Shift Supervisor - Englewood, United States - Plastic Molding Technology LLC

Description

Job Description

Company Description:

Plastic Molding Technology leverages its three strategic locations to provide engineering expertise and full-service solutions within our core capabilities of injection molding, thermoforming and extrusion. Our Centers of Excellence offer a unique customer experience within each core capability. With in-house engineering expertise and automated technologies for superior quality, PMT is a flexible and accessible partner when you can't afford any errors.

What you'll do:

• Oversee all production shift personnel, assign work, review performance, make salary recommendations, provide coaching and counseling when necessary.
• Perform process troubleshooting
• Lead a small team of associates in execution of Production tasks, work schedule, training, maintenance, and continuous improvement under the direction of the Plant Operations & Engineering Manager
• Training of all production colleagues and support staff
• Ensure the effective use of a personnel
• Monitor and increase efficiency in utilization and productivity
• Communicate and execute prioritization of mold set-ups and manning
• Assure 100% accuracy of production reporting including machine downtime and scrap
• Maintain production and maintenance logs as required
• Perform mold setups/startups as required
• Coordinate activities with support departments to ensure production metrics are achieved
• Implement lean initiatives and prioritize 5S on the shift as directed
• Assure that product meets Quality Goals working closely with the QC Department
• Enforce safety standards on all areas of the production floor
• Performs other duties as assigned

What we're looking for:

• High School Diploma or GED Equivalent
• Minimum 5 years of injection molding or thermoforming experience
• Minimum 3 years of shift supervision experience
• Ability to speak, read and write English
• Bilingual in Spanish, preferred
• Basic math skills
• Computer literacy to include Word, excel and applicable software programs
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of personnel
• Experience with plastics technology, electricity, electronic circuitry, molding and hydraulics
• Good problem solving skills; Dependable and self-motivated
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; talk or listen
• The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; lift overhead; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• This position requires frequent manual dexterity in combination with eye/hand coordination such as keyboarding and assembling small parts
• Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 60 pounds