Production Supervisor

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Autokiniton

Production Supervisor

Smyrna, TN
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    POSITION SUMMARY:

    Coordinates all departmental functions to ensure production requirements are met with safety, quality, and efficiency. Coordinates activities with materials, purchasing, maintenance, tooling, engineering, and quality control activities to obtain optimum production and utilization of human resources, machines and equipment

    JOB TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES:

    The following job/task functions have been identified as the core functions of this position. However, the supervisor or manager may assign additional duties associated with this position.

    · Monitors production plans and provides corrective action as necessary.

    · Communicates staffing needs with supervision.

    · Monitors, adjusts, and reports inventories.

    · Educates associates in proper procedures of company policy, safety and quality issues, and production requirements.

    · Monitors machinery and equipment. Writes work orders when necessary.

    · Resolves problems logically and effectively. Leads CPR teams to resolution of quality issues.

    · Communicates necessary information to associates.

    · Eliminates waste through safety, quality, and production improvements.

    · Implement new systems and operations.

    · Continue focus and improvements in housekeeping through 5’s.

    · Monitor required Quality documentation at each specific operation. Insure all applicable checks on inspection sheets, SPC charts, etc. are being properly completed with any applicable notations/comments.

    · Participate in applicable “corrective action” activities as deemed essential to plant and customer needs

    · Maintains work center schedule by staying within production and shipping scheduling.

    · Oversees set-up on work centers ensuring quality performance and proper documentation.

    · Conducts weekly department meetings with associates on current issues such as quality, attendance, safety, housekeeping, and production requirements. Answers field questions and notes suggestions as needed.

    · Ability to fill out daily production reports on all work centers or train operators to do so.

    · Assists in hiring of new associates.

    · Handles a variety of issues from all areas of the plant.

    · Attends all required training.

    · Establishes new work standards and instructions. (Per corporate procedures)

    · Able and willing to work any shift assigned, weekends and overtime

    · Regular and predictable attendance required

    · Assumes other duties as directed by supervisor

    JOB QUALIFICATIONS

    REQUIRED EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

    · Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university; or five years plus related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

    REQUIRED SKILLS & ABILITIES

    • Proven technical ability
    • Knowledge of SPC (including the use of mics, calipers, etc.)
    • Knowledge of welding processes
    • Lean manufacturing experience
    • Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
    • Proven manufacturing administration skills
    • Ability to adapt to and use computers

    PREFERRED ADDITIONAL SKILLS & ABILITIES

    • Responsible for reading and understanding the IATF16949, ISO9001:2015 and ISO-14001procedures located at K:/winapps/data/TS Team/Quality System Documentation
    • Ability to conduct meetings, make presentations
    • Ability to effectively complete multiple tasks
    • Ability to problem solve utilizing cross functional teams
    • Proven team building skills

    PHYSICAL DEMANDS, WORK ENVIRONMENT AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS

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    Duties include but are not limited to stand, walk, twist, bend, lift, see, talk and hear, with an ability to travel. When visiting plant site locations, employees may be exposed to moving mechanical parts, vibration or hazardous materials.

    The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by associates assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, qualifications, or working conditions.

    Required Skills

    Required Experience

  • Qualifications

    General knowledge of the more complex bindery machines (i.e. fully automatic binding machines (perfect binders), multiple station collators and multiple folding units, either individually or combined) to perform the full range of standard and specialized folds of printed materials.  Thorough knowledge of the set up, operating requirements, procedures, capabilities and limitations of one or more bindery machines to perform the full range of standard and specialized folding, collating and cutting of printed materials to complete a combined finishing product.  Ability to read and interpret written work orders or other job specifications containing bindery requirements which indicate the number and sequence of machine operations required to complete the work and to maintain dimensional accuracy in accordance with instructions provided; independently makes decisions on the type of equipment to be used.  Knowledge of the quality and machining requirements of various coated and uncoated types of paper stock.  Skill in setting up and adjusting machines for finishing operations and to refine such adjustments for the weight, color, machinability and quality of paper stock being used and to prevent machining impressions on the printed materials.  Must be able to calculate distances, clearances, and fits in combining machines.  Skill in using the full range of standard and specialized tools and devices to adjust and maintain the functional accuracy and operating conditions of the bindery machines.