Production Supervisor - 3rd 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!

3rd Shift (Sun‑Thurs, 11:00 pm - 7:30 am) – The Production Supervisor is 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 supervisor is also responsible for interview and selection of employees, training, counseling and performance evaluations, ensuring compliance with company rules and 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.
• Assures 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.
• Supervises team members to identify and resolve quality defects, machine efficiency losses, material problems, etc. Works with team mechanic to resolve mechanical problems contributing to machine downtime. Supplements the efforts of the effectively interface with Quality Control Inspectors.
• Develops and effectively recommends team staffing assignments in order to achieve optimum skill balance and work distribution within the team.
• Provides constructive input pertaining to product/process pre‑production activities and ensures that production startup, new/revised products or processes can be satisfactorily handled by team members. Conducts pre‑production team meetings as needed.
• Trains and/or directs 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.
• Is 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.
• Takes corrective action, including recommending disciplinary actions, to resolve individual team member performance issues that do not conform to established Standard Operating Procedures, policies and practices.
• Sets high standards of professional conduct relative to adherence to safe work practices, product quality, personal work habits, positive attitude, housekeeping and company policies. Effectively recommends rewards (e.g., merit increases) for attainment thereof.
• Establishes a mutually supportive and effective interface with other production teams, their Team Leaders, and production support services.
• Reports and takes necessary immediate action for all industrial accidents or injuries, regardless of how minor.
• Is responsible for periodically developing a written team improvement plan to achieve production goals and standards.
• Is responsible for administering progressive discipline procedures up to and including recommendations for employee termination.
• May perform any other duties as assigned.

• OEE and Machine Availability
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