Carpenter Co.

Rochester, Michigan, United States

Production Supervisor, 2 shift

Posted 14 days ago

Job Description

SUMMARY: Supervises employees across multiple production lines in manufacture of molded polyurethane foam parts to ensure safety, quality, and productivity.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Communicates job expectations and provides coaching, counseling, and discipline to employees.
  • Enforces systems, policies, and procedures.
  • Maintains staff by assisting in the selecting, orienting, and training of employees; develops personal growth opportunities for associates.
  • Maintains workflow by monitoring steps of the process.
  • Operates turntable(s) when necessary.
  • Initiates and fosters a spirit of cooperation within and between departments.
  • Reports results of production on shift production reports; updates hourly production boards
  • Ensures operation of equipment by calling for repairs; evaluates new equipment and techniques.
  • Maintains safe and clean work environment on the shop floor by educating and directing personnel on the use of all control points, equipment, and resources; ensures compliance with established policies and procedures.
  • Resolves personnel issues by analyzing data; investigating issues; identifying solutions; recommending action.
  • Maintains housekeeping at a high level within the department through involvement of all team members.
  • Monitors quality of finished products by dock inspection
  • Develops and recommends improvements of facilities, equipment, or procedures to improve safety, quality, and efficiency.
  • Oversees and/or conducts training of new and existing employees.
  • Helps develop, update, and maintain procedures and documentation for all Quality systems.
  • Performs layered process audits. Recommends and implements action plans to correct deviations noted during audits.
  • Works with EHS to identify significant safety and environmental impacts of plant operations and to establish goals and targets around significant environmental impact.
  • Wears required PPE (safety glasses, ear plugs, close toed shoes/boots with rubber sole base)
  • Other duties may be assigned.

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