Production Supervisor - 2nd shift
This is a full-time, exempt position in the Cold Extrusion Department.
The position of the CE Supervisor is responsible for overseeing the effective operation of the cold extrusion department, ensuring efficiency, safety, quality and compliance while managing the CE team and coordinating with other department operations. Additional responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:
Shift hours: Monday through Friday and every other Saturday: 1 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Job Responsibilities
- Directs the operation of the CE department within established quality, housekeeping, safety and environmental guidelines set by the company.
- Coordinates daily operations performed by employees to ensure that work is performed safely and efficiently while meeting expected environmental quality, housekeeping and quantity levels established by the company.
- Makes work assignments to all shift personnel that most effectively utilizes their experience, training and ability.
- Ensures the safety of all personnel through compliance with occupational safety and health regulations.
- Maintains an attitude that incidents are preventable.
- Provides employees with resources to safely do a job and provides necessary training needed to properly operate equipment and complete assigned tasks/duties.
- Makes recommendations for improvements to company safety and environmental programs, quality and good manufacturing practices and production and material handling procedures.
- Recognizes environmental, safety, and GMP hazards and identifies, discusses, and contains them to keep from affecting employee safety, product quality, and environmental purity.
- Communicates concern for environment, health, safety and product quality to all employees.
- Listens to and responds to employee suggestions and concerns about safety, health, environment, product quality and housekeeping.
- Addresses employee concerns in a timely manner; maintains good communications within department.
- Keeps plant management informed of all matters affecting the morale and safety of employees.
- Identifies training needs and discusses needs with Plant Superintendent and develops a training plan.
- Works with employees to develop a high level of job proficiency.
- Evaluates employee performance, providing regular feedback.
- Attends and participates in operation area meetings, safety meeting and supervisor’s meeting.
- Analyzes safety incidents by preparing and completing Incident Analysis within 24 hours of incident and making suggestions for betterment.
- Maintains discipline within the shift and discusses the need for disciplinary action with the Plant Superintendent and Human Resources.
- Conducts GMP, safety, health and environmental inspections.
- Evaluates management programs.
- Provides positive reinforcement when employees are observed producing good results and safe performance.
- Drive colleagues’ engagement and continuous improvement efforts
- May perform reasonably similar or related duties as required.
Minimum Requirements
- Knowledgeable with food safety and quality requirements for pet product manufacturing
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED) or equivalent work experience
- Associates degree preferred
- 3-5 years of manufacturing experience in a supervisory position
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Experience using Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Excel, Word etc)
- Ability to team build
- Ability to train
- Willingness to assume and learn new responsibilities
- Demonstrated troubleshooting skills
- Integrity
- Bilingual (Spanish) preferred
Environment
- Ambient conditions – Work area is, typically, a non-air-conditioned production environment. Hot or cold Temperatures, all seasonal elements, both indoors and outdoors.
- Atmosphere: Dust (Peanut - known allergen), cotton, canola seed, and odor
- Must be able to work around noise levels that may reach or exceed 85 decibels and require use of hearing protection for most of the work shift
- Protective clothing required: Uniforms, hardhats, earplugs, safety glasses, hair restraints, steel-toed shoes, gloves and safety harness may be required based on task performed; employees are required to wear all required PPE (i.e. hard-hats, safety glasses, earplugs, uniforms, and steel-toed boots) in addition to job specific PPE requirements. *Employees in roles that require respirators will need to be clean shaven.
Physical Requirements
- Ability to move about or to a work site by ascending/descending stairs, bending, kneeling and prolonged periods of standing and sitting, stooping, bending, kneeling or squatting frequently
- Ability to operate equipment or machinery that may be located at different heights; may require work on ladders, scaffolding or other work at heights or in confined spaces
- Ability to lift and transport materials and equipment weighing up to 40 pounds on a frequent basis, up to 55 pounds on an occasional basis and up to 50 pounds overhead
- Requires ability and willingness to wear respirators
Pay: $62,000.00 - $75,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) 4% Match
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Referral program
- Vision insurance
Application Question(s):
- Do you now or have you ever worked at PetDine in the past? If so , please list the dates of employment . If you have been referred to PetDine please include the employees name.
- What types of production environments have you supervised? (extrusion, baking, packaging, sanitation, warehouse, etc.)
- What types of equipment or production lines have you supervised?
(Extruders, mixers, ovens, packaging machines, conveyors, etc.)
- How many people have you supervised at one time and on what shift?
- Tell me about a time you solved a production problem quickly. What happened and what was the result?
- Are you over the age of 18?
Experience:
- Team management: 3 years (Preferred)
- Machine operation: 3 years (Preferred)
Shift availability:
- Overnight Shift (Preferred)
- Night Shift (Preferred)
Ability to Commute:
- Harvard, IL 60033 (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
