Production Supervisor - 1st Shift

Driven by a commitment to research, quality, and service, PDI provides innovative products, educational resources, training, and support to prevent infection transmission and promote health and wellness. Encompassing three areas, our Healthcare, Sani Professional and Contract manufacturing divisions, we develop, manufacture, and distribute leading edge products for North America and the world. We have several locations across the US and are looking for new Associates to join our team!

* This position is for 1st Shift (M-F, 7:00 am - 3:30 pm)
* Primarily responsible for meeting manufacturing goals by communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results; coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; initiating, coordinating, and enforcing systems, policies, and procedures. (SOP’s, GDP’s and GMP’s). The Production Supervisor is responsible for interview and selection of employees, training, counseling and conducting performance evaluations, as well as ensuring compliance with Company rules/regulations, and administering progressive discipline.

• Completes production plan by scheduling and assigning personnel; accomplishing work results; following priorities; monitoring progress; resolving problems; reporting results of the processing flow on shift production summaries.
• Creates and revises systems and procedures by analyzing operating practices, record-keeping systems, forms of control, and budgetary and personnel requirements; implementing change.
• Assure accuracy of shift production reports, to include
  • Production Logs
  • Line Reports
  • Waste Reporting
  • Material Control Reports/Systems
  • Re-Work Sheets
  • Quality Defects
• Maintains safe and clean work environment by educating and directing personnel on the use of all PPE, equipment, and resources; maintaining compliance with established policies and procedures.
• Maintains working relationship with the union by following the terms of the collective bargaining agreement.
• Supervise team members to identify and resolve quality defects, machine efficiency losses, material problems, etc. Work with team mechanic to resolve mechanical problems contributing to machine downtime. Supplement the efforts of the effectively interface with Quality Control Inspectors.
• Develop and effectively recommend team staffing assignments in order to achieve optimum skill balance and work distribution within the team.
• Provide constructive input pertaining to product/process pre-production activities and insure that production startup, new/revised products or processes can be satisfactorily handled by team members. Conduct pre-production team meeting on an as needed basis.
• Train and/or direct the efforts of Trainers in order to train team members to effectively perform all necessary product assembly, quality, safety, materials control, and production reporting functions.
• Responsible for the identification of machine problems and the effective coordination of mechanical support and material handling services in order to achieve machine production, quality, and waste controls.
• Take corrective action, including recommending disciplinary actions in order to resolve individual team member performance issues which do not conform to established Standard Operating Procedures, policies and practices.
• Set high standards of professional conduct relative to adherence to safe work practices, product quality, personal work habits, positive attitude, housekeeping and Company policies. Effectively recommend reward (e.g. merit increases) for the attainment thereof.
• Establish a mutually supportive and effective interface with other production teams, their Leaders, and production support services.
• Report and take necessary immediate action for all industrial accidents or injuries, regardless of how minor.
• Responsible for periodically developing a written team improvement plan to achieve production goals and standards.
• Responsible for administering progressive discipline procedures up to and including recommendations for employee termination.
• Any other duties as assigned

• OEE and Machine Availability