Sheet Extrusion Supervisor

Under the direction of the Extrusion Manager supports department efforts to assure continuous operation of product manufacturing by performing the following duties.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Plan and establish work schedules, assignments, and production sequences to meet production goals.
• Maintain production records and ensure extruder personnel complete records accurately.
• Perform inspection and/or audit of finished products on an hourly basis.
• Recommend measures to improve production methods, equipment performance and quality of products.
• Monitor and assess employee performance.
• Complete Shift activity reports and submit them to Extrusion Manager daily.
• Relieve team members as needed (breaks, lunches, absent team member, vacation)
• Maintain housekeeping at a high level in Extrusion area, through the involvement of all extruder employees.
• Initiate, recommend, investigate, troubleshoot and provide solutions and actions to prevent the occurrence of any nonconformities relating to products, processes and quality systems.
• Review production schedules, work orders, and other records/reports to determine production requirement and to evaluate current production workload.
• Develop and maintain cost-effective processes to increase productivity and employ-ee satisfaction, while reducing waste.
• Work closely with the Maintenance department to ensure equipment maintenance is scheduled at the most opportune times, to minimize downtime and maximize pro-duction output.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Manage and/or adjust work procedures to meet production requirements.
• Develop methods to utilize personnel and resources in the best possible ways.
• Develop, support and motivate production employees in applying our values.
• Interpret and enforce company policies, safety regulations and operating procedures.
• Analyze and resolve work problems and assist staff in solving problems.
• Maintain positive, respectful and open communication with team members.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactory. The requirement listed below are reprehensive of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience: 5 years Supervisory Experience High school diploma or general education degree (GED) or 3 years of related experience and/or training or equivalent combination of education and experience.

LANGUAGE SKILLS: Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules. Operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals. Ability to complete reports and forms associated with the position: Ability to communicate effectively orally, and in writing.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics describe here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works near moving mechanical parts and is regularly expose to fumes and airborne particles. The employee occasionally works in high, precarious places. The nose level in the work environment is usually loud. The environment is usually hot.

This position operates on a 12-hour swing shift (Nights) 6p-6a/ 2-2-3 schedule.