DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Remains highly visible on the shop floor; coordinating, coaching, and supervising all production personnel.
• Interviews, hires, and trains employees; plans, assigns, and directs work; appraises performance, writes, and conducts performance appraisals; rewards and disciplines employees; addresses complaints and resolves issues.
• Responsible for scheduling and assignments of shift personnel for the duration of each assigned 12-hour shift.
• Organizes and executes the production of all molded parts.
• Ensures that all manufacturing orders are completed on time and that products produced and packed meet all quality standards and customer requirements.
• Responsible for verbal communications and visual checks of all work activity during the shift.
• Ensures that efficient labor and machine performance is met and maintained.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• High school diploma or GED plus 3-5 years of supervisory experience in plastics or a related manufacturing industry. Some college strongly preferred.
• Process Technician experience required, preferably Blow Molding and Injection.
• Must have good verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence and to speak effectively before groups of employees and leaders of the organization.
• Must be able to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rates, ratios, and percentages and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed and involved instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form with the ability to deal with issues involving many variables in both standardized and un-standardized situations.
• Good working knowledge of SAP and MS Office such as Excel, Word, and Outlook.
• Strong initiative with the ability to handle multiple concurrent projects/assignments.
• Must have regular, reliable attendance with the ability to work outside the normal work schedule when required.