Production Supervisor

Westlake offers you the potential to enrich your work life and career experience in an entrepreneurial environment. We work together to enhance peoples' lives through our products and presence in the communities in which we operate.​

Summary

Under general guidance from the Operations and/or Production Manager, the Production Supervisor will effectively lead production teams to ensure safety, quality & productivity are maintained at the highest levels, while serving as a role model in the areas of leadership, teamwork, continuous improvement and safety. The Supervisor will employ lean manufacturing methodologies to maximize production through-put and minimize cost.

This is a nightshift position (5:30pm to 5:30am)

Duties and Responsibilities

• Comply with Company Safety Policies and Procedures
• Effectively provides and promotes a "Safety First" culture in the workplace; Ensures all machinery and safety devices and equipment are operable condition.
• Supervises and leads team to meet the goals and objectives of the business. Communicates plant performance measurements relevant to schedule conformance, machine downtime & scrap levels.
• Provides a safe environment through ensuring that proper housekeeping and organization is the culture that is promoted.
• Coordinates production personnel and plant activities to effectively attain the timely completion of plant production schedules as needed to effectively meet customer orders.
• Assist with training employees with regards to safety, quality and job-related functions.
• Maintains quality by establishing and enforcing organization standards.
• Ensures operation of equipment by calling for repairs, evaluating new equipment and techniques.
• Provides manufacturing information by compiling, initiating, sorting, and analyzing production performance records and data; answering questions and responding to requests.
• Maintain effective intra/inter-departmental communications as required (team meetings, shift meetings, production meetings)
• Assist in post- accident investigations, including recording of event, root cause analysis and corrective actions
• Daily Production Review with manager at end of shift
• Daily Report of Quality issues
• Daily Reports submitted utilizing Daily Score Card
• Conduct daily shift-to-shift pass down of information
• Assign / maintain housekeeping throughout the department
• Review production schedule for needed WIP to meet schedule goals

Education, Experience and Qualifications

• The employee should have the following:
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent of 3 - 5 years' experience in functional role
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Manufacturing Experience (Automated/manual production lines)
• Lean Manufacturing (5S, Kaizen)
• Continuous Improvement Experience
• Demonstrated experience in process improvement utilizing lean manufacturing concepts

Essential Physical Requirements/ Work Environment

• Works in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
• Continuously stands on concrete.
• Works frequently near moving vehicles.
• Sits and works at a computer.
• Periodically stoops, kneels, crouches, walks or crawls
• Prolong standing or in stationary position
• Complete repetitive movements such as typing
• Be exposed to sounds or noise levels that maybe uncomfortable
• Complete repetitive movements
• Wear all required personal protective equipment (hearing, vision, shoes, hi-visibility and hardhat protection)
• Lift/move/transport items up to 50 pounds
• Ability to move or traverse about the facilities
• Ability to work around dust, chemicals, and other substances, and in various environmental conditions

This is not necessarily an all-inclusive list of job-related responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions. All duties and responsibilities are essential job functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities or may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned.  This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” relationship.

Westlake is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristics protected by applicable legislation.

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