Cobalt TN Production Supervisor

Job Details:

Job Location:

Cobalt TN - Lenoir, TN 37771,

Job Title:

Production Supervisor Department:
Production

Reports To:

Plant Manager/Production Manager FLSA Status:
Salary

Supervises all facets of production operations including processes and people. Continuously improves operations and ensures a clean, safe workplace.

• Accountable for production operations by initiating, coordinating, and enforcing program, operational, and personnel policies and procedures.
• Maintains standards of health and safety, hygiene, housekeeping and security in the work environment.
• Motivates, organizes, and encourages at the individual and team levels to ensure set productivity targets are met.
• Makes sound decisions using facts and data that are in the best interest of Cobalt.
• Holds all individuals, including him/herself, accountable for delivering results and satisfying internal and external customers.
• Plans and executes changes in support of model changes, capacity and/or schedule modifications.
• Assists in developing and maintaining departmental work instructions for all tasks and utilizes them appropriately.
• Maintains/improves productivity, efficiency, and performance by reviewing reports and statistics and making appropriate adjustments
• Recommends measures to improve quality of service, increasing efficiency of department including performance of personnel and equipment.
• Continuously improves production operations using lean enterprise practices.
• Understands hazardous materials and the proper and safe handling of such ensuring all proper policies and procedures are followed.
• Shows initiative, courage, integrity, and bases decisions on what is best for the company, not the individual.
• Identifies and develops team members to be future leaders.
• Leads by example.
• Identifies areas for personal growth and seeks opportunities for ongoing education.
• Completes production requirements by scheduling and assigning employees; monitors work results and executes corrective actions when required.
• Maintains production staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training new employees.
• Monitors staff performance and progress.
• Explores options for internal and external activities having impacts on the department and/or business.
• Other duties may be assigned.

• Supervisory skills and experience.
• Ability to read and interpret business documents and data.
• Knowledge of general business computer software and aptitude to learn new software applications.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook).

Associate's degree (A.

A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; or five years of relevant experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations in English.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, electronic mail, procedures and performance documents, as examples, in English.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers and other employees of the organization.
• Ability to effectively conduct meetings in person and with technology assistance.

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to utilize data to make business decisions.

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

• a. Sits 2 hours
• b. Stands 3 hours
• c. Walks 5 hours
• d. Drives 0 hours

Maximum: 50 (lbs) Frequently: 20 (lbs) Occasionally: 35 (lbs)

• a. Simple Grasping:
  Right, Frequent Left, Frequent
• b. Pushing/Pulling:
  Right, Occasional Left, Occasional
• c. Fine Manipulation:
  Right, Frequent Left, Frequent

• a. Right:
  Occasional Left:
  Occasional

• a. Bending At Waist:
  Occasional
• b. Squatting:
  Occasional
• c. Climbing Ladders, Stairs:
  Occasional
• d. Kneeling On Ground:
  Occasional
• e. Reaching Above Shoulder:
  Occasional

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an…