Shift supervisor, Manufacturing ​/ Production

Morris Packaging is a manufacturer of sustainable, flexible packaging products such as bags, pouches, and rollstock. Morris Packaging provides end-to-end packaging solutions, including design, printing, warehousing, and logistics support.

By joining the Morris Packaging team, you will become part of one of the most exciting teams in the packaging industry. If you are looking for a great career that provides job satisfaction and professional advancement with a company that values YOU, join our team today!

To contribute to the success of our customers by ensuring daily production line output meets or exceeds the production schedule and quality requirements. This position is also responsible for management of all employees on the floor during their shift, including performance, attendance, coaching, and corrective action.

• Responsible for participating in setting and obtaining production output goals for all machines.
• Enforce optimal line speed and suggest adjustments to personnel placement as required.
• Effectively communicate with incoming and outgoing shifts as related to the optimal running of our production.
• Assist operators in obtaining maximum production throughput with minimal downtime.
• Assist operators in diagnosing complex machine issues. When applicable, work with maintenance staff, outside contractors, etc. to resolve issues.
• Coordinate all hourly training activities for shift employees in current best practices.
• Proactively guide and assist in troubleshooting production machine problems.
• Utilize a “line stop” mentality when it comes to equipment or quality issues.
• Report on performance issues with production staff to management/HR for further evaluation.
• Respond to “line stop” issues. Assist operators, maintenance, and quality control to correct the issue whether with equipment or quality.
• Demonstrate and train line change over activities making sure they occur in the minimum time with 100% readiness.
• Report continuous or major problems to management immediately.
• Troubleshoot line issues as needed.
• Ensure equipment is cleaned daily to Morris Packaging standards.
• Ensure required production reports and any other required paperwork are completed accurately and by the end of shift.
• Ensure production supplies are in stock.
• Manage employee attendance and timecard reporting per company policy.
• Conduct 90-day and yearly performance reviews and recommend the promotion of personnel as needed for business changes.
• Manage production staffing levels as instructed by management.
• Participate in special projects as required.
• Comply with Safe Quality Food and Safety standards by maintaining a clean and safe work environment.
• Responsible for training new operators.
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of Morris Packaging quality standards as it relates to production.
• Demonstrate and train all requirements to ensure a high level of quality.
• Proactively interface with Morris Packaging’s quality department to bring up and resolve quality issues.
• Ensure all employees are trained and adhere to Morris Packaging’s safety standards.
• Identify, report, and resolve safety issues.
• Provide technical feedback to the manager and engineering on improvement to Morris Packaging’s continuous process improvement.
• Train and provide feedback for all of the above.
• Basic forklift operation.
• Technical capacity.
• Quality Control Analysis.
• Leadership and supervision

While performing this job's duties, the employee will be mainly in an office environment and our climate-controlled facility. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, and filing cabinets. Position will require occasional visits to plant floor that is subject to vibration, equipment noise leading to a loud environment and cleaning solvents. The employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts and might also be exposed to outside conditions, tight spaces, cleaning solvents and heights.

• Continuous (6 to 10 hours per day) bending, pushing, pulling, climbing stairs, reaching, lifting, and grasping.
• Continuous (6 to 10 hours per day) standing and walking.
• Continuous (6 or more hours per day) talking, teaching, and…