The Production Supervisor oversees the daily workflow of the department.
- Maintain workflow by monitoring steps of the process, setting processing variables, observing control points and equipment: monitoring personnel resources by studying methods, implementing cost reductions, developing reporting procedures and systems, facilitating corrections to malfunctions within process control points, initiating and fostering cooperation within and between departments.
- Complete production plans by scheduling and assigning personnel: accomplishing work results, establishing priorities, monitoring progress, revising schedules: resolving problems, reporting results of the process flow on shift production summaries.
- Manage and direct hourly employees including timekeeping and authorizing pay of employees, corrective action, dispute and conflict resolution, authorizing and approving paid time off requested in advance.
- Analyze, troubleshoot, and revise systems procedures and operational practices while maintaining budgetary and personnel requirements.
- Maintain staffing by orienting and developing employees while promoting personal growth.
- Accomplishes manufacturing staff results by communicating job expectations: planning, monitoring, and appraising job results.
- Provide coaching, counseling, and discipline to employees.
- Initiate, coordinate, and enforce systems, policies, and procedures.
- Maintain quality service by establishing and enforcing organizational standards.
- Ensure operation of equipment by calling for repairs, evaluating new equipment and techniques.
- Provide manufacturing information by compiling, initiating, sorting, and analyzing production performance records and data, answering questions, and responding to requests.
- Maintain a clean and safe work environment by educating and directing personnel on the use of all control points, equipment and resources while maintaining compliance with established policies and procedures.
- Maintain a working relationship with the Union by following the terms of the collective bargaining agreement.
- Resolve personnel problems by analyzing data, investigating issues, identifying solutions, recommending action and contribute to the learning efforts by accomplishing related results as needed.
- Plan and organize work, check procedures and equipment to ensure conformance to operation instruction sheets and comply with established priorities and schedules.
- Provide training to employees including safety talks, job instruction and policy and procedure updates. Efficiently and accurately evaluate probationary employees.
- Investigate work related problems such as safety incidents, production delays, quality matters, operational and/or equipment inefficiencies, etc. Seek root cause of problems and recommend improvements.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
