Production Supervisor

Title of Position:
Production Supervisor - Paint Department

Basic Job Elements
- To directly supervise hourly personnel assigned to the paintdepartment and to oversee all paint and powder coat work performance as relatedto the finishing of all products in the department. Ensuring hourly personnel are meeting all quality requirements in the safest, most effective and economical manner possible.

Duties and Responsibilities -

1. Plans,organizes, and controls all paint/powder coat operations in accordance withguidelines established by production schedules and the Plant Manager. Releases paintline shop orders after review for completeness and correctness.

2. Develops,trains, and motivates hourly employees to acquire maximum efficiency,productivity, cooperation, and morale. Resolves conflicts between associates and maintains harmony in the workforce.

3. Ensures thatall shift employees, equipment, materials, and areas of operation conform toall appropriate health and safety rules and regulations.

4. Ensures thatsafe work practices and conduct are maintained at all times and providesinstructions, guidance and directions to assist associates having productiondifficulties and procedural problems ex: special/custom rack fabrication.

5. Communicate/coordinate with Plant Manager regarding any departmental disciplinary action in accordance with established policies and the local labor agreement. Assists Plant Manager with any required supporting documentation.

6. Ensures thatthe equipment and tools in the paint department are maintained and good housekeeping practices are in place and enforced. Informs the maintenance department of any required repairs and equipment issues.

7. Schedulesvacations for hourly personnel in accordance with individual requests, company policy, local labor agreements, and production schedules.

8. Assists withthe development and creation of written job procedures and maintains all required production reports in support of the plant quality management system.

9. Activelysupports and responds to quality issues, non-conformance reports and participates in the root cause analysis process. Develops permanent solutions to on-going departmental issues/problems.

10. Assist Plant Manager with departmental goal setting and department performance metrics.

Optimizes beam utilization for maximum paint line efficiency.

11. Effectivelyinteracts, cooperates and communicates with all other functional departments and internal/external customers and suppliers.

12. Inspectincoming paint and powder components for compliance to requirements and auditsout-going product quality. Maintains select paint/powder inventory levels andprevents any inventory stock-outs. Mix paint and ensure proper color matchusing appropriate equipment.

13. Maintain all department reports per DEP regulations and internal Leed Himmel reporting requirements including electronic daily paint and production reports.

14. Assist with thecross-training and development of trained back up personnel for this positionto adequately provide for vacation, illness, etc. coverage to ensure the customer's requirements are always met.

15. All other duties as assigned/required by plant management.

Technical Knowledge/Job Competencies -

1. Working knowledge of all paint and powder coating operations including mixing, blending, colormatching, application methods and best practices.

2. Knowledge ofmetrology and use of measuring instruments pertaining to paint/powder density.

Able to read and interpret technical drawings regarding finish requirements andjob specifications.

3. Basic math skills and the ability to optimize material usage and creatively minimize waste.

Working knowledge of the color matching computer software.

4. Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite and basic computer skills including the use ofinter-office e-mail. Ability to communicate fabrication issues with designerand sales group.

5. Familiar with powder coating operation control system and settings, oven settings andconveyor operations, sprayer controls and system troubleshooting.

6. Ability tomulti-task and manage multiple issues simultaneously. Conflict resolution skills, team building, managing change and setting expectations and performancelevels to meet company goals. Able to anticipate problems and develop solutions in advance to consistently meet customer expectations.

Impact on Organization -

This position ensures that all paint/powder line work is donein concert with all other functional groups to meet common company objectives,goals and schedules.

Successful departmental operations consistently supply all upstreamand downstream operations and customers with a quality product, enabling themto meet all quality and throughput goals. Provides constructive feedback toupstream operations to advance internal quality awareness and improvement. Conversely,as a major internal supplier to the company and directly to external customers,non-conforming products produced and released directly results in increasedscrap and rework in all subsequent…