Production Supervisor

Responsibilities

• Coaching - Must be highly engaged with an exceptional hands on ability. Must be able to identify and maximize coaching opportunities to promote continual growth and development within your Production team.
• Safety - Promotes, adheres to, and contributes to plant safety programs and ensures compliance with Standard Safety Operating Procedures – SSOP's.
• Quality - Driving force behind quality improvements in waste reduction and elimination, auditing finished goods, preparing finished product for move to warehouse, and regularly identifying and addressing opportunity for Continuous Improvement initiatives.
• Production – Maintain workflow by monitoring process, setting process variables, observe control points and equipment, communicate clear job expectations, schedule and assign personnel, establish priorities, and report results on shift production summaries.
• Personnel - Manages daily task delegation, develop programs for production with associated training and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) to maximize member learning, productivity, and advancement of skill level and knowledge. Ensure every member is trained in applying the Company’s quality standards and safety policies and practices, performance/behavior evaluations, disciplinary issues, and approve payroll for all production operators.
• Engineering - Work closely with Facility Engineering and Maintenance to identify potential problems, streamline processes, and implement improvement suggestions and activities.

• Three to five years' experience in OSB manufacturing or within the wood products industry
• Solid understanding of all processes related to production and manufacturing in general
• Experience in leading a team
• Proactive and enthusiastic with demonstrated collaborative leadership skills
• Proven ability to build and maintain strong teams
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skill
• Proven ability to initiate and foster cooperation within and between departments.
• Proficiency in the use of computers is required.

• Benefits starting Day 1
• Competitive starting pay
• On-the-job training and
• A culture that strongly believes in promoting from within
• Medical
• Vision
• 401K with company match
• Life Insurance
• Disability Insurance
• Paid vacations and holidays

West Fraser is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/V/D & Drug-Free Workplace (DFW)

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