AMERICAN PACKAGING CORPORATION STORY CITY DIVISION JOB DESCRIPTION
JOB TITLE: SHIFT SUPERVISOR
SUMMARY: Effectively direct, manage, motivate and develop a shift of manufacturing employees while maximizing safety awareness, production efficiencies and production quality.
REPORTING RELATIONSHIP: Production Manager
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
Manage assigned area of manufacturing facility troubleshooting problems, providing plant with production efficiency information, preparing for special projects, coordinating equipment modifications and conducting trials with proper reporting.
Track, analyze and report all production efficiencies (i.e., waste, efficiencies, non-chargeable downtime, etc.) to the Department Manager on a daily basis.
Manage production machinery changeover process ensuring maximum efficiencies and meeting or exceeding established standards.
Enforce and provide adherence to all housekeeping and sanitation policies and procedures.
Prepare and submit all required reports on a timely basis (i.e., monthly highlights).
Provide “off shift” management to Maintenance and Shipping/Receiving departmental employees and report all appropriate supervisory information to respective departmental managers.
Conduct informative monthly safety meetings with all shift employees ensuring established agenda is followed. Participate in all required accident investigations (providing accident investigation team leadership) ensuring immediate root cause elimination.
Participate in all manufacturing recruiting efforts including interviewing candidates and making hiring recommendations. Provide consistent, fair and legal corrective action for all employees. Prepare and conduct all employee performance evaluations. Develop, monitor and actualize employee development goal. Make recommendations for training.
Educate all employees in and provide continuous support for all American Packaging Corporation safety efforts (including the STOP Safety Program). Shift Supervisor Job Description Page 2
Able to work all scheduled shifts and overtime as assigned.
Other duties as assigned by Manufacturing Manager.
Business travel required.
Must successfully complete first aid/CPR/first responder requirements.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: Responsible for entire shift of manufacturing employees and, during second and third shifts, the Maintenance and Shipping/ Receiving departments.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: Bachelor’s degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university, three years related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
LANGUAGE SKILLS: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs. Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, and percentages.
REASONING ABILITY: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
OTHER SKILLS & ABILITIES: Candidate must possess/exhibit the following skills/abilities: Absenteeism: at work every day on time Accuracy: uncompromised AS400 Coaching ability Shift Supervisor Job Description Page 3
Communication Skills: technical information, internal/external customers, all levels of employees Conflict Resolution Confidentiality Deadlines Detail: attention to Fork truck license Independence Innovation: constantly re-develop systems Motivate: others Multiple projects/priorities/deadlines Negotiation ability Organizational skills Presentation skills Professionalism/professional demeanor Project Management Safety Software: Microsoft Office Suite Team: work as a member with all employees
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls. The employee is occasionally required to sit, reach with hands and arms, stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl and climb or balance. The employee is regularly required to hear.
The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Any lifting over 50 pounds would require assistance. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, ability to adjust focus, peripheral vision, and color vision.
WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Exposure to wet/humid conditions due to manufacturing plant not being air conditioned and exposure to moving mechanical parts.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Shift Supervisor Job Description Page 4