First Line Supervisor

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We are seeking a First Line Leader at the Circleville, Ohio facility—30 miles south of Columbus, Ohio.  This role will work with a diverse team to support the manufacturing of Vespel® Polyimide Resins.

The position works a 12-hour rotating day schedule, including weekends, and supervises a staff of production employees in Vespel® manufacturing on a 12-hour rotating day/night shift schedule. 

The supervisor is responsible for the following: adherence to safety policies and procedures; maintaining standards in the areas of housekeeping, safety, attendance, operational discipline, process safety management and scheduled/unscheduled maintenance; communicating expectations with operational accountability; responding to personnel, operational, safety and environmental incidents; and ensuring work is completed in accordance with production schedules.

Your Key Responsibilities:

• Set expectations and maintain personnel accountability for compliance with Core Values (EHS, Protect the Planet, Highest Ethical Behavior & Respect for People) and model the appropriate behavior.
• Investigate incidents and injuries and prepare reports of findings
• Develop and coordinate daily work schedules, assign duties to maintain adequate staff for effective performance of activities and response to fluctuating workloads to meet production goals.
• Provide leadership on day-to-day operations, including ensuring appropriate staffing through overtime
• Coordinate operational activities across shifts and with other functional resources
• Communicate up and down the line and ensure communications from team members are accurate and complete.
• Monitor production lines to ensure compliance with quality and safety standards.
• Collaboration with maintenance and technical to meet daily challenges
• Work with Operations to improve safety, yield, and uptime. Maintain production quality and respond to issues
• Communication of process variations and incidents to area manager, maintenance coordinator, and mechanics
• Ensure compliance with established Standard Operating Procedures and Standard Operating Conditions including production related components of a quality system, such as ISO.
• Expected to lead and execute Operational Excellence and Continuous Improvement initiatives. 
• Build and strengthen work team capabilities to include both technical and soft skills.
• Provide proper training for operator job duties and perform job cycle checks.
• Foster operational discipline with a culture of employee engagement, empowerment and ownership through leader standard work practices including participation in improvement activities.
• Facilitate and coordinate activities with team members including Visual Performance Management, Problem Solving, Housekeeping and Standardization.
• Digital HR responsibilities; pay changes, shift changes, hours changes, vacation/holiday entries, timecard approval
• Personnel performance management (e.g. assessments, correction, mentoring)
• Required to respond outside of normal working hours, as necessary, to safely support production needs.
• Additional duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Degree preferred, or equivalent experience
• 3 years of manufacturing experience
• Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills; must build relationships and trust with operators and mechanics
• Demonstrated skill in team building and achieving results
• Ability to interact, coach and provide guidance to colleagues at all levels
• Attention to detail and thorough in completing work tasks
• Willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges, with a ‘can-do’ attitude
• Ability to interact, coach, and provide guidance to colleagues at all levels
• Self-managed/self-motivated and able to work without close supervision
• Leads by example in every aspect of Operational Discipline
• Experience with Microsoft Office, SAP, and other shop floor systems

Preferred qualifications:

• Vespel® manufacturing experience or working with PSM critical processes/systems
• Six Sigma Greenbelt Certification (can be acquired while in role)
• Operations scheduling and planning experience
• Familiar with commissioning and first start-up of equipment 
• Prior supervisory experience, either in a permanent or detailed-up role

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