Supervisor - Textile Manufacturing - 3rd Shift

Location: Ave Maria, FL ER Bonus: $2,500

 

 

 

 

 

Arthrex, Inc. is a global medical device company and a leader in new product development and medical education in orthopedics. Arthrex Manufacturing Inc. is expanding, and we looking to add a third shift supervisor. The hours will be 10:30 pm to 06:30 am starting on Sunday evening. This supervisor will oversee, manage, and provide direction to the Suture manufacturing department that will effectively and profitably meet or exceed the internal and /or external client’s expectations by providing superior quality products and services. The location for this position is Ave Maria, FL. Join our talented team at a global medical device company focused on Helping Surgeons Treat Their Patients Better™.

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Perform training of manufacturing teams, test comprehension and evaluate training effectiveness
• Monitors production plan meeting daily production schedules and reports status
• Ensures that production goals are met consistently
• Gives input for introduction of new products into the plant
• Assures proper maintenance of equipment and tooling
• Monitors employee performance through goal setting
• Identifies and promptly tackles morale problems
• Delegates responsibility and works with others to develop their capabilities
• Maintains attendance records, overtime, work schedules and implements company policies.
• Reviews, counsels, evaluates, disciplines, hires and discharges employees with the assistance of HR
• Monitors and controls scrap
• Recommends proper staffing levels based on production needs
• Maintains currency with ISO/FDA and internal quality assurance policies

 

Education and Experience:

• High school diploma or GED equivalent required
• Bachelor’s degree in Operations Management, Business, or related field is preferred.
• 5 years of manufacturing experience required, OR 3 years of progressive manufacturing experience AND a bachelor’s degree.
• 3 years of leadership experience preferred.
• Self motivated invidual, with ability to take new products and establish supporting manufacturing documentation including SOP’s, standard work instructions
• Well versed in Lean Manufacturing / Visual management techniques, promotes them and able to apply them to manufacturing processes to optimize process and ensure Quality is built in
• Quality Focused, active contributor to addressing Quality issues in a timely manner and able to participate in Root Cause Analsysis to ensure issues are dealt with effectively
• Experienced in Medical Device industry, in both manual assembly process but also automation manufacturing environment a plus
• Strong safety/environmental background, experienced in the safe handling and processing of routine chemicals A plus
• Experienced in suture assembly and processing techniques, including needle attaching, winding techniques and packaging highly preferred

 

Knowledge and Skill Requirements/Specialized Courses and/or Training:

Demonstrates process improvement skills

 

Machine, Tools, and/or Equipment Skills:

Textiles/Sutures/Braiding.

Proficiency with standard MS Office desktop applications (Word, Excel, Outlook) is required.

 

Reasoning Ability: