Plant Supervisor and Process Improvement Lead

Our client is looking to hire a Production Supervisor (Day Shift) and a Process Improvement Lead in Hanover, MD!:

Production Supervisor

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Provides guidance and leadership to production, quality, maintenance and warehouse drivers during shift hours.
• Ensures adherence to safety, quality, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) Safety Quality Foods (SQF) and ISO standards and programs.
• Evaluates performance of team members, enforces policy and administers disciplinary action when necessary.
• Makes recommendations for improved and more efficient methods of operation.
• Controls rework and regrind levels.
• Determines utilization of workforce based on production demands.
• Responsible for accuracy of production reporting(JDE/ WEBEFF). Adheres to all manufacturing standards and production schedules.
• Effectively communicates company directives and plant information to staff via regular meetings.
• Coordinates production activities for manufacturing areas to ensure production goals of EFF and MEEF are achieved.
• Complete and submit production related paperwork.
• Responsible for maintaining and adhering to established Good Manufacturing Procedures (GMP) and Safety Quality Foods (SQF) compliance requirements.
• Responsible for adhering to Food Safety Compliance.
• Respond to any emergency or potential emergency.
• Constant vigilance and participation in GMP and SQF practices.
• Assist in the prevention of nonconforming product from being shipped to customers.
• Identify and record problems relating to product, process and quality systems.
• Track, confirm and verify training for employees in the department and schedule training as needed and required.
• Initiate action to prevent occurrences of any non-conformity of product or quality systems.
• Initiate, recommend or provide solutions through designated channels.
• Suggest actions for continual improvement to products, processes or systems and very the implementation of solutions.
• Accountable for the safety of all employees for whom they are responsible through active engagement in safety activities and provides clear, consistent communication of safe work expectations.
• Supports and investigates situations in which line/equipment stoppage occurs due to perceived imminent safety risk.
• Actively leads risk assessment activities for their area of responsibility by driving prioritizing corrective and preventive actions to eliminate/reduce environmental, health, or safety risks.
• Lead all required meetings with safety (ie. Pre-Shift, Departmental, Change Management, General Communications, Town Hall, etc.).
• Completes incident investigations, root cause analysis and implements corrective actions accordingly in a timely and thorough manner.
• Ensures the proper training and development of all assigned employees for whom they are responsible.
• Sets goals for their organizational unit; achieves goals and ensures that all employees understand and work toward achieving goals.
• Motivates and coaches employees through good communication and frequent performance feedback.
• Identifies and coordinates additional training as needed.
• Ensure that all Quality, ISO and SQF Plans are understood and followed by staff.
• Confirm that all quality checks are being performed by all production personnel as established by the Quality Plans.
• Work closely with the quality inspectors and supervisor to identify and minimize quality defects and complaints.
• Lead staff to accomplish activities in an efficient and safe manner by providing definition of job duties.
• Provide training opportunities for staff.
• Conducting performance evaluations.
• Defining criteria for personnel succession planning.
• Administer coaching/counseling as required in a timely manner.
• Provide accurate attendance records to human resources indicating any point assessments.
• Enforce personnel policies and procedures and complete and submit all associated paperwork in a timely manner.
• Maintain safe working conditions.
• Assist other departments with special projects as assigned.
• Actively participate in production management team meetings as requested.
• Recommend/justify equipment/tooling purchases.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to provide guidance and leadership to peers and subordinates.
• Demonstrated ability to work well in a team environment.

Process Improvement Lead

Responsibilities-

• Responsible for achieving safety, quality, and productivity goals in the Molding Department.
• Assist in managing molding activities and provide direction and support for all shifts.
• Assist in directing activities of Molding Shift Supervisors, establish molding procedures, determine priorities and secure results through the creation of teams.
• Initiate, recommend or provide solutions through designated channels.
• Suggest actions for continual improvement to products, processes or systems and very the implementation of solutions.
• Responsible for employee development and improving overall performance.
• Drive cost saving initiatives, efficiency gains, and process improvements.
• Take a hands-on approach to increasing production capacity through improvements in scrap, run rates, and machine uptime.
• Work as a project leader focusing on specific production lines.
• Implement process improvements, SOPs, and PMs, to maximize production.
• Monitor the daily EFF and MEEF of the lines through personal involvement and data monitoring.
• Direct, hands-on involvement with low performing lines.
• Determine possible machine upgrades and replacements to improve production.
• Identify trends in production data and isolate variables to suggest root cause.
• Analyze quality data to center processes.
• Combine data from quality, production, tribal knowledge, and experimentation to generate actionable results.
• Train and coach company policies, safety standards, quality, GMPs and ISO procedures.
• Responsible for accurate production reporting (WebEFF) and other efficiency trackers as needed.
• Drive improvements in production efficiency with cost effective solutions.
• Direct work assignments and ensure efficient labor utilization.
• Other duties as assigned by Production Manager and or Plant Manager. Serves as the back up for the Production Manager.

Qualifications-

• 4-year degree or equivalent work experience.
• Must have strong interpersonal and leadership skills with ability to motivate employees.
• Strong technical, business, and organizational skills.
• Able to plan and organize daily activities, analyze data and react to changes and challenges in the business.
• Knowledge of molding operations and company procedures.
• Able to communicate effectively both written and verbal.
• Good software skills (Word, Excel, Power Point, Email Software, Financial Software Systems (JDE, WebEFF) etc.)
• Able to work in a production environment, recognizing various sounds and alarms