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Principle Accountabilities: • Coordinate activity with the production manager to plan and manage daily and weekly schedules to meet production goals, prioritize work orders, maintain quality requirements, and assure an even flow of work through all the departments to increase up-time and minimize unscheduled downtime. • Schedule work, coordinate production activities, provide direct oversight of employees, approve time records, communicate and implement company policy. • Engage in employee development activities, make recommendations on employee hire, promotion and disciplinary action. • Maintain a clean, safe and injury-free work environment by ensuring health and safety procedures are understood and executed by all employees. • Conduct employee training on all equipment, protocols, production standards, safety regulations, and waste control on an ongoing basis. • Analyze production performance, identify opportunities, make recommendations for process and equipment improvement, establish and execute goals. • Supervise efficient operation of equipment including the inspection of materials, products, and equipment to detect and/or prevent malfunctions. • Participate in production meeting and provide updates as needed. • Request materials, supplies, equipment parts, or repair services as needed. • Know and follow policies and procedures of the company, share information that would benefit other members of the team, and find ways to improve the delivery of service to our customers. • Strive to continually strengthen PCA’s business philosophy of meeting needs and exceeding expectation for customers specifically supporting PCA’s Commitment to Service which involves doing what’s right for our customers, focusing on strategies that add value and support growth, and keeping the promises that we make. Decision Making: The Shift Supervisor is required to exercise discretion and creativity in determining the best way to ensure that the production crew is well-trained in fulfilling customer orders with a high degree of efficiency and accuracy. The Shift Supervisor is expected to drive performance of the production team to meet production goals. The Shift Supervisor has the authority to hire, reassign, conduct performance appraisals, and make salary recommendations for the individuals under his/her direction. The Shift Supervisor exercises solid judgment in managing personnel and managing the departments’ resources for maximum return. Interactions: The Shift Supervisor is responsible for planning, scheduling, and directing the work of the assigned shift within the established manufacturing, safety, and health policies of the organization. Employee is expected to exercise discretion and creativity in determining the best way to leverage manufacturing resources to achieve objectives. The Shift Supervisor is responsible for providing guidance and setting the course of action for the assigned shift and is responsible for oversight and communication of pertinent shift activities to production staff. Position Requirements: • Education equivalent to high school diploma required. Some college preferred. • Four (4) years of previous experience in a supervisory capacity at a corrugated manufacturing facility. • Previous experience in coaching, training, teambuilding, performance development, and conflict resolution. • Established knowledge of corrugated and packaging manufacturing machinery, concepts, practices, and procedures including continual improvement processes and safety practices. • Working knowledge of manufacturing systems including shop floor software. • Strong organizational skills with the ability to handle numerous details, deadlines, and requests. • Ability to work in a fast paced, deadline-oriented environment, prioritize assignments, and handle multiple projects and/or requests concurrently. • Strong listening, evaluating, and problem-solving skills. Ability to create alternative solutions and meet deadlines. • Solid analytical, mechanical, and mathematical skills. • Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate with individuals throughout the company on departmental procedures, policies, practices, and requests for information. • Strong interpersonal skills to effectively lead and communicate with production team and management. • Previous work experience as a member of a team, or a strong understanding of the importance of open communication and information sharing between team members.
