Supervisor-Production-BPG

SUMMARY

Supervise, direct, and develop personnel in the safe and effective utilization of the plant's manufacturing facilities. Produce those products to the company's and customer's specifications according to production schedules.

• Perform and promote the use of 5-Why program for root cause problem solving.
• Administers the Westlake Pipe & Fittings Corporation Safety Program on the production shift level; including, but not limited to, conducting safety training, shift meetings, inspections, reporting, incident investigation, and follow-up.
• Completes accurate and timely reports and paperwork including any documents generated during the shift such as SAP Production Reports, SPC Charts, shift personnel's attendance, overtime, and disciplinary events.
• Recommends alterations and redesign of equipment through root cause analysis as they become obsolete or in need of alteration or redesign.
• Directs, supervises, and develops personnel to meet or exceed goals and objectives such as production output, scrap rates, material utilization, and regrind usage.
• Recommends promotions, demotions, and disciplinary action of subordinates.
• Directs, supervises, and develops personnel with regard to the quality of the product to Westlake Pipe & Fittings Corporation standards, including testing and record keeping.
• Oversees the effective and timely changeover of production lines to meet customer requirements.
• Maintains self-appearance, morals, comments, gestures befitting a representative of Westlake Pipe & Fittings Corporation.
• Conducts actions on the job with professionalism.
• Attends Supervisor’s meetings as required.
• Is responsible for the total housekeeping of plant during the work shift and enforces all housekeeping policies.
• Performs any other duties assigned by the immediate supervisor.

Direct supervisory responsibility for designated shift.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

Education and/or

Experience:

High School Diploma and at least five-year experience working in a production environment with a thorough understanding of PVC extrusion causes and effects.

The employee is regularly required to stand and walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and talk or hear. The employee occasionally must sit. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required include close vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

The employee is regularly exposed to wet and/or humid/cold conditions and moving mechanical parts, frequently to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, risk of electrical shock, and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Westlake is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristics protected by applicable legislation.