Production Manufacturing Supervisor at Web Industries Inc – Montpelier, Vermont

Location: Middlesex VT

We are growing and looking for a Supervisor to start up our second shift.

Web Industries a 100% employee-owned company (ESOP), which brings a lot of advantages to the people who work here—beyond the great pay and excellent benefits. You’re not just an employee, you are an employee-owner, with a vested interest in the success of the company. Web Industries’ founder, Bob Fulton, believed that the people who create the value of a company, the employees, should share in the success of the company. We believe there is a real energy that exists when people are open, honest, and work together to meet mutual goals. We do this by living our values:

• Heart of an Owner: Taking personal responsibility and pride in our work.
• Stronger Together: The power of collaboration and teamwork.
• Find a Way: Determination and creativity to overcome challenges

As a company, we thrive on that energy and work to bring it into every product and every project that we touch. At Web, we believe the employee experience is paramount to our company’s success. Working with us, you’ll experience a myriad of cultures, locations, industries, and technologies. And you’ll be part of an employee-owned company dedicated to helping you achieve a fulfilling life and a rewarding career.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Production Supervisor is responsible for assigning and supervising activities in a manufacturing environment, including setting and evaluating expectations on an ongoing basis. This includes safety policy compliance, maintaining productivity, and meeting quality requirements. The Production Supervisor models employee ownership behaviors, promotes engagement of their direct reports, and focus on enhancing our customers’ experience.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Safety and Environmental Compliance:

• Enforce compliance to safety rules, standards and reporting requirements.
• Immediately documents and reports any unsafe conditions to management.
• Responsible for implementing relevant emergency response procedures: accident, fire, power outage, spills, etc. Call the appropriate authorities (911) and company managers and secure the building (if appropriate).
• Maintain a clean work environment

Quality

• Verifies employees have completed quality control checks and production lines are running quality product.
• Support and drive quality improvement initiatives

Delivery:

• Ensure compliance with schedule by staying on or ahead of production targets, through effective allocation and utilization of personnel
• Communicate potential issues that could result in late shipments

Cost:

• Monitor and improve on process yields
• Reduce and minimize material and other wastes
• Support and sustain continuous improvement initiatives

Supervision/Training:

• Oversight of daily production activities, including interdepartmental communication and coordination
• Drives a culture of high engagement, accountability, and operational excellence
• Responsible for onboarding, training, development, and administrative tasks (e.g. time cards) related to production personnel (direct reports).
• Coordinate staffing levels with management to meet production and continuous improvement (i.e. kaizen, 6s) needs subject to the annual business plan

Performs any other function or responsibility as assigned

Additional REQUIRED Qualifications/Skills:

Associates degree or equivalent experience in a supervisory role

Minimum 5 years’ experience in manufacturing operations.

Demonstrated ability to lead and develop others.

PC Skills - Microsoft Office suite, ERP systems, eQMS.

Excellent interpersonal, verbal, teambuilding, and conflict resolution skills.

US Citizen or Permanent Resident.

Strong analytical and problem solving skills

Other market specific requirements

Additional PREFERRED Qualifications/Skills:

Bachelor’s Degree

Previous supervisory experience

10 Hour OSHA Certificate

Ability to write professional communication and documentation

Flexibility to work different schedules to accommodate business needs

Eligible to work on government contracts.