Production Supervisor

THIRD SHIFT POSITION

SUMMARY

Directly leads employees in the lettershop/manual Department. Will be responsible for managing the day-to-day production duties ensuring the maximum performance-quality, accuracy, on-time reliability, and productivity.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Will work with the production manager to establish priorities and demands pertaining to workflow, employees and equipment.

Maintains schedules and manages employee timecards.

Preparing job paperwork and ensuring all materials, samples, and instructions are available prior to production. Communicating any discrepancies to the appropriate parties as required.

Reviews and relays job requirements to employees.

Sets-up materials and equipment for most efficient production.

Trains employees to ensure job skill proficiency and compliance with company policies and procedures.

Reports and maintains records, including time, counts, supplies, inventory, repair and maintenance on equipment.

Solicits management approval on all changes or deviations from the original work order as quickly as possible to ensure continued production without jeopardizing the order.

Conducts QC checks as per standard operating procedures, ensuring quality of work is per customer expectations.

Manages performance, including annual evaluations, goal setting, performance improvement plans, and progressive disciplinary measures.

High accountability for ensuring a safe, clean, organized and respectful work environment.

Facilitates transitions between shifts through exchange of pertinent information and eliminate downtime.

Other duties may be assigned.

Education and/or Experience: High school diploma or equivalent, post-secondary technical training preferred. Minimum 5 years’ experience in machine operation. Experience in lead or supervisory role preferred. Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office. Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills. Familiarity with ISO methodology preferred. Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Language Skills: Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Have the ability to write routine reports and correspondence and to communicate effectively with agents, customers and other employees of the organization.

Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals

Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardizes situations. Work closely with upper management and other departments for support.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl while monitoring the laser printers; use hands to grasp or handle documents, boxes, rolls of paper, and other objects; reach with hands and arms. The employee must frequently lift 40 - 60 pounds and/or push large rolls (weighing up to 1000 pounds) of paper. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.