Plastics Production Supervisor 3rd Shift

Founded by the Channell family in 1922, Channell is a global designer, manufacturer, and seller of outside plant infrastructure equipment. The markets served by Channell are Telecommunications, Municipalities, Internet Service Providers, Wireless, Water, Power, and CATV, among others.  Major product lines include a complete line of thermoplastic and metal fabricated enclosures, fiber optic cable connections, management systems, and high-performance below-grade vaults.

JOB SUMMARY:

The Production Supervisor for the Plastics Department is responsible for scheduling, coordinating, and executing the daily production schedules. Setting daily work assignments, ensuring equipment is performing to standard, performing housekeeping checks, scrap reporting, inventory management, and hourly mentoring employees. The production supervisor is also the primary point of contact for the first-response team, managing safety and accidents and reviewing material requirements and practices. They also enforce facility rules for all employees within the workgroup.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Directs the shift to ensure on-time production and delivery of the finished goods production plan.
• Supervises and coordinates daily activities of personnel manufacturing parts and components in accordance with specifications and quality standards
• Responsible for all training within the department, to include:
  • New employee training (onboarding)
  • Bill of materials, specification sheet, transactions, and quality training
  • All other training required for employees to properly fulfill the essential functions of their position
• Conduct a pre-shift meeting every day to share information, verify attendance, check for PPE, and provide training as required
• Reviews the production schedule and verifies specifications and requirements to determine the process, materials, machines, tooling requirements, and operations sequencing
• Learn and understand the current standard operating procedures in place and make recommendations for improvements
• Conduct in-process inspections and verified finished parts to determine continuous piece and process quality conformance
• Properly communicate with employees and keep all employees informed of Company matters
• Develop a performance-driven culture by adhering to systems and processes in place and making recommendations for improvement. Responsibilities will include:
  • On-time delivery of quality products.
  • Pace of work and productivity, on-time clocking, reporting to workstation, lunch/break clocking, and break coverage
  • Uniform and PPE compliance
  • Vacation planning, approval, and policy adherence.
  • Monitoring employee attendance
• Responsible for reviewing and approving employee timecards for payroll, as well as any changes to timecards via punch change requests
• Responsible for awards and discipline for employees on the shift
• Confer that 5s standards and good housekeeping are being met with the highest standards