Supervisor - Alvarado, United States - Sabre Industries

Description

Scope of Responsibility: Reporting to the Plant Manager, the Shift Supervisor is accountable for the first line supervision at the Alvarado, Texas Sabre Galvanizing Facility including all actions concerning Manufacturing, Safety, Productivity, and Quality.

Essential Duties:

• Gives daily work assignments to personnel within the Shop. Makes decisions regarding work priorities based on published schedules and conversations with department manager, taking into account his/her knowledge of assigned personnel, individual skills, and existing personnel vacancies
• Continuously monitors progress on daily work schedules to assure that satisfactory progress is being made
• Maintains files and records of employee attendance and performance. Provides daily reports of time and attendance for payroll purposes
• Based on personal observation and existing reporting systems, evaluates performance of all employees in terms of safety, quality, productivity and attendance. Initiates training and/or corrective action to correct deficiencies
• Maintains authorized staffing levels. When vacancies occur, initiates appropriate documents to get positions filled through internal postings and/or outside hiring. Interviews candidates and, within prescribed guidelines, selects candidate recommended for each position
• Communicates regularly with the other department supervisors in person and by telephone. Attends meetings to exchange information with other supervisors, managers and other employees. Conducts meetings within his/her department and shift to communicate with subordinates in a group setting
• Communicates one-on-one with subordinates to keep them informed of their progress and/or opportunities for improvement
• The incumbent must be able to foster harmonious relations within his/her own shift and between shifts. The incumbent is accountable for safety, productivity, quality, exercising cost control, meeting production schedules, the proper uses of direct and indirect labor, accurate record-keeping and reporting, minimizing scrap and rework costs, training new and existing personnel and communicating with other supervisory and management personnel as well as subordinates
• The incumbent must have a thorough knowledge and awareness of the safety issues related to each operation performed within the department and must assure that all employees adhere to safe practices at all times. The incumbent must have a thorough understanding of the process of ongoing improvement as it relates to the management philosophy of