Production Supervisor, 2nd Shift

The Production Supervisor leads a sound, efficient, safe, and effective production operation and implements our vision for this business-critical function  Production Supervisor oversees optimal and cost-effective aseptic manufacturing practices in a fast-paced environment through collaboration with stakeholders, production engineers and technicians. The Production Supervisor should have a strong operational, quality, compliance, and technical background. This is often a hands-on role working closely with the production team to troubleshoot process and equipment challenges.

They must ensure production processes comply with local, State, and Federal regulations, including current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP).

This is a full-time, on-site position, located in Brooklyn, New York. It is a multi-faceted role in a highly collaborative environment that will require strong leadership and focused execution in pursuit of maximizing production outputs, on-time customer shipping and overall robust manufacturing processes.

Shift Timing:

Second shift is currently defined as 11:00am-7:30pm. This timing will shift to 3:00pm-11:30pm within ~6 months.

During training, the 2nd shift production supervisor will occasionally be required to work 1st shift (7:00am-3:30pm).

Hours may vary depending on company requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Organizes, and leads production operations and associated production activities to drive production target while maintaining quality, cost, and customer service expectations within a safe working environment.

• Manages a team of production technicians.

• Manages production KPIs including, labor budget, yield, and OEE, and ensures target production metrics are met.

• Communicates production results and challenges. Troubleshoots and implements solutions to issues quickly and efficiently to avoid potential delays.

• Ensures all tasks associated with manufacturing operations are performed in accordance to cGMP and SOPs, and ensures batch record requirements are completed in a timely manner.

• Supervises all aspects of production, including the assembly, disassembly, cleaning, and storage of manufacturing equipment, the cleaning of the cleanroom facility, formulation, filling/finishing, and product shipping operations related to the second shift of technicians.

• Acts as a subject matter expert on Manufacturing Practices, including in aseptic behaviors and practices.

• Implements continuous improvement, leveraging expertise in Six Sigma, Lean, or Toyota Production System (TPS) approaches.

• Adheres to all workplace safety laws, regulations, standards and practices and actively advances a culture of safety within their team and organization.

• Resolves or escalates any problem occurring in the area that affects product quality, safety, and other aspects of production line performance.

• Demonstrates the ability to properly operate equipment, perform equipment set-up/change-over/cleanups, assist in preventative maintenance and troubleshoots equipment problems to achieve optimum production targets.

• Establishes a working environment that fosters participation within and between teams.

• Hires, trains, develops, disciplines, and discharge production technicians.

• Develops, mentors, and supports production technicians in assisting continuous improvement efforts, improving employee engagement, and supporting business growth.

• Ensures compliance with Quality Assurance and Quality Control requirements and participates in timely investigations and implementation of corrective and preventative action.

• Ensures records are maintained per SOPs and cGMP requirements.

• Generates production batch procedural documentation, manages change assessments, and nonconformance reports.

• Creates, updates, reviews, and maintains production-related SOPs.

• Reviews and approves documents, including standard operating procedures, batch records, and material specifications.

• Leads the execution of and training for newly transferred or existing products and processes.

• Leads and assists with the continuous improvement of production operations and procedural documentation.

• Organizes and leads initial and on-going training…