Production Supervisor

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Full Time Management Phoenix, IL, US

2 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $57,000.00 To $67,000.00 Annually

About Sterling

Sterling Site Access Solutions is the nation's leader in sustainable site access, supporting energy infrastructure and large-scale construction projects across the United States. Guided by our vision of Building a Better Tomorrow, we help customers address complex access challenges, manage risk, control costs, and maintain project schedules.

Through our mission to move people, projects, and communities forward, Sterling provides innovative materials, engineered solutions, and access services that support safer and more sustainable project execution. As America's largest manufacturer of Terra Lam cross-laminated timber mats, we combine advanced U.S.

-based manufacturing with a broad portfolio of site access products and services.

At Sterling, talented people have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact by helping customers deliver critical infrastructure and construction projects. Our culture is grounded in safety, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement, and we value individuals who are committed to solving challenges and driving better outcomes. If you love owning what's next for your career and a growing organization, Sterling is where you can call home.

About the Role
Responsible for leading, guiding, and continuously improving the day-to-day activities of the machining, finishing, and packaging operations within Sterling's Structural CLT Department. This is a high visibility and challenging position and a key role in the company’s primary growth strategy. Safety, product quality, productivity, workforce, and machinery performance are among the critical and key metrics for this position. Core competencies shall include leadership and motivational skills, technical capability, and team orientated problem solving.

• On the floor leadership and guidance of machining, finishing, packaging and shipping operations.
• Lead on-boarding for new employees and train all to understand standard work, job safety analysis (JSA's), 5S and visual factory.
• Train, e ncourage, and challenge existing employees to improve skills and their overall contribution to high quality conversion of products in a safe manner.
• Manage employee schedules including but not limited to approving and tracking time off, absenteeism, and timecards.
• Manage, enforce, and communicate employee relations issues according to company policy. Implement disciplinary notices/write-ups when necessary, involving Operations Manager when appropriate.
• Evaluate employee performance and conduct performance reviews.
• Assist with department staffing needs and staffing decision making, participating in the interview and evaluation.
• Adhere to standard work as the foundation of controlling and continuously improving methods and techniques.
• Maintain and assist with developing safe work practices using JSA's to document, communicate, and train on Safety.
• Guide and develop change-over techniques and practices to achieve world class uptime.
• Assist with the performance of root cause analysis on product or equipment failures and put in place countermeasures to eliminate or minimize future occurrence.
• Work closely, and collaborate with, the Quality Technician to surface problems with methods, techniques, and equipment with the objective of continuously improving our people, processes, and problem-solving techniques.
• Organization of inventory (parts, supplies, tools) and personal tools to ensure optimum efficiency of the work force.
• Work to maintain balanced work content (flow) between departments and operations.
• Assist leadership with the measurement of daily performance and productivity.
• Participates in projects as requested by management.

• High school graduate, or GED is required.
• Minimum of three (3) years supervising and directing an hourly or production workforce.
• Minimum of three (3) years progressive work experience in a manufacturing or production…