Production Supervisor
Production Supervisor
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08-04-2025
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Job Description
Dimensions of Job:
- Will supervise hourly skilled employees.
Principal Accountabilities:
- Assists in establishing department objectives; communicates objectives to team members and provides guidance and assistance to assure they have the necessary skills and equipment to meet the objectives.
- Ensures timely and efficient delivery of crude minerals by providing recommendations for the repair and preventive maintenance of equipment and facilities and by managing process improvements across the whole plant.
- Establishes production plan identifies opportunities for improvements and communicates shortfalls to management; facilitates corrective action to provide continuous improvement and assures that high quality products are produced in a safe and efficient manner and meet customer specifications.
- Responsible for scheduling of assigned equipment to meet production demand.
- Responsible for Oracle production supervisor responsibilities to ensure department needs are met.
- Train process technicians on Oracle duties and ensure the accuracy of data entered on each shift; correct deficiencies and implement measures to help eliminate them.
- Work with Production Planner and Inventory Manager to develop production scheduling for the wash plant spray dryers Calciner bulk loading and tank car wash out; assists the Plant Manager in long range planning based on the annual forecast.
- Initiates evaluates and provides suggestions for modifications in the automation for process areas.
- Responsible for the daily supervision of the process to include schedules vacation requests and discipline.
- Assists in investigating customer complaints and establishing corrective action plans.
- Maintains communication with team members and members of management to keep up with changes in specifications; coordinates with other departments activities to maintain current knowledge of processes and equipment of assigned area.
- Empowers employees to identify problems and to develop creative and costefficient solutions to correct these problems; maintains department records including employee training production inventory etc.
- Works closely with production teams and Maintenance Department to ensure timely maintenance of equipment such as ordering and delivery of supplies.
- Assures that teams are trained in all applicable Federal and State laws KaMin Safety ISO procedures and corporate policies such as confined space MSDS and lockout procedures.
- Applies the KaMin values and assures that employees are well informed and adhere to KaMins Mission Vision and Values.
Major Challenges:
- To monitor the work environment to prevent and eliminate hazards to employees contractors and visitors; train employees to recognize hazards and prevent incidents.
- To maintain effective upward and downward communication between the teams other departments and upper management.
- To stay abreast of equipment and process changes and ensure safety is designed into changes.
- To remain flexible enough to accommodate changes in the production plan to satisfy customer demands.
Decision Making Authority:
- Recommends hiring and performance decisions for the production department.
- Assures that people under his supervision are complying with company policies and obeying all safety and environmental rules and regulations.
- Evaluates employees performance and assists with plans and training needed to bring performance to standard or better.
- Authorized to independently make decisions; to change workflow startup shutdown call in maintenance authorize overtime or vary scheduling to meet customer demands.
- Authorized to make safety and environmental decisions to ensure the health and welfare of employees and environment.
Competencies:
- Five to seven years of production experience in kaolin preferred or a combination of education and experience.
- Bachelors degree in engineering or process science preferred to maximize processing and utilization of plant equipment
- Demonstrated ability to use excellent interpersonal skills to interact and communicate well with others
- Must have working knowledge of statistics and SPC.
- Must have complete knowledge of Production/Shipping equipment and processes general knowledge of how to operate equipment and general knowledge of processes that interface with department.
- Must have facilitator and leadership skills
- Must have general knowledge of Federal State and Company policy including safety and environmental regulations.
- Demonstrated ability to organize time and priorities to effectively handle multiple functions to maintain production and assure that equipment is operating efficiently.
- Writes clear concise memos letters and instructions which others can understand; verbally transmits ideas instructions and information so they are clearly understood by others.
Note: KaMin retains the right to make changes to this job description at any time. The job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties responsibilities or activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
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