Production Supervisor

Westlake Royal Building Products is seeking a Production Supervisor to support manufacturing operations at our Columbus, Ohio facility. This role is responsible for supervising hourly production employees, managing day-to-day production activities, and ensuring safety, quality, and production goals are met.

The Production Supervisor provides direct, hands‑on leadership on the production floor and works closely with Operations, Maintenance, Quality, and HR to support efficient and compliant plant operations.

3rd shift; 7:00 pm–7:00 am (36–48 hours per week rotating schedule).

• Maintain a clean and safe work environme
• Supervises, hires and directs hourly personnel and manufacturing operations assigned to their shi
• Reviews production orders and schedules to makes constant decisions based on product data such as types, quantities, specifications, schedules, logistics and plans operations according
• ly Assigns duties to all shift members and ensures that production schedule will be complet
• ed Conducts safety chec
• ks Provide technical leadership to shift personnel, to include: line setup/operation, metrics definition/reporting, testing, troubleshooting, and training facilitati
• on Responsible for attendance, vacation schedules, training and other administrative tas
• ks Ensure optimum utilization of manpower and equipment to dictate efficient workfl
• ow Delegate responsibility and recognize, develop, train and utilize talents and capabilities of all shift personn
• el Administer on the job training to new employees and provide continuous training as need
• ed Participate and act as a lead for the new Extruder Operator traini
• ng Partner with engineering, maintenance, quality and innovations departments to ensure all quality standards, practices, testing and metrics are administered and adhered to as required by VSI and the customer’s expectatio
• ns Facilitate safety training and complete all incident investigations and reporti
• ng Drive continuous improvement initiatives to include: 5S, scrap reduction initiatives, and quality/innovatio
• ns Spearhead projects, as needed and/or assigned, that solve current business problems and /or directly contribute to long-term business objectiv

• Prior supervisory or lead experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment prefer
• red Prior experience with plastic extrusion prefer
• red Experience supervising hourly production employees strongly prefer
• red Ability to lead and motivate production teams in a fast-paced environm
• ent Strong communication and problem-solving ski
• lls Working knowledge of manufacturing processes and safety standa
• rds Ability to handle employee relations matters professionally and consisten
• tly Basic computer skills, including email and production reporting syst
• ems Bilingual (Spanish/English is a pl

• High school diploma or GED requ
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  OSHA 30-hour certificate (within 1 year of taking this r
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  Desired:
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• ITIES

Directly supervises Lead Operator, Lamination Operator, Extruder Operators, and Packers. Dotted line oversight to warehouse and maintenance staff working on the assigned shift. Approximately 25 pe

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to hold, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear. The employee must lift, carry and/or move up to 75 lbs. frequently. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

In addition, mobility to cover 2 facilities (North & South Plant) is required. Local travel may be req

This position works in a fast-paced manufacturing facility. Noise level commensurate with large machinery. Ear and eye protection must be worn at all times and steel toed shoes and long pants are required. Temperatures in the building, although maintained, can be effected by outside weather cond