Supervisor - 12 hour shift 8pm to 8am
Ring Container Technologies
- Louisville, KY
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Ensure all employees receive regular safety training in accordance with the safety training program.
- Ensure all employees and visitors receive and wear protective or safety equipment such as earplugs, hairnets, safety glasses or gloves.
- Coordinate safety training with the plant’s safety team coordinator.
- Document safety training and file accordingly.
- Continually monitor production floor and equipment for unsafe or hazardous conditions; report immediately and make appropriate corrections to repair, replace or quarantine unsafe condition.
- Ensure proper medical attention is provided immediately with any accident and perform accident investigation.
- Conduct focused walks semi-weekly through the plant to engage with the employees.
- Utilizing active listening skills, ask probing questions that encourage employee input on issues or opportunities related to safety, quality, performance, goals, scheduling, teamwork, etc.,
- Note opportunities for improvement and potential solutions based on employee input.
- Develop strategies that all for employee led teams to implement or ‘try’
- Provide ongoing feedback to employee led teams and support efforts that lead to improved results, even during times of initial failure.
- Celebrate wins and recognize employees participating on successful teams.
- Ensure all production employees are properly trained to identify product for rejection, rework, etc, and all customers receive product that meet or exceed customer standards and expectations.
- Ensure all quality measurements are properly recorded in the NWA Quality Monitor at the scheduled intervals.
- Ensure all raw material lot numbers are properly obtained and recorded.
- Ensure all non-conforming products are placed on hold with proper hold documentation completed.
- Perform daily audits of production floor and equipment cleanliness and make necessary corrections to maintain a ‘showroom’ condition.
- Ensure all daily, weekly and periodic cleaning tasks are performed as outlined in the Master Cleaning Schedule.
- Maintain Master Cleaning Schedule documentation; initial completed cleaning tasks.
- Proactive in addressing housekeeping issues on the production floor and production equipment.
- Monitor machine processes and ensure any changes are justified and properly recorded.
- Monitor production efficiencies and make necessary adjustments to meet and exceed ‘World Class’ Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) standards.
- Perform shift inventories to ensure accurate production numbers.
- Record daily production, lot information, downtime summaries, etc, in plant documents and LN.
- Proactive in addressing inefficiencies; communicate all equipment inefficiencies with maintenance personnel.
- Ensure Computerized Maintenance Management Software (CMMS) paperwork and inventories are properly and accurately completed.
- Enforce Company Policy and Procedures with shift personnel.
- Monitor shift personnel activities as it relates to Company Policy and Procedure.
- Review time cards daily and approve authorized overtime.
- Maintain employee attendance calendars.
- Approve/deny and schedule accordingly all vacation requests, personal time, etc.
- Perform employee corrective and/or disciplinary action and maintain sufficient documentation to support such action.
- Monitor employee breaks.
- Schedule and conduct shift meetings regularly; document shift meetings.
- Make available the necessary training required for all employees to understand and perform their related jobs.
- Provide feedback to all employees as it relates to their job performance in the form of regular evaluations.
- Create an environment that provides an opportunity for employee advancement.
- Establish attainable goals for the employees to reach.
- Employees are the first priority, production is secondary.
- Welcome all employees to the plant every day inquiring about their personal lives and showing that Ring cares about our employees.
- Hold pre-shift meetings to explain the day’s needs and concerns and emphasize the importance of safety, not only for the individual but for everyone in the plant.
- Manage by walking around during the shift initiating conversations with questions regarding the well-being of the employee.
- Catch someone doing something well and praise. Recognize their efforts.
- Understand that all employees are people and all of us have challenges. Search for the reason behind the issue, actively listen and resolve to the benefit of all.
- Ensure production employees adhere to food safety, food defense, and prerequisite programs (such as security, pest control, foreign material control, allergen control, chemical control, etc.) as required.
- Ensure production processes are performed in a food-safe manner.
- Ensure all housekeeping duties are performed and documented according to the Master Cleaning Schedule.
- Foster a culture of safety, quality, and continuous improvement which proactively recognizes and addresses deficiencies.