Mixing Supervisor

Solenis is a leading global provider of water and hygiene solutions. The company's product portfolio includes a broad array of water treatment chemistries, process aids, functional additives, cleaners, disinfectants, and state-of-the-art monitoring, control and delivery systems. These technologies are used by customers to improve operational efficiencies, enhance product quality, protect plant assets, minimize environmental impact, and create cleaner and safer environments.

Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, the company has 78 manufacturing facilities strategically located around the globe and employs a team of over ~23000 professionals in >160 countries across six continents. Solenis is a 2025 Best Managed Company Gold Standard honoree.

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POSITION SUMMARY

A Mixing Supervisor leads daytoday operations for an assigned production area in a chemical manufacturing environment. This role ensures safe, compliant, and efficient production; delivers to plan; maintains product quality and documentation; develops talent; and drives continuous improvement. The Mixing Supervisor is accountable for shift performance, resource planning, and cross functional coordination with Maintenance, Quality, EHS, and Supply Chain. To be successful in the role, a Mixing Supervisor needs to be committed to employee development, results-driven, safety-focused, detail-oriented, and comfortable working in a fast-paced, process-driven environment.

Located at our Florence, Kentucky site, this role reports to the Senior Packaging Supervisor.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES

A Packaging Supervisor is responsible for but not limited to the following:

Safety, Health & Environmental (SHE) Leadership

• Leads a strong safety culture; model compliance with plant EHS policies, chemical handling procedures, PPE, LOTO, and emergency response protocols.
• Ensures adherence to OSHA and applicable environmental regulations (e.g., EPA, RCRA, SPCC), and plant standards (e.g., SDS use, spill response, waste segregation, emissions logs).
• Conducts safety talks, behavior based observations, near miss and incident reporting, and corrective action followthrough.
• Verifies safe operation of equipment (reactors, mixers, pumps, tanks, filling lines, conveyors) and safe line changeovers/cleanouts.

Production Execution & Planning

• Executes the daily/weekly production schedule; sequence of work orders, assign operators, and manage tank changeovers and startups/shutdowns per SOPs.
• Monitors throughput, yield, and downtime; remove bottlenecks; escalate equipment issues; and coordinate with Maintenance on PM/CM priorities.
• Ensures raw materials, components, and packaging are available; collaborate with Materials/Logistics on staging and inventory accuracy.

Quality Assurance & Documentation

• Ensures products meet specifications through inprocess checks, sample pulls, and parameter control (e.g., temperature, pH, viscosity, solids).
• Enforces adherence to batch records, master recipes, and quality procedures; complete, review, and reconcile production documentation accurately and on time.
• Triages nonconformances, initiate containment, and partners with QA on investigations, CAPAs, and change control (MOC).
• Supports audits (internal, customer, regulatory) and ensure area is inspection ready.

People Leadership & Development

• Directs, coaches, and develops operators/line leads; conducts onthejob training for SOPs, quality checks, and safe equipment operation.
• Builds staffing plans and oversee timekeeping, performance feedback, and recognition.
• Promotes teamwork, accountability, and continuous learning; foster an inclusive, respectful work environment.

Continuous Improvement & Cost Control

• Drives waste reduction, right-first-time, 5S, and problem solving (e.g., root cause analysis, Kaizen, DMAIC).
• Track sand improves KPIts (safety, quality, delivery, cost, people).
• Recommends process, layout, and tooling improvements; partners with Engineering on trials and scaleups; validates changes using MOC.

Cross Functional Communication

• Provides clear shift handoffs, status updates, production summaries, and downtime reports.
• Coordinates with Maintenance, QA, EHS, Engineering, and Supply Chain to resolve issues and meet customer commitments.
• Participates in tier meetings and contribute data driven recommendations.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

• Associate's degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Operations Management, or related field or equivalent work experience
• Minimum of 7 years of related experience in a manufacturing environment (chemical processing strongly preferred), including at least 3 years in a leadership capacity such as lead, coordinator, or supervisor.
• OSHA 30
  
  Hour General Industry certification, Process Safety Management (PSM) training, cGMP and Hazard Communication (HAZCOM) compliance training, formal supervisory/leadership training.
• At least 4 of the following certifications:
  Lean Six Sigma Green or Black Belt; ISO 9001 Internal or Lead Auditor (ISO…