Production Supervisor - 2nd Shift

The Production Supervisor performs frontline supervisory functions and is responsible for safety, corrective action, employee relations, housekeeping and performance reviews for a shift or for multiple shifts of hourly employees as well as making recommendations to improve production methods, equipment performance and quality of product. Supervises, directs, advises, and trains manufacturing team members in accordance with established manufacturing policies and procedures to ensure production demands are met.

Ensures all activities are focused on quality, safety, and environmental responsibility. In addition, this position will actively encourage and support concepts of employee involvement, continuous improvement, 5S, and lean manufacturing concepts.

• Facilitates the manufacture of building products to meet production demands, while ensuring quality, safety, and environmental responsibility.
• Enforce adherence to safety, quality, and operational process standards by holding team members accountable, while also maintaining personal accountability to consistently model and uphold these standards. Develop and manage shift schedules to ensure optimal staffing and workflow, driving strong schedule adherence and ensuring production work orders are executed accurately and on time.
• In conjunction with appropriate plant leadership, develops and implements staffing guidelines to maximize utilization of human resources while controlling labor costs. Hires, supervises, evaluates, and replaces staff as required to ensure performance objectives are met/exceeded.
• Maintain a high degree of leadership and supervisory skills including developing and training direct reports so they are prepared for career advancements and increasing responsibilities; performance evaluations and address feedback; and lead shift meetings for Safety and Production items as instructed by the manager.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to include 5S and conversion cost reduction.
• Provides technical leadership and training to shift personnel in areas that may include line set-up/operation, testing, tooling, troubleshooting, machine metrics definition/reporting, changeover, safety procedures, record keeping, and training facilitation.
• Identifies potential career paths for employees and works with employees to develop their skills and knowledge for career advancement. Provides documentation and follow up to training and job responsibilities. Interviews qualified candidates for manufacturing positions and recommends candidates for hire.
• Assigns personnel to extrusion lines or production areas and oversees line or area rotations and break schedules during assigned shift(s) by maintaining a high degree of communication to accomplish seamless shift changes and troubleshooting progress.
• Completes or oversees completion of paperwork relative to line operation, operator logs, PM logs, audits, and corrective action. Is agile to respond to any short‑notice production or shipping needs.
• Knowledge and understanding of all safety policies and regulations and ability to address all unsafe acts and conditions. Administers policies in a fair and consistent manner.
• Provides coaching and counselling to employees and corrective action when needed, always following the company guidelines.
• Ability to promote overall goals of the company in safety, quality, delivery and cost. Identifies and assists with implementations for continuous process improvement. Uses statistics or other resources to help better control the extrusion and/or production or assembly process. Controls materials to eliminate waste.
• Performs other reasonable duties as assigned.

2nd shift, 3 PM – 11 PM

• Bachelor’s degree in industrial technology, Management, Engineering or related discipline or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of three years of progressively responsible supervisory/leadership experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Relevant experience in sheet extrusion strongly preferred for extrusion facilities, fenestration experience strongly preferred for windows facilities.
• Highly developed oral and written communication skills,…