Plant Supervisor; Dallas

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Safety, Health, Environment, and Compliance:
· Promote a safety-first culture and ensure all employees work in compliance with company safety policies and regulatory requirements.
· Lead safety meetings, workplace inspections, hazard recognition activities, and corrective action initiatives.
· Investigate incidents, near misses, and unsafe conditions and implement preventive measures.
· Ensure compliance with environmental permits, regulatory requirements, ISO standards, and company policies.
· Support and promote all Quality, Safety, Health, Environmental, and Sustainability programs.

Production and Operations Leadership:
· Direct and coordinate daily plant operations to achieve production, quality, efficiency, and cost objectives.
· Monitor and optimize furnace operations, expansion processes, packaging systems, and material handling equipment.
· Establish daily production priorities and communicate expectations to operations personnel.
· Monitor production rates, yields, downtime, quality performance, and operating costs.
· Ensure customer orders are produced and shipped according to schedule.
· Coordinate shift coverage, staffing plans, and operating schedules to support business needs.
· Develop and implement operational improvements to increase efficiency and productivity.

Quality Management:
· Ensure all products meet established quality specifications and customer requirements.
· Monitor process controls, testing activities, and quality performance trends.
· Support root cause investigations and corrective actions related to product quality issues.
· Work closely with quality personnel to maintain compliance with internal and external quality standards.

Equipment Reliability and Maintenance Coordination:
· Partner with Maintenance to prioritize and coordinate preventive and corrective maintenance activities.
· Monitor equipment performance and identify opportunities to improve reliability and uptime.
· Participate in troubleshooting production and equipment issues.
· Support capital projects, equipment modifications, and process improvement initiatives.
· Ensure operational readiness of furnaces, packaging systems, screens, dust collection systems, compressors, conveyors, and material handling equipment.

Inventory and Material Management:
· Monitor raw material, packaging material, and finished goods inventories.
· Ensure inventory accuracy through proper material tracking and reporting.
· Coordinate raw material deliveries and finished product shipments.
· Support warehouse and logistics activities to maintain customer service levels.

Leadership and Employee Development:
· Supervise, coach, train, and develop plant personnel.
· Establish clear performance expectations and provide regular feedback.
· Conduct employee performance evaluations and support employee development plans.
· Promote teamwork, accountability, communication, and employee engagement.
· Participate in recruiting, hiring, onboarding, and workforce development activities.
· Develop future leaders and strengthen workforce capabilities within the operation.

Continuous Improvement:
· Lead Lean Manufacturing, 6S, operational excellence, and continuous improvement initiatives.
· Analyze operational data and identify opportunities to improve productivity, quality, safety, and cost performance.
· Implement standard work practices, operating procedures, and process controls.
· Drive initiatives to reduce waste, improve efficiency, and enhance operational reliability.

Reporting and Administrative Responsibilities:
· Prepare and review production, quality, safety, maintenance, and inventory reports.
· Maintain accurate operational records and documentation.
· Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and communicate…