門の生産従業員のスタッフを監督します。生産スケジュールに従って生産チームの活動を管理し、ユニットの目標が達成されるようにします。既存の運用および安全ポリシーと手順の遵守を確保します。安全、食品安全、清掃、出席、運用規律、プロセス安全管理、計画的および非計画的なメンテナンスの分野で基準を維持します。上下のラインでのコミュニケーションを担当し、チームメンバーからのコミュニケーションが正確かつ完全であることを保証します。人事、運用、安全、および環境のインシデントに対応する責任があります。

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