Our client is looking to hire a Production Supervisor (Day Shift) and a Process Improvement Lead in Hanover MD!:
Production Supervisor
Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities
- Provides guidance and leadership to production quality maintenance and warehouse drivers during shift hours.
- Ensures adherence to safety quality Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Quality Foods (SQF) and ISO standards and programs.
- Evaluates performance of team members enforces policy and administers disciplinary action when necessary.
- Makes recommendations for improved and more efficient methods of operation.
- Controls rework and regrind levels.
- Determines utilization of workforce based on production demands.
- Responsible for accuracy of production reporting(JDE/ WEBEFF). Adheres to all manufacturing standards and production schedules.
- Effectively communicates company directives and plant information to staff via regular meetings.
- Coordinates production activities for manufacturing areas to ensure production goals of EFF and MEEF are achieved.
- Complete and submit production related paperwork.
- Responsible for maintaining and adhering to established Good Manufacturing Procedures (GMP) and Safety Quality Foods (SQF) compliance requirements.
- Responsible for adhering to Food Safety Compliance.
- Respond to any emergency or potential emergency.
- Constant vigilance and participation in GMP and SQF practices.
- Assist in the prevention of nonconforming product from being shipped to customers.
- Identify and record problems relating to product process and quality systems.
- Track confirm and verify training for employees in the department and schedule training as needed and required.
- Initiate action to prevent occurrences of any nonconformity of product or quality systems.
- Initiate recommend or provide solutions through designated channels.
- Suggest actions for continual improvement to products processes or systems and very the implementation of solutions.
- Accountable for the safety of all employees for whom they are responsible through active engagement in safety activities and provides clear consistent communication of safe work expectations.
- Supports and investigates situations in which line/equipment stoppage occurs due to perceived imminent safety risk.
- Actively leads risk assessment activities for their area of responsibility by driving prioritizing corrective and preventive actions to eliminate/reduce environmental health or safety risks.
- Lead all required meetings with safety (ie. PreShift Departmental Change Management General Communications Town Hall etc.).
- Completes incident investigations root cause analysis and implements corrective actions accordingly in a timely and thorough manner.
- Ensures the proper training and development of all assigned employees for whom they are responsible.
- Sets goals for their organizational unit; achieves goals and ensures that all employees understand and work toward achieving goals.
- Motivates and coaches employees through good communication and frequent performance feedback.
- Identifies and coordinates additional training as needed.
- Ensure that all Quality ISO and SQF Plans are understood and followed by staff.
- Confirm that all quality checks are being performed by all production personnel as established by the Quality Plans.
- Work closely with the quality inspectors and supervisor to identify and minimize quality defects and complaints.
- Lead staff to accomplish activities in an efficient and safe manner by providing definition of job duties.
- Provide training opportunities for staff.
- Conducting performance evaluations.
- Defining criteria for personnel succession planning.
- Administer coaching/counseling as required in a timely manner.
- Provide accurate attendance records to human resources indicating any point assessments.
- Enforce personnel policies and procedures and complete and submit all associated paperwork in a timely manner.
- Maintain safe working conditions.
- Assist other departments with special projects as assigned.
- Actively participate in production management team meetings as requested.
- Recommend/justify equipment/tooling purchases.
Qualifications
- Demonstrated ability to provide guidance and leadership to peers and subordinates.
- Demonstrated ability to work well in a team environment.
Process Improvement Lead
Responsibilities
- Responsible for achieving safety quality and productivity goals in the Molding Department.
- Assist in managing molding activities and provide direction and support for all shifts.
- Assist in directing activities of Molding Shift Supervisors establish molding procedures determine priorities and secure results through the creation of teams.
- Initiate recommend or provide solutions through designated channels.
- Suggest actions for continual improvement to products processes or systems and very the implementation of solutions.
- Responsible for employee development and improving overall performance.
- Drive cost saving initiatives efficiency gains and process improvements.
- Take a handson approach to increasing production capacity through improvements in s run rates and machine uptime.
- Work as a project leader focusing on specific production lines.
- Implement process improvements SOPs and PMs to maximize production.
- Monitor the daily EFF and MEEF of the lines through personal involvement and data monitoring.
- Direct handson involvement with low performing lines.
- Determine possible machine upgrades and replacements to improve production.
- Identify trends in production data and isolate variables to suggest root cause.
- Analyze quality data to center processes.
- Combine data from quality production tribal knowledge and experimentation to generate actionable results.
- Train and coach company policies safety standards quality GMPs and ISO procedures.
- Responsible for accurate production reporting (WebEFF) and other efficiency trackers as needed.
- Drive improvements in production efficiency with cost effective solutions.
- Direct work assignments and ensure efficient labor utilization.
- Other duties as assigned by Production Manager and or Plant Manager. Serves as the back up for the Production Manager.
Qualifications
- 4year degree or equivalent work experience.
- Must have strong interpersonal and leadership skills with ability to motivate employees.
- Strong technical business and organizational skills.
- Able to plan and organize daily activities analyze data and react to changes and challenges in the business.
- Knowledge of molding operations and company procedures.
- Able to communicate effectively both written and verbal.
- Good software skills (Word Excel Power Point Email Software Financial Software Systems (JDE WebEFF) etc.)
- Able to work in a production environment recognizing various sounds and alarms
Remote Work :
No