About this role
$100K - $115K
(Depending on Experience)
Summary
The Production Supervisor is responsible for supervising and coordinating the daily activities of a Production department crew to ensure efficient, safe, and cost-effective operations. This position oversees plant operations in the control room, optimizing production and maintaining product quality within established targets and specifications.
Key Responsibilities
• Ensure safety is number one priority for your team and conduct daily safety meetings
• Ensure that all team members conduct shift work place safety exams, noting, mitigating, and documenting all safety hazards
• Complete all required daily Visual Emission checks and document findings.
• Perform first-level inspections throughout the plant and ensure that plant inspections are conducted
• Direct the daily activities of Production department employees.
• Monitor mill operations and product quality, ensuring shipments meet specifications.
• Address out-of-spec material with corrective actions.
• Coordinate plant operations and employee work schedules to meet production, sales, and distribution needs.
• Ensure production equipment is operated safely and efficiently, completing and following up on equipment inspection check sheets.
• Recommend operational improvements and communicate with the Production Coordinator.
• Collaborate with the Maintenance department to schedule equipment operations, cleaning, downtime, and major turnarounds.
• Create work orders and communicate needs to Maintenance personnel.
• Complete daily Supervisor check sheets to verify equipment functionality.
• Lead troubleshooting efforts and ensure timely repair of issues to minimize downtime.
• Partner with the Production Coordinator to plan and operate within budget.
• Ensure compliance with the union labor agreement, safety policies, and environmental requirements (including fugitive dust).
• Report and follow up on accidents, incidents, or near misses per company procedures.
• Ensure compliance with policies, procedures, and standards (ASTM, CSA, MQO, internal targets/limits).
• Conduct new-hire and shift employee evaluations.
• Organize and direct the work of shift employees.
Qualifications
Education
• Minimum: High School Diploma with technical focus.
• Preferred: Associate's or Bachelor's degree in a technical field.
Experience
• Minimum 3 years of relevant experience with increasing responsibility.
• At least 1 year in a supervisory role preferred.
• Experience in cement production or heavy industry is strongly preferred.
• Strong communication (written/verbal), leadership, and organizational skills.
• Proven troubleshooting, problem-solving, and analytical abilities.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook) and maintenance systems (e.g., Maximo).
Physical Demands
• Work 12 hour rotating shift work (Dupont Schedule)
• Regular use of hands to handle, feel, or operate equipment.
• Frequent standing, walking, climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling.
• Ability to walk on uneven, rocky, or muddy surfaces, sometimes in low-light conditions.
• Frequent lifting of up to 25 pounds; occasional lifting of up to 55 pounds.
• Vision requirements: close, distant, color, peripheral, depth perception, and focus adjustment.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.