Production Supervisor: 1st shift

Responsibilities Under the direction of the Plant and or Manufacturing Manager the production supervisor position encompasses the staffing, supervision, direction, training and evaluation of an assigned production team/shift. Directs and controls multiple production operations within the plant.

Qualifications Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Follows and complies with all safety, work rules and regulations. Maintains departmental housekeeping standards.
• Ensures the safety of all associates in the manufacturing area.
• Assists in the enforcement of company rules and policies and in completing necessary paperwork.
• Ensures that all environmental issues are dealt with appropriately and in coordination with environmental resources within the company.
• Records all necessary consumption, line events and production information into SAP.
• Ensures that all associates are treated with respect and in a way that supports Avient values.
• Develops and maintains competent associates who deliver continuous improvement results.
• Ensure all associates on the shift follow all Avient policies and procedures
• Assists in training all new employees on the required ISO Standard Procedures. Maintains training to comply with latest revision of Standard Operating Procedures.
• Assures that all assigned associates have the training, tools, and equipment to complete and perform their responsibilities.
• Promotes a team environment, supports the team, and works alongside the team.
• Maintains open lines of communication with Plant Supply Chain, Quality/Lab, Maintenance, and Warehouse support group. Enters Limble requests when required to have malfunctioning equipment repaired.
• Ensures that product loss and scrap production are kept to a minimum and documented accurately.
• Coordinates with other shifts to provide seamless shift turnover and manpower coverage.
• Fills in for workers when needed and covers other Supervisors as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Education:

• Bachelor's Degree or prior experience preferred
• Prior supervisory experience managing others in a manufacturing environment preferred

Preferred Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Must be able to read/comprehend written and oral instructions in English; read and comprehend safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, procedure manuals and product recipes/materials.
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
• Must have mathematical skill to add, subtract, multiply and divide and apply these skill to weights, measures of volume, speed and distance.
• Must have ability to reason and address problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Prior experience coaching employees and being able to have difficult conversations
• Must be able to effectively communicate in English one-on-one and in small group situations.
• Computer literacy Environmental, Health, Safety, & Security (EHS.

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