Production Supervisor: 1st shift

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.

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&S) Requirements
• Avient integrates EHS&S into all aspects of our operations. Each position at Avient is responsible for complying with all applicable EHS&S requirements. Additionally, employees and management are responsible for reporting all EHS&S incidents immediately to ensure we keep EHS&S a priority within the organization.
• Employee may be exposed to a magnetic field from a rare earth magnet. This location does have rare earth magnets in certain departments.
• Security includes physical security and cyber security.

Avient Corporation is a drug free workplace. Avient is an equal opportunity employer. We maintain a policy of non-discrimination in providing equal employment to all qualified employees and candidates regardless of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, color, religion, national origin, disability, genetic information, protected veteran's status, or other legally protected classification in accordance with applicable federal, state and local law. Essential Duties & Responsibilities Safely insures all phases of manufacturing are being performed efficiently and effectively. Identifies and solves any issues or problems with equipment or personnel. Recommends and drives formula improvements, equipment and engineering revisions. Maintains open lines of communication with Supply Chain Planning, Quality/Lab, Maintenance and Warehouse support groups to ensure production schedules are met. Coordinates publishing of process condition set up sheets; updating these conditions and maintaining the process conditions database. Produces all shop floor paperwork as required for process order production. Coordinates and administers all aspects of training for new hires as well as long term associates. Complies with and enforces all company policies and procedures. Ensures consistent and maximum throughout while maintaining acceptable quality control. Ensures efficient use of staffing by effective planning of vacation schedules and arranging the required coverage when necessary. Ensures that product loss and scrap production are kept to a minimum. Administers performance appraisals of production associates. Establishes, communicates and provides timely feedback to assigned workforce on objectives, goals and expectations. Ensures complete and accurate information is entered into SAP in a timely manner. Ensures production supply inventories are maintained and notifies the appropriate purchasing associates when items need to be restocked. Reviews and corrects information in E-Time for time-keeping of production associates' hours. Ensures that attendance issues are reported and handled in accordance with the attendance policy. Coordinates with other Production Supervisors to provide seamless shift turnover and appropriate staffing. Ensures plant production area housekeeping is maintained in "Tour Ready" conditions at all times in accordance with housekeeping guidelines. Other projects/duties as assigned. Physical/Environ. Demands While performing the duties of this job, the associate is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The associate is frequently required to walk. The associate is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl and talk or hear. The associate is occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 50 lbs. Specific vision abilities may be required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this job, the associate is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, toxic or caustic chemicals and fumes or airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment ranges from normal office noise levels to loud. Scope Manufacturing Plant. Other Typically reports to Manufacturing Manager, Plant Manager or equivalent.