Relief Lead
Summit, IL, US, 60501-0907
Department: Production 03/24/2025
Job: Front Line Leader (Production Supervisor)
Shift: AM Shift
Overtime Available
Annual Salary: $62,000 to $70,000
SUMMARY
The Production Supervisor is accountable to lead the operation and employees for a 12-hour night shift (6pm -6am) The Production Supervisor also manages and oversees all shift operations in a manner that enhances the plant’s safety, engagement, cost, productivity, efficiency, quality, and customer service.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
Live the Safety stand, adhere to the safety responsibilities (20%)
- Coordinate all required safety training
- Lead execution of monthly team safety requirements
- Educate team members on safe operations
- Effectively communicate Owens Corning’s stand on safety throughout the Operations Department
- Perform reporting and investigation of all safety incidents, driving to root cause and permanent resolution
Achieve customer satisfaction and quality commitments (25%)
- Understand and communicate customer expectations throughout the Operations Department, and ensure all products meet customer standards and requirements
- Ensure timely and accurate production to schedules in order to meet or exceed delivery to promise
- Ensure operational procedures are followed to product specifications, and quality metrics meet customers’ needs
- Perform root cause analysis with the involvement of operators on all quality issues and resolve
- Train operators on problem solving skills, and coach through resolution
Execute Plant’s Continuous Improvement Plan (15%)
- Identify opportunities for improvement and execute actions to deliver improved processes and results
- Communicate expectations around continuous improvement with all team members
Lead and develop talent (20%)
- Monitor and enforce all plant and corporate policies and procedures
- Provide candid feedback on expectations and performance to all members of team on regular basis
- Actively lead and build effective work teams to increase plant performance and drive continuous improvement initiative
- Maintain documentation, track, counsel, and execute coaching and corrective action when performance issues occur
Review, track and modify individual training plans based on individual needs
Achieve Plant cost targets (20%)
- Leverage standard work to minimize variation and waste
- Develop and implement productivity projects / programs to enhance processes
- Drive waste out of operation
- Utilize proper resourcing to meet cost targets
- Gather input from and engage all team members in productivity initiatives
SKILLS AND ABILITIES
The employee should hold the following abilities:
- Possesses strong change management skills\
- Possesses strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Customer focused
- Grows and mentors talent
- Demonstrates self-knowledge and takes action to continuously improve
- Leverages own and others’ strengths
- Properly utilizes influencing and change leadership skills
- Resolves conflict, as needed
COMPUTER AND SOFTWARE COMPENTENCIES
The employee must be able to:
- Logging into and navigate company intranet to access for paycheck/benefits enrollment information
- Logging into and navigate Learning Management System and accomplish required online training
EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE
The employee should have the following:
- High School Diploma or GED equivalency
- Minimum 3 years leadership/supervisory experience required
- Bachelor’s degree preferred
- Six Sigma or Continuous Improvement exposures preferred
ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/WORK ENVIRONMENT
The employee should possess the ability to:
- Ability to routinely lift up to 40 lbs without assistance
- Ability to routinely lift up to 80 lbs with assistance
- Work for up to 12 hours in extreme hold/cold manufacturing environment
- Walk/stand on concrete floors continuously for up to 12 hours
- Routinely ascend and descend stairs to enter work areas
- Safeguard self with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) – steel toed shoes, ear plugs, eye protection (glasses, goggles, and/or facemask) as necessary for task
- Push/Drive floor sweeping and cleaning equipment or tools as necessary for housekeeping duties
- Lifting and carrying (up to 40 lbs) from Auto Catcher to seconds re-wrap or recycle/trash receptacle.
- Ability to rotate and work shift work
- Ability to help with all line breaks and lace-ups