Production Supervisor - O'Neal Manufacturing Services

O'Neal Industries, Inc. • Cedar Falls, IA • 23h ago

Description

The Production Supervisor may supervise one or more areas of the shop floor to support the manufacturing of all orders to meet and exceed the customers' quality and delivery expectations, while maintaining established safety and cost standards. The Production Supervisor must understand and support all plant safety procedures and ensure all operators follow Standard Operating Procedures.

Duties and Responsibilities

Supervise shop employees: plan work schedules (overtime, etc.), conduct performance and salary reviews, provide feedback and overall guidance, administer discipline, develop strategies for performance and productivity improvement, and review and maintain timesheets and time off requests.

Know, understand, implement and enforce safety procedures and guidelines, including the Job Safety Analysis (JSA) and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Consistently demonstrate the importance of safety and ensure assigned personnel have appropriate training, work instruction and tools to be successful. Report safety violations and administer appropriate discipline.

Understand and implement quality practices and procedures, including customer specific requirements. Audit operator level inspections and assist the Quality team in identifying and preventing internal and external errors.

Interview and evaluate prospective employees; plan and coordinate training for new and existing employees for development and cross-training.

Coordinate with Planning/Scheduling to set daily machine schedules; execute the work schedule with effective utilization of manpower and equipment. Troubleshoot workmanship problems and supervise shop floor activities to meet or exceed all quality standards and delivery dates.

Utilize appropriate manufacturing methodologies to drive continuous improvement.

Support preventive maintenance schedules with the Maintenance Department.

Understand and administer employee policies, practices, procedures and work rules, monitoring individual and department performance.

Assist in the resolution of internal and external customer problems/complaints.

Promote high employee morale and maintain high employee retention; demonstrate the importance of teamwork and collaboration.

Specialized areas (welding, machining, shipping/receiving, etc.) may require additional tasks and duties to keep the area highly productive.

Understand and accurately maintain/utilize Epicor and MES, including report generation, time entry, job completion, issue errors, identifying direct/indirect labor, and monitoring jobs with idle activity.

Skills and Qualifications

3+ years of experience in a steel or manufacturing environment, strongly preferred.

Two or four-year college degree, or equivalent experience.

Leadership experience required; Supervisory experience strongly preferred.

ISO 9001:2015 experience, preferred

Formal safety training (OSHA 30, NSC, etc.), preferred.

Self-motivation, desire to succeed.

Understanding of manufacturing methodologies, like Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma, preferred.

Strong interpersonal skills, judgement and decision making, developing group cooperation and teamwork, coping with difficulties and emergencies, high degree of organization skills.

Speak conversational English.

Physical Requirements

Ability to lift 20 lbs. as needed.

Ability to bend, stand, climb, twist and stoop for extended periods of time.

Ability to perform sedentary work including sitting for extended periods of time.

Ability to operate standard office equipment.

Have good vision of 20/30 with corrective lenses.

Ability to maintain coordination of hand and finger movements to grasp and manipulate objects with precision.

Travel as needed to accomplish desired results. Overnight travel may be required occasionally.

Subject to environmental conditions that occur indoors and outdoors which includes but is not limited to

exposure to changing temperatures, loud noises, vibration from use of equipment and the following:

Hazards: Variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, electrical current, exposure to high heat or exposure to chemicals.

Atmospheric conditions: One or more of the following conditions that affect the respiratory system or the skin - fumes, odors, dust, mist, gases or poor ventilation.

Oils: there is air and/or skin exposure to oils and other cutting fluids

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

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