Production Control - Owensboro, KY, United States - HOOD CONTAINER CORPORATION

Description

Hood Container Corporation is a family-owned, mill-to-market company specializing in containerboard and kraft paper, corrugated boxes, high graphic displays, and contract packaging.

Our commitment to customer happiness, employee well-being, environmental stewardship, and operational excellence drives our business.

Over the last eight years, Hood Container Corporation has grown to become one of the top ten Paper and Packaging Companies in the United States.

We excel at offering the benefits of a large corporation while operating as a boutique business and building close relationships with our customers.

Through our unwavering commitment to safety, innovation, and sustainability, we passionately deliver indispensable value to our customers, employees, suppliers, communities, and stakeholders.

At Hood Container Corporation, we're searching for a 1 st shift production manager at our Owensboro KY plant. The plant runs Monday-Friday with weekend work as needed.

This role is responsible for managing full-time and temporary employees on 1 st shift (7 am to 3:30 pm) to meet manufacturing and production schedules, providing overall direction to production floor employees, including production, scheduling, performance management, training, and other related areas, striving to improve overall operational efficiencies during the designated shift.

Also responsible for coaching, training, and developing operations personnel in safety, quality, production, problem-solving, and technical and interpersonal communication skills; and interacting with employees from other departments to ensure quality and on-time production.

Track continuous improvement opportunities where performance issues are apparent and provide leadership/action plans for gap closure. Must possess problem-solving/root cause analysis skills; communication, planning, and organization skills; Lead safety, quality, productivity, and improvement initiatives on designated shift
Ensure adherence of employees to plant safety rules and that health and safety regulations are obeyed on shift.
Responsible for delivery of the production plan to quality, efficiency, and required date.
Line set up per assembly drawing to maximize efficiency.
Management of Coordinators, Leads, and production team regarding safety, quality findings, and daily production needs.
Managing and entry of daily labor and production results.

Resolve problems that would adversely affect the performance of the Area Coordinators and the continuity of the team concept.

Ensure the safe use and operation of equipment and the training/documentation of qualified employees.
Review all production paperwork for accuracy and compliance.
Understand and coach on build/assembly specs.
Root cause analysis for quality, safety, or productivity failures

Planned, assigned, and directed work for all hourly production employees; appraised performance and provided feedback needed; assisted in resolving complaints; Quality – Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; Monitors own work to ensure quality.

Perform other duties as assigned by the Plant Manager.

Associate degree or 3-5 years of manufacturing supervisor experience.
Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred.
Packing solutions industry experience preferred.
Willing and able to work up to 12-hour shifts.
Knowledge of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word)

We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. com or follow us on social media – LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.