Primary Responsibilities

Manage and supervise all Direct Reports

• Drive a zero-incident safety culture by focusing on detecting, solving, and preventing unsafe acts, conditions, and behaviors
• Plan and organize work schedules for Shift leads.
• Coach and mentor all department personnel for performance improvements.
• Control product scrap and diminish product rejections by focusing on and attacking the root causes of problems.
• Provide onboarding for new hires, and review job expectations, training, and safety procedures.
• Responsible for all aspects of department performance.
• Continually update KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) and provide results to management.
• Responsible for Performance Management, Time Management, and employee Vacation Accruals utilizing Ultipro.

Manage work schedules for the production department

• In conjunction with other shift supervisors and master scheduler, manage departments' work schedules on a weekly and monthly basis to ensure on-time deliveries.
• Maintain the labor and production matrix by allocating necessary resources and cross-training.
• Work with other shift supervisors to Plan and Organize the completion of production orders within the departments.
• Champion 5’S practices throughout the plant.

Provide Department Training

• Coordinate employee training such as new hires, new processes, or process improvement training.
• Provide On-the-Job Training as needed.
• Assure safety training is completed on time.

Get involved in the solution of process/systems Problems

• Achieve knowledge of production processes and strive to achieve equipment operations knowledge.
• Assist in troubleshooting and resolving problems by supporting available staff.
• Collaborate with EHS, Engineering, IT, Maintenance, Tooling, Quality, and Materials.
• Formulate teams to resolve problems.

Assure Established Policies are being followed

• Maintain adherence to all policies, such as Employee Handbook, ISO procedures, Work Instructions, and Job Safety/EHS.
• Create and maintain work instructions for processing and equipment maintenance.

Handle additional duties as assigned

• Be willing and able to take on additional work assignments and responsibilities as needed.

Experience

• Bilingual - Spanish/English highly desirable.
• 3 - 5 years: Able to maintain quality standards and efficiency levels.
• 3 - 5 years: Proven track record of successfully managing multiple tasks simultaneously.
• 1 - 3 years: Proficient use of Microsoft Office.
• 3 - 5 years: Strong leadership and interpersonal team building skills at all levels.
• 3 - 5 years: Injection thermoplastic and thermoset processing technologies, molding materials, secondary operations and machinery.
• 3 - 5 years: Extensive Industrial Manufacturing experience preferably in plastics.

Education

• Associate Degree or better

Skills

• Injection Molding

Behaviors

• Dedicated: Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity
• Team Player: Works well as a member of a group
• Leader: Inspires teammates to follow them