Production Supervisor

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES

• Take a personal interest in personal and team safety. Continuously look for ways to improve safety and assist others to do the same. 
• Utilize all safety equipment, personal or otherwise, required by the company and follow all company guidelines and safety standards. 
• Conduct plant wide safety meetings as scheduled.
• Assist in creating and publishing Weekly Production and Staffing Schedules.
• Facilitate Toolbox Safety Talks and Kick-off Meetings at start of each shift with entire crew – outlining goals and activities of the day.
• Assist in the review and addressing any outstanding safety / environment / quality issues.
• Conduct daily plant walk-through from Top to Bottom and through each work area. Document findings in a Workplace Exam and address issues as needed.
• Assist in periodic cycle count or inventories of finished goods, raw material and other plant items.
• Ensure plant housekeeping standards are met.
• Review & coordinate day and week’s production goals for each area.
• Provide hands-on supervision of production lines and all work areas throughout the day.
• Ensure employee productivity and efficiency.
• Ensure timely employee break periods.
• Address poor employee performance through progressive discipline as needed.
• Be a visible and routine presence in all areas of the operation.
• This job may require shift work, callouts, scheduled and unscheduled hours. 
• Employee may have work schedule adjusted on short notice.
• All other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Higher education certificates a plus.
• 3+ years of supervisory experience.
• Previous cement, concrete, laboratory, or manufacturing experience a plus.
• Good safety and attendance record.
• Ability to read and interpret documents including but not limited to safety rules, operation and maintenance instructions, and lab procedure manuals. 
• Communicate effectively with fellow workers and supervisors.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Self-starter and works well independently.
• Good mechanical aptitude and comfortable working with equipment.
• Good basic math skills, arithmetic, and basic algebra.
• Excellent organizational skills.

While performing the essential functions of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, crawl, talk, and hear. The employee frequently walks on rocky, irregular, muddy, or reduced-light surfaces and is occasionally required to sit. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 65 pounds and may occasionally move heavier materials with assistance or appropriate material-handling equipment. Specific vision abilities include close, distance, color, peripheral, and depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

The employee regularly works in an industrial manufacturing environment and may be exposed to dust, fumes or airborne particles, wet or humid conditions, heat, outdoor weather, low or artificial lighting, electrical equipment, vibration, and confined-space areas. The noise level is generally moderate and may be loud. Required personal protective equipment may include safety glasses, hearing protection, safety footwear, gloves, high-visibility clothing, respiratory protection, and other equipment appropriate to the work area. Applicable safety training and participation in company safety programs are required.