Production Supervisor

Location: Champaign, IL, 61822

Skills: Production Supervisor

The Production Supervisor is responsible and accountable for:

• Resolve worker problems, complaints, or grievances through investigation of situations and consultation with management
• Confer with other supervisors to coordinate operations and activities within or between departments
• Demonstrate equipment operations and work and safety procedures to new workers or delegate training responsibilities to experienced workers
• Participate in determining standards, budgets, production goals, and rates based on company policies, equipment and labor availability, and workloads
• Direct and coordinate the activities of employees engaged in the production or processing of goods, such as inspectors, machine setters, and fabricators
• Enforce safety and sanitation regulations
• Inspect materials, products, or equipment to detect defects or malfunctions from raw material stage to finished product
• Interpret specifications, blueprints, job orders, and company policies and procedures for workers
• Work with engineering to correct bills of materials (BOMs) and report variances in labor times
• Maintain operations data such as time, production, and cost records, and prepare management reports of production results
• Observe work performance of individuals and monitor gauges, dials, and other indicators to ensure that operators conform to production or processing standards
• Plan and develop new products and production processes
• Plan and establish work schedules, assignments, and production sequences to meet production goals
• Read and analyze charts, work orders, production schedules, and other records and reports, to determine production requirements and to evaluate current production estimates and output
• Recommend or implement measures to motivate employees and to improve production methods, equipment performance, product quality, or efficiency
• Check material requirements for work orders in advance so that production remains on time
• Requisition materials, supplies, equipment parts, or repair services
• Set up and adjust machines and equipment
• Recommend personnel actions such as hirings and promotions
• Perform administrative functions including but not limited to approval of time sheets and time off requests, communication of information, documentation and delivery of disciplinary actions, and preparation and delivery of performance reviews

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