Acting Supervisor

• Supports and promotes safe practices and environmental commitments in alignment with company commitments, policies, and compliance requirements.
• Follow safety guidelines in the Edison plant.
• Maintain an open and candid working relationship with immediate supervisor/manager discussing all matters of importance.
• Performs various duties relative to quality problems and operating difficulties; assists the operators in maintaining their units in good operating condition.
• Perform other job functions as requested to support the effective and efficient operation of the plant, including duties of lower classifications.
• Need to understand the overtime procedure to call in employees to keep operations running.
• Report any attendance, vacation, or sick leave, etc. to the supervisor. Ability to communicate effectively with all employees.
• Provide support to employees as needed through personal relationships or provide EAP information.
• Complete shift/production reports and enter production data into SAP.
• Communicate to oncoming supervisor any pertinent information from shift.
• Document all labor hours for the shift that you are covering.
• All acting supervisors must be willing to be 1st responder trained and maintain that qualification.
• Follow all general shop rules for the Edison plant. Keeps equipment and work areas clean and orderly.
• Cleanup work area and ensure that all 5S areas of responsibility have been completed before end of shift.
• Complete computer-based training and all other programs needed to stay in compliance with company policies.
• Continuously observes the operation of all units for improper performance and advises and/or assists operator in their corrections.
• May temporarily “take over” unit form operator to over-come operating difficulties.
• Change over unit from one product to another, performing any duties necessary to affect the changeover as quickly as possible and with minimum loss.
• Shuts down a unit for periodic cleanup and restarts unit when cleanup has been completed.
• Works with crew on unit during shutdown and cleaning as required. Directs assists and instructs members of the crew on each unit performing their duties.
• Observes for malfunctioning of equipment and for unusual operating conditions so that corrective action may be taken.
• Records information relative to the operation and performs clerical duties necessary to maintain proper records relative to the work performed.
• Must be thoroughly familiar with machine start-up and shutdown procedures and understand fully steps to be taken during emergencies such as power failure, malfunction of equipment, etc.
• Performs other related duties as directed, including duties of lower classification.
• Assists in making test procedures (TP’S) while following instructions from process personnel.
• Must be qualified on the more complex subordinate jobs. Mechanical and operating principals; percentages and math Make machine adjustments to improve quality; plan shutdown, cleanout and schedule changes.

• Demonstrated ability to follow safe work practices and procedures
• Effective communication skills with fellow employees and/or department personnel
• Demonstrated ability to complete tasks and required documentation timely and accurately
• Demonstrated exceptional attendance, punctuality, and dependability
• Demonstrated ability to work independently or within a team environment

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