Department Superintendent

We make life more comfortable.

 

Leggett & Platt’s overall mission is a commitment to enhance lives – by delivering quality products, offering empowering and rewarding careers, and doing our part in bringing about a better future.

 

Leggett & Platt’s inventive heritage and leadership in the residential products industry span more than 130 years. As The Components People, we are the leading supplier of a wide range of products and components for all areas of life, including mattress springs and carpet cushion, as well as bedding machinery and erosion-control products.

 

From aerospace tubing and fabricated assemblies to flooring underlayment and carpet cushion, Leggett & Platt has divisions that design, manufacture, and sell a variety of products. Our reliable product development and launch capability, coupled with our global footprint, make us a trusted partner for customers in the aerospace, hydraulic cylinders, flooring, textile, and geo components industries.

 

Learn more about the history of Leggett: https://leggett.com/history

 

Bedding

 

The world leader in bedding technology.

 

Leggett & Platt has been the driving force in bedding components technology since inventing the bedspring in 1885. Now, we own more mattress industry patents than anyone in the world.

 

Springs, foam, adjustable beds, machinery – our Bedding businesses design, produce, and supply innovative sleep solutions that help you rest comfortably.

 

Learn more about Bedding Components: L&P Bedding Group

 

So, what will you be doing as a Department Superintendent?

• Identify and stop further processing of non-conformances related to products, processes, or the quality systems.
• Take action to prevent non-conformities related to the product produced, services provided or the ISO 9001:2015 management system.
• Make suggestions for improvement and verify the implementation of solutions.
• Know the location of and understand their control plans, work instructions and specifications.
• Reports to General Superintendent and work schedule is Mon - Thur 4:30am - 3:30pm CST 
• Will work closely and have duties in the following areas:

 

SAFETY

• Understand how all equipment functions.
• Attends to any injured employee and ensures they receive any medical attention required.
• Must be able to administer safety, emergency and environmental policies.
• Must strive for continuous cost reductions in all areas of responsibility.
• Make sure inside and outside of plant is clean and organized.
• Work to help ensure a safe workplace for everyone.
• Must know and be responsible for MSDS, blood borne pathogen, hearing conservation, OSHA standards, environmental and hazardous material programs, and other personnel programs.
• Must know and be responsible for proper procedures for accident reporting, methods and investigation.

 

QUALITY

• Ensure that quality check stations are maintained and in order.
• Ensure supervisors and employees follow all quality programs to produce the best quality possible.
• Ensure new employees get proper training.

 

PRODUCTION

• Oversee and work with production supervisors to solve work and personnel problems.
• Ensure people in departments are working at highest efficiency potential.
• Work to solve problems in troubled area of their department related to materials, methods, procedures, packaging, storage, etc.
• Must have knowledge of product specifications in their department.
• Monitor department product flow.
• Monitor special work/sale orders.
• Ensure production notices are posted in a timely manner.
• Monitor scheduling of overtime as needed.
• Ensure plant and parts room security on weekends.
• Set daily goals for production supervisors.
• Have periodic meeting with production supervisors.
• Responsible for the direction of Production Supervisors and department employees.
• Has a general understanding of all machine in department and priority.
• Stress the importance of safety.
• Do periodic quality checks to make sure employees are making a quality product.
• Use continuous improvement tools to help solve problems with safety, quality, production, or employee morale.
• Notify the Inventory Manager if getting low on raw materials.
• Keep Safety Director updated on any problem areas.
• Report accidents as soon as they happen.
• Keep in touch with the Human Resources Managers on job openings.
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