Supervisor Production

Supervisor Production

The Production Supervisor is responsible for the oversight of manufacturing operations associated with the manufacturing of radiopharmaceuticals which meet approved specifications by supervising from the floor, coaching and developing their team, and ensuring that their area of operations maintains compliance with corporate policies, and local and federal regulations. The supervisor is responsible for fostering a culture of team ownership, transparency, team success.

Work Schedule:

5:00 PM – 3:30 AM (10 hours shift) Sat-Tue (Wed). Ability to work overtime when necessary.

Essential Functions:

• Ensure proper coverage of all production while also managing team PTO, trainings, absences, and other events impactful to staffing.
• Ensure accountability, transparency, and effective communication cross-functionally and within the team while guaranteeing information is timely, clear, and accurate.
• Review and approve weekly departmental schedules and maintenance activities; work with multiple departments to ensure efficient scheduling and planning in order to meet the production plans.
• Ensure appropriate communication on production and project related matters with area management in a timely manner.
• Coach and develop the team to high performance while fostering a culture of team ownership.
• Verify, review and make appropriate changes if needed, to any controlled document pertinent to your area of responsibility.
• Ensure all employees are in compliance with all policies, procedures, and site/company regulations.
• Set clear vision by ensuring goals and objectives are aligned with site strategies through performance management for each team member.
• Exhibit accountability and responsibility for an area or process in order to affect change and lead efforts and ideas to completion.
• Provide input on equipment installation, start-up, operation, and troubleshooting.
• Provide leadership for employee relations through effective communications, coaching, training and development; eliminate roadblocks in order for the team to move forward.
• Supply the highest level of internal and external customer service while having the ability to diplomatically challenge established procedures and systems.
• Lead and/or support all investigations, manufacturing exceptions, product failures, root cause analyses, and customer complaints at the appropriate level with complete and comprehensive detail.
• Author, approve, and/or review all area quality and safety exceptions and investigation reports.
• Ensure on time completion of all corrective action items assigned to area.
• Manage the department's overtime and ensure that all payroll exception reports are completed and submitted on time.
• Lead team in continuous improvement activities and take control when faced with adversity while incorporating team input.
• Measure and communicate team's progress against individual, team, site goals, and KPIs.
• Communicates issues appropriately utilizing the area's escalation plan.
• Spend 70% of your time on the production floor directly with employees and processes.
• Must maintain operational compliance with US and international regulatory agencies and guidelines (i.e. FDA, DEA, EU, HC, TGA, PIC/S, ISO, USP, NRC, cGMP, etc.).
• Ensure all direct reports are properly trained in areas directly related to their job responsibilities as well as company policies, quality policies, and safety/environmental policies.
• Conduct production team meetings as well as 1-on-1 coaching sessions with employees in the department.

Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Manufacturing, Engineering, or related field required. Work experience considered in lieu of degree.
• Ten or more years of relevant work experience required, including experience in a cGMP environment required, preferably in manufacturing.
• Two or more years of supervisory experience is required.
• Lean/Kaizen/Six Sigma experience preferred.
• Experience working with High Performance Teams.
• Coaching & Implementing Autonomous Maintenance activities preferred.
• Experience with developing/documenting procedures required.
• Aseptic and/or terminal sterilization processing experience preferred.
• Prior experience leading projects and/or being a core team member preferred.
• Willingness to work in plant producing radioactive materials and requiring all employees to participate in safety programs designed to minimize potential and/or actual exposure levels.

Working Conditions:

• Willingness to work in plant producing radioactive materials and requiring all employees to participate in safety programs designed to minimize potential and/or actual exposure levels.
• Responsibilities include the ability to lift up to 70 pounds, kneeling, crouching, twisting the upper body, walking, bending, stooping, pushing, pulling, reaching, must be able to physically negotiate stairs and evacuation ladders with or without accommodation, wear and operate safety equipment, enter vessels, and inspect equipment.
• Material handling devices (e.g., hand truck, fork truck, and conveyors) are used…