Shift Supervisor at Plastic Molding Technology LLC – Centennial, Colorado

Company Description:

Plastic Molding Technology (PMT) manufactures high precision plastic parts for automotive, telecommunications, medical device, renewable energy, and industrial customers. The primary manufacturing processes are injection molding and thermoforming. PMT has ~100 injection molding presses at its two primary manufacturing locations in El Paso, TX and Centennial, CO (a suburb of Denver). A third facility in Longmont, CO (a suburb of Denver) provides in-house repair and fabrication of tools & dies.

Why Join Us?

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Opportunity to work in a dynamic and innovative manufacturing environment
• Growth potential within the company

What you’ll do:

• Oversee all production shift personnel, assigning work, review performance, makes salary recommendations, provides coaching and counseling when necessary
• Performs process troubleshooting
• Lead a small team of associates in execution of Production tasks, work schedule, training, maintenance, and continuous improvement
• Training of all production colleagues and support staff
• Ensure the effective use of a personnel
• Monitoring and increasing efficiency in utilization and productivity
• Prioritizes mold set-ups and manning
• Collects and monitors machine down time and implements plan to reduce downtime
• Maintains production and maintenance logs as required
• Performs mold setups/startups as required
• Coordinates activities with support departments to ensure production metrics are achieved
• Enters and maintains all production data
• Implements lean initiatives and prioritize 5S on the shift
• Meets or exceeds Quality Goals working closely with the QC Department
• Continuous Improvement of the department through Lean initiatives
• Enforce safety standards on all areas of the production floor
• Perform other duties as assigned

What we’re looking for:

• High School Diploma or GED Equivalent
• Minimum 5 years of injection molding experience
• Minimum 3 years of shift supervision experience
• Ability to speak, read and write English
• Basic math skills
• Computer literacy to include Word, excel and applicable software programs
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of personnel
• Experience with plastics technology, electricity, electronic circuitry, molding and hydraulics
• Good problem solving skills; Dependable and self-motivated
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; talk or listen
• The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; lift overhead; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• This position requires frequent manual dexterity in combination with eye/hand coordination such as keyboarding and assembling small parts
• Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 60 pounds

Plastic Molding Technology does not accept unsolicited resumes from staffing agencies or third-party recruiters. Any resumes submitted to our employees or hiring managers without a formal, signed agreement in place with Human Resources will be considered property of Plastic Molding Technology. We will not be liable for any fees related to unsolicited submissions and will not recognize any claims to candidate ownership. A valid contract must be executed before any candidate submissions are accepted.