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Manufacturing Production Supervisor - Weekend Day Shift

UNITED ROTARY BRUSH CORPORATION • Olathe, KS 66061 • Posted 4 days ago

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The Manufacturing Production Supervisor at United Rotary Brush is responsible for planning, supervising, guiding, coaching, and directing production activities within the plant. This role involves implementing safety standards, leading and supervising staff, managing production, and ensuring quality control. The position is based in Olathe, Kansas, and operates on a weekend day shift schedule.

Responsibilities

  • Implement and maintain safety standards as required by law and company policy.
  • Coach, guide, and direct employees to company policy, processes, and safety procedures.
  • Maintain adherence to company policies, safety standards, and good housekeeping practices.
  • Apply knowledge of safe equipment start-up and shut down and assist in these processes.
  • Provide support for the Plant Manager and all production, quality, and safety goals for the company.
  • Provide training and coaching, conduct performance evaluations.
  • Maintain staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees.
  • Train new operators to perform job functions, including setup and changeover of each machine.
  • Assign work for shift employees and ensure adherence to proper use of time.
  • Manage the setting of work schedules and support departmental goals.
  • Daily startup walkthrough of all machinery to ensure proper working order.
  • Strive to reduce machine downtime, improve output, and operator efficiency.
  • Assist in the development of new manufacturing techniques, tooling, and equipment.
  • Make recommendations for updating processes at each workstation.
  • Submit daily documentation, reports, and attend production hand off meetings.
  • Coordinate with shipping and receiving supervisor for storage of finished goods.
  • Verify all quality check sheets and maintain quality service by establishing and enforcing organization standards.

Qualifications

Required

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent education and minimum 3 years' experience in supervisory and manufacturing or related experience.
  • Ability to provide positive and effective communications, both verbal and written.
  • Demonstrated knowledge and application of production methods and lean manufacturing practices.
  • Strong mechanical aptitude, ability to take initiative.
  • Ability to pass forklift training and certification.

Preferred

  • Experience with Microsoft Word and Excel at an intermediate level; PowerPoint a plus.

Full Job Description

Manufacturing Production Supervisor - Weekend Day Shift
United Rotary Brush is a Olathe, Kansas based manufacturer of specialty industrial brushes for the airport, road construction, street sweeping and plow industries. Our Olathe, KS, manufacturing facility (off Old 56 Highway and K7) is looking for a Production Supervisor for our Weekend Day Shift. Our positions are a great fit for those individuals that take pride in their work to produce a quality product for our customers. Those that desire to help drive a safe, quality focused, production environment will thrive at United Rotary Brush Corporation.

Manufacturing Production Supervisor - Weekend Day Shift

Friday, Saturday, Sunday 6:00 am - 6:30 pm

Production Supervisor Summary

This role will plan, supervise, guide, coach and direct production activities within the plant.

Production Supervisor Duties & Responsibilities

Safety
  • Responsible for implementing and maintaining safety standards as required by law and company policy.
  • Coach, guide and direct employees to company policy, processes and safety procedures.
  • Maintain adherence to company policies, safety standards, and good housekeeping practices.
  • Apply knowledge of safe equipment start-up and shut down and ability to assist.
  • Provide support for the Plant Manager and all production, quality and safety goals for the company.

Leadership/Supervision
  • Provide training and coaching, conduct performance evaluations.
  • Accomplishes manufacturing staff results by communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results; coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; initiating, coordinating, and enforcing systems, policies, and procedures.
  • Maintains staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees, and developing personal growth opportunities.
  • Train new operators to perform job functions, including the setup and changeover of each machine. Retrain operators as needed.
  • Assign work for shift employees and ensure that all employees adhere to proper use of time.
  • Maintain the schedule of breaks and lunches.
  • Determine hiring needs and work with Human Resources to meet staffing needs.
  • Promptly address employee relation issues directly, or with the assistance of, the Production Manager and/or Human Resources.
  • Hold employees accountable using short interval follow-up - perform root cause analysis and remove performance barriers.
  • Resolves personnel problems by analyzing data; investigating issues; identifying solutions; recommending action.
  • Coordinate temporary help as needed and submit all necessary paperwork.

Production
  • Manage the setting of work schedules, and provide support to departmental goals and expectations.
  • Daily startup walkthrough of all machinery and ensure all machinery is in proper working order.
  • Strive to reduce all machine down time, improve machine output and operator efficiency.
  • Assist in the development of new and improved manufacturing techniques, tooling and equipment, to improve product quality, effectiveness and employee safety.
  • Make recommendations for updating the processes at each workstation as setups are revised.
  • Assure work orders are complete, accurate, and timely.
  • Submit daily documentation, reports and attend production hand off meetings.
  • Coordinate with shipping and receiving supervisor for storage of finished goods being produced.
  • Verification of material produced and correct packaging by work order.
  • Maintain the cleanliness of production area; promote and lead 5S initiatives.

Quality
  • Maintains quality service by establishing and enforcing organization standards.
  • Assist and support machine operators, quality and maintenance as needed.
  • Apply working knowledge of product specifications and quality compliance.
  • Verify all quality check sheets.

Production Supervisor Experience
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent of education and minimum 3 years' experience previous supervisory and manufacturing or related experience required.
  • The incumbent must be able to provide positive and effective communications, both verbal and written, to managers, production team, and co-workers including other maintenance staff regarding status, needs and recommendations to ensure the operating condition of equipment.

Production Supervisor Skills
  • Demonstrated knowledge and application of production methods, lean manufacturing practices (5S, Kaizen, Standard work), documentation, data tracking and analysis, and operations management.
  • Must be able to effectively motivate and lead a production team to meet/exceed production standards.
  • Ability to work with basic office computer software including Microsoft Word and Excel at an intermediate level; PowerPoint a plus.
  • Strong mechanical aptitude, ability to take initiative.
  • Ability to pass forklift training and certification.

EOE/Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabled. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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