Production Supervisor Nights

Description

American Plastics, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, is a leading designer and manufacturer of innovative plastic injection molded products for the household & garage storage and commercial cleaning end-markets. We are searching for a Production Supervisor at the Tiffin, OH facility. This position will report to the Production Manager.

Job Responsibilities:

Injection Molding

• •Utilize prior experience leading injection molding team, as well as working knowledge of processing plastics.
• •Troubleshoot and adjust molding parameters to maintain quality and maximum product output.
• •Respond to problems by performing corrective technical or mechanical solutions.

General

• •Maintains safe and clean work environment.
• •Knowledge of production KPIs and communicate the KPIs to production staff.
• •Evaluate and provide timely feedback on employee performance; motivate and develop a cohesive production team; maintain production and attendance records.
• •Make timely decisions to maintain production output and quickly analyze situations and provide direction to production staff.
• •Recommend and implement process improvements to maximize productivity, reduce waste, improve quality, reduce costs, and provide a safe work environment.
• •Monitor processes to ensure productivity and quality standards are being achieved.
• •Analyze and resolve processing issues.
• •Understand escalation process for when issues move from maintenance to engineering.
• •Understand schedules and priorities.
• •Interact well with all levels of the organization.

Safety

• •Report incident reports
• •Understand how to preform root cause investigation and corrective actions.
• •Waste Management and monitoring what is happening on the floor.
• •Effectively communicate with Process / Maintenance when an issue needs to be, so it does not become a safety issue, or give direction due to production demand.

Requirements

• •Education – Bachelor’s Degree in Operations Management, Engineering, Business Management, or related field preferred
• •Minimum 3-5 years related experience, Plastic Injection knowledge is a MUST.
• •Hybrid Candidate – Willing to roll up sleeves and be on the floor as well as office management