Qualifications

• Degree or completion of a Management Development and/or NAIT Plastics program is an asset or equivalent work experience.
• Experience with troubleshooting complex process equipment.
• Experience with PLC-controlled equipment.
• Proven experience in a supervisory capacity and working with manufacturing or extrusion machines or blending operations.
• Knowledge of extrusion/blending machine operation and quality control.
• Strong people leadership abilities.

Description/Duties

Job Summary

The Process Supervisor will lead all aspects of the activities of the production team in relation to organizing, scheduling, and coordinating workflow to improve productivity on the production line. Monitor and coach employees to produce the highest quality products as efficiently as possible while adhering to corporate health and safety policies.

Principal Responsibilities

• Act as the subject matter expert for the PVC Process.
• Plan daily work schedules and assign duties to Process Technicians.
• Ensure Health & Safety initiatives and safe work rules are being followed.
• Monitor all defects at workstations, communicating with Operators, Process Technicians, and Quality Control to ensure timely corrections.
• Collaborate with employees and managers to reduce downtime, maintain efficient use of labour, and achieve objectives set for the plant.
• Develop training manual for Operators on the bi-axial process and establish standard procedures.
• Troubleshoot and repair the equipment.
• Verify and update MES (Hydra) information, as needed.
• Update various reports daily and required logs.
• Ensure compliance, specification & quality of manufactured items.
• Minimize raw material inventory and variance by optimizing the use of regrind material, minimizing scrap rates, and minimizing unrecoverable scrap.
• Assist in the start-up and troubleshooting of process-related problems with production equipment, tooling, and auxiliary equipment.
• Participate in scheduled audits to ensure compliance.
• Other duties as assigned.