Supervisor
1st shift production supervisor. Led the shift, helped organize staffing for the shift, followed and helped create the shift plan for the day. Helped conduct interviews in house, gave reviews for employees. Helped with orientation for new and incoming employees. Was big into leading by example and helping out on the shop floor by working with and training employees.
- Conducted routine inspections of incoming materials to check quality and compliance with established product specifications.
- Evaluated employee performance and coached and trained to improve weak areas.
- Maintained clean and well-organized production areas to avoid violations or unnecessary work delays due to hazards or inefficient layouts.
- Performed annual evaluations and reviews for large staff of employees.
- Interviewed, hired and trained new employees for production positions.
- Built, managed and coached insourced and outsourced teams.
- Repaired equipment to keep jobs moving smoothly, informing maintenance department of major machinery failures.
- Adjusted job assignments and schedules to keep pace with dynamic business needs, factoring in processes, employee knowledge and customer demands.
- Worked with management team to implement proper division of responsibilities.
- Mentored newly hired employees on operating equipment and safety and developed training manual to use for reference purposes.
- Monitored workshop work flow for over 50 employees.
- Set overall vision and provided team leadership.
- Maintained compliance with company policies, objectives and communication goals.
- Created efficient work schedules for each team member to maintain deadlines and fully staff shifts.
- Applied strong leadership talents and problem-solving skills to maintain team efficiency and organize workflows.
