3rd Shift Production Supervisor

R 3rd Shift Production Supervisor (Open)

Location:

Ferndale, MI - Filling industrial

Shift: 10:00 pm - 6:00 am

• Comprehensive Family Benefits: Airgas offers a full benefits package designed to support your whole life, including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance.
• Support for Parents: We offer up to 14‑week paid child‑birth benefits to support growing families.
• Future Security: 401(k) Retirement Plan with company match, Tuition Assistance, Paid Holidays, Vacation, and Sick time.
• Early Access: Your benefits start after just 30 days of employment.

The Production Supervisor guides and coordinates the day‑to‑day activities for a segment within the industrial, specialty and medical distribution and gas filling operations of a production location. This position partners in supporting all gas cylinder processing, ultrasonic testing, and compliance stewardship with all Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Department of Transportation (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). Occupational Health & Safety Administration (OSHA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), SAFECORE, and other business‑related compliance activities.

• Guides and supports the activities of 2 or more plant production associates to achieve shared team goals.
• Partners with other Plant Supervisors to ensure smooth day‑to‑day operations.
• Promotes a strong safety and compliance culture proactively addressing unsafe practices or conditions without delay.
• Collaboratively aligns tasks with team members according to customers' needs, current stock levels and team members' strengths.
• Studies production schedules and estimates team‑hour requirements for completion of job assignments.
• Maintains time and production records; interprets company policies to team members and fosters adherence to safety practices.
• Implements measures to improve production methods, equipment performance, quality of product, and updates working conditions and use of equipment to advance the collective rhythm of the team.
• Initiates or suggests plans to inspire team members to thrive and reach goals.
• Navigates challenges and builds alignment on solutions, or partners with team members in solving work‑related hurdles.
• Recommends or initiates associate actions, such as new hires, promotions, transfers, offboarding, performance improvement and performance alignment measures.
• Welcomes and guides new team members, supporting cross‑training to continue production smoothly during team adjustments.
• Provides assistance to the Plant Manager with regard to planning and managing capital investments.
• Coordinates the proper inventory levels of supplies and equipment.
• Additional duties and projects as may be assigned.

• High School Diploma or GED.
• 2+ years of demonstrated experience working in a leadership role within a distribution environment.
• Intermediate knowledge of Google Suite applications and Microsoft Office (Word, Excel).
• Strong analytical skills and a thorough understanding of how to leverage metrics and related tools to improve production efficiency and effectiveness.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills that ensure a smooth flow of information between self and others through clear speaking and writing, encouragement of open expression of ideas, and effective listening.
• Demonstrated knowledge of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division in all units of measure using whole numbers, fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratios, and percent.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Self‑starter; self‑motivated; well organized; ability to work independently.
• Detail oriented with the ability to complete handwritten compliance documentation neatly and accurately.
• Demonstrated dedication to product quality and customer satisfaction.

• Prior technical experience with compressed gases, gas analysis and gas lab equipment.
• Prior experience utilizing SAP.

• Able to talk, walk, sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crawl or crouch.
• Specific vision abilities to include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth…