Production Supervisor

Location Address: 1217 E St Gertrude Place, Santa Ana, California 92707

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Salary Exempt (United States of America)

The Production Supervisor is foremost a leader responsible for making production and team member decisions in alignment with Altium’s Guiding Principles. Directly supervises hourly employees assigned to the production department with emphasis on continued development to further enhance skill sets. Manages production department in accordance with State and Federal regulations. Ensures compliance with company policies and procedures. Ensures production department objectives are met to include projects, safety, quality, cost, and delivery.

• Provide leadership and direction to production staff to produce rigid manufactured products, organize and monitor workflow, and ensure daily/weekly deliverables are met
• Collaboratively drive improvements through daily interaction with all employees on the production floor
• Inspect jobs in process and at completion to ensure that standards of workmanship, quality, and safety are maintained
• Demonstrate a strong sense of urgency and transmit that sense of urgency to the production staff in a constructive fashion
• Maintains workflow by monitoring and upgrading processes, setting processing variables, observing control points and equipment, monitoring personnel and resources, studying methods, implementing cost reductions, developing reporting procedures and systems, facilitating corrections to malfunctions within process control points, and initiating and fostering a spirit of cooperation within and between departments
• Organize and prioritize work from production work orders, staffing requirements, estimate work hour requirements, and delegate work to employees in production department
• Plan, direct, and control the efforts of the production department to maintain plant equipment and facilities commensurate with good manufacturing practices that meet daily production requirements
• Recommend and plan equipment needs to improve production efficiency and/or achieve cost reduction through the utilization of CI enhancement tools
• Actively lead/participate in Continuous Improvement initiatives (e.g., 5S, Kaizen, lean tools)
• Partner and collaborate in the development, scheduling, and control of the plant preventative maintenance program to maintain production equipment in proper working condition and ensure that equipment is ready to run when scheduled
• Collaborate with partnering departments to requisition materials, supplies, and services for the department
• Ensure that safety and quality requirements meet or exceed all regulatory agencies (i.e., USDA, FSA, OSHA, ADA, EPA) standards and comply with all Altium Packaging policies and or procedures
• Ensure that production equipment can produce within the specifications and tolerances established by the equipment manufacturer and process control specifications
• Monitor and report production key indicators to Production Manager and make recommendations for necessary changes to drive improvement
• Keep and update production records and procedures such as production and sanitation records, equipment manuals, SOPs, OPLs, JSAs, HSAs
• Develop and maintain an effective department through proper selection, training and assignment of personnel capable of operating/maintaining all equipment and facilities in a safe and efficient working condition
• Develop daily, weekly, monthly objectives and standards of performance for production within the Production Department required to meet departmental, customer, and organizational objectives
• Participate in meetings or other communications with other departments regarding the resolution of ongoing problems, the implementation of new procedures or processes, or…