SUPERVISOR-PLANT SUPERVISORS-SPRINGFIELD
b444cd72-03d5-44e1-ab6b-e30db4528ae6:19000101_000001 · Springfield, KY, US ·
- Employment
- Full time
- Category
- Management
DEPARTMENT: Production
POSITION: Plant Supervisor
REPORT TO: General Manager
CLASSIFICATION: Exempt
WORKING HOURS: Full Time, Shift may vary, Overtime as needed
Kentucky is an employment at will state.
POSITION SUMMARY: This position will oversee and monitor all operations, functions, and employees working in the plant. This will be done in a professional manner, paying special attention to production, employee issues, quality, communication, safety, and concerns the overall efficiency of our plant
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Including, but not limited to, the following:
- Responsible for smooth operation of entire production process including receiving, evaporating, drying, and bagging
- Oversee all production aspects of the plant and production workers.
- Responsible for all product produced on their shift
- Responsible for all incoming raw materials received on their shift
- Guides and directs warehouse staff when necessary
- Ensures all products are manufactured according to instructions
- Ensures all testing parameters are met and documented.
- Responsible for all personnel issues during their shift
- Perform supervisor checklist daily and in timely manner; notify the Maintenance Manager or Maintenance Supervisor on any equipment not working properly and follow through to ensure that the issue is resolved in timely manner.
- Perform and oversee CIP checks are followed
- Supervise all sanitation of equipment and plant to ensure all is done correctly.
- Confirm wastewater pit is operating correctly
- Ensure all safety procedures are being properly followed
- Train all employees and all records are kept up to date/
- PRODUCTION / SERVICE
- Responsible for all duties and responsibilities of all direct reports,
- Train, retain, develop, and monitor all employees that work in all departments.
- Responsible to provide training/cross training of employees
- Complete weekly schedules understanding efficient/effective use of man-hours to control overtime.
- Ensure products are being produced to company and customer specifications. Review data to ensure that processes are capable of meeting customer expectations.
- Hold people accountable to doing their jobs.
- Responsible for scheduling and maintaining an accurate and efficient inventory system.
- Maintain an accurate inventory of finished goods,
- Work with other departments in ordering, receiving, and monitoring the usage of materials, ingredients, chemicals, and supplies
- Call in and follow up on the prompt issuance and completion of work orders.
- Work with maintenance on a preventative maintenance program
- Help to minimize downtime
- Troubleshoot to improve overall efficiency.
- Be on call and come into the plant as needed, which may include any time outside of the normal shift and weekends.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Train, retain, develop, and monitor all employees that work in all departments.
- QUALITY
- Maintain customer satisfaction at all levels.
- Maintain a good working relationship with suppliers, employees, and customers,
- Maintain a high level of appearance and pride within the department.
- Play an active role to inspect, review, and follow up on all plant and department audits.
- Responsible for identifying and addressing any food safety hazards or quality threats. In the event that a food safety hazard or quality threat is identified, the employee is to notify their supervisor, a member of Quality, or a member of the Leadership Team. Employees are empowered to immediately address a food safety hazard or quality threats if they have the ability.
- Responsible for attending all required safety and food safety training.
- EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
- Emphasize, train, and comply with all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP’s).
- Enforce and train employees on all company and department policies and procedures, including attendance, safety, and discipline.
- Promptly report occurrences observed or addressed during this shift to the proper department head and/or plant manager.
- Continually monitor progress, performance, and capabilities of staff with consistent and realistic expectations.
- Observe the moral and understand its impact on other departments.
- Understand EEOC employment practices and limit turnover by retaining qualified employees.
- Supervise and coach direct reports.
- Identify key employees and develop them for the future promotion.
- Provide accurate and detailed documentation on all employee and safety related issues.
- COMMUNICATION
- Work professionally and effectively cross departmentally, recognize and respect all levels of management.
- Communicate and address all employee concerns promptly, consulting with human resources when needed,
- Communicate daily with other supervisors and employees on plant issues.
- Communicate with employees on a regular basis to explain changes/modifications and generally on how we run our business, listening to their concerns, and communicating their ideas to management.
- Uphold a high level of confidentiality.
- Possess good listening and presentation skills.
- Accept criticism professionally, consult before reacting, and move on after resolution.
- Provide timely and accurate information as requested at all levels of the organization.
- Follow up on progress of any open issues.
- Maintain positive relationships with other departments.
- ABILITY TO WORK WITH PEOPLE
- Must be punctual, prepared, and respectful of others.
- Must work well with others, understanding personality differences.
- Must hold people accountable.
- Must internally work well with all departments.
- Set realistic time frames on projects and follow them through.
- Be a self-starter
- Must be willing to accept company and department changes by adapting to new procedures and ultimate solutions for a continuous improvement of operations.
- SAFETY
- Be an active participant in loss control and food safety.
- Actively participate in the HAZMAT team and training, at a minimum for the operations level.
- Promote safety, support, help solve, and understand all company safety policies and practices.
- Daily monitor plant conditions to create and maintain a “safe working environment”.
- Conscientiously look for solutions and root causes to first reports of injury and near misses
- Make recommendations for possible engineering controls or any other way to prevent future incidents.
- Enforce all safety policies fair and consistently; investigate fact not fault.
- Update, monitor, and keep current all LOTO, confined space, forklift, and other safety programs.
- Oversee for proper completion of all work comp reports that occur during this shift, investigate, and be the person in charge of taking the employee to the hospital, if needed.
- Be able to prioritize and timely process work orders as they relate to safety concerns.
QUALIFICATIONS, EDUCATION, AND WORK EXPERIENCE: Certificates and/or Licenses Required
The warehouse supervisor must understand (GMP) good manufacturing practices, (HACCP) hazard analysis critical control points, must work well with individuals, must be a team player at all levels of the organization, and must be willing to accept, at the operations level, a main role on the company emergency response team. Prior management experience is preferred, but not required, depending on other qualifications.
ACCOUNTABILITY:
In the absence of the Plant Supervisor, the Plant Lead Man will be responsible for all plant supervisor duties.
Other Job Requirements: This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. He/she will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other duties requested by management.
CCP AWARENESS:
Plant Supervisors should be aware of all CCPs at the facility. Below is a breakdown of all CCPs.