Responsibilities

The Production Operations Supervisor is responsible for producing high quality Dyneema products in the most cost-effective manner and according to the production plan, while maintaining excellent safety, human relations, and environmental standards.

The Production Supervisor is responsible for creating and maintaining a culture of continuous improvement, first time right throughout the entire operation of their assigned team/shift and in alignment with vision and goals of the site. This person also has operational responsibilities for the effective management of labor, productivity outputs, quality control, and safety measures as established by AVIENT.

Success in the Production Supervisor role will be highly dependent on the leadership skills of the person that serves in this position. They will supervise the overall production operations and support their team in achieving performance goals by providing strong leadership. Their leadership should focus on safety, maintaining quality standards, implementing standardized work processes, and levering manufacturing best practices. In addition, they should promote a culture of ownership and accountability across the shift.

The Production Supervisor must be able to engage and develop their team members by setting clear expectations, providing individualized feedback, and successfully managing the performance of their team.Qualifications

Education and Experience

• High school diploma (Required) with at least 3-5 years of experience working in a manufacturing, production, or equivalent military technical experiences / training.
• Bachelor's degree (Preferred)
• Working knowledge and/or routine use of the business processes and platforms such as:
  • Microsoft Office Suite and related Digital Platforms
  • Manufex, Operational Excellence and Good Manufacturing Processes (GMP)
  • SAP
  • Work permitting and work permit software
  • SHE requirements and practices
  • Relevant SHE assessments and investigation practices
  • Management of change and continuous improvement methodologies

Additional Qualifications

• Experience leading a team and developing team members based on team member skill sets, desires for growth and business needs.
• Familiarity with implementing, modeling, following and enforcing safety, health and environment procedures and behaviors.
• Ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with support groups and all levels of the organization.
• Strategic planning and organizational skills for short, medium and long term tasks and actions such as planning and ensuring the resources required to execute the production schedule
• Problem solving abilities to be able to quickly assess production issues and establish the best course of action
• Analytical skills to be able to spot issues/deficiencies of varying complexity within the manufacturing process quickly and take appropriate and timely action to rectify.
• Ability to make informed and data driven decisions quickly, at times under pressure
• Effective at time management to complete urgent, short, medium and long term tasks and actions
• Effective communication skills to disseminate information related to site and area goals, expectations, and other pertinent information to ensure understanding by team members
• Ability to compile, analyze, interpret, and update business and production reports on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis
• Ability to lead, support, drive and effectively communicate change management
• Ability to coach, develop, empower, and hold team members accountable when appropriate
• Comfortable working in a manufacturing environment and understanding of machine controls and instrumentation
• Broad knowledge of production planning processes

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; talk and/or hear. Occasionally required to sit.
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 55 pounds and occasionally handle up to 250 pounds. Specific vision abilities may require close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Requires the use of safety equipment as dictated by the work area such as safety glasses and shoes, dust mask, hard hat, respirator, face shield, hearing protection, chemical suit, gloves, aprons, etc.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate with the exception of high noise areas.
• Proper personal safety equipment needs to be used while performing this job and that equipment is dictated by the plant safety guidelines.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, dust, fumes, airborne particles, chemical dust, and risk of electric shock, vibration, non-hazardous chemical agents and outside weather conditions.
• Regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and fumes or airborne particles.
• The employee is occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals and risk of electrical shock.

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