Night Production Supervisor

Responsible for department incident rate consistent with IFP company goals; must maintain department safety rules compliance and be a positive safety role model

Responsible for training all department employees on safe work practices

Responsible for ensuring an organized, clean and safe work environment

Ensure procedures and work practices have appropriate safety review and new equipment is reviewed for proper guarding, safe operating procedures, and lockout tagout

Must have regular safety discussions with team and proactively listen to employees’ safety concerns/suggestions; must act upon those concerns and provide feedback

Responsible for implementing corrective actions after an incident or near miss

Follow all Food safety practices and processes applicable to the department

Perform/execute job duties keeping the company’s commitment to quality in mind

Monitor and maintain all food safety activities as part of daily tasks

Enforce food safety plan while producing product

Build a unified, successful team

Responsible for achieving established performance measures for productivity, quality, and safety levels as set for the production rooms and the whole department; meet or exceed daily production goals related to safety, quality, and quantity produced

Perform troubleshooting of production room issues as capable and perform minor maintenance on the lines; accurately assess when to call in additional support from maintenance and management

Cross trained to operate all production rooms including paperwork and set-up; provide backup to positions as needed to ensure efficient operations

Drive, initiate, and support continuous improvement and elimination of waste and variation in processes using established improvement processes

Responsible for the timely, efficient, thorough, and effective cleaning and sanitation of their area of responsibility, including but not limited to production or packaging equipment and the surrounding areas or rooms, support areas, and other areas as may be required

Provide daily work assignments and production priorities to the operators

Build and maintain a high-performance team environment and coach others in effective team interaction and function; foster an empowerment environment

Lead, motivate, and direct employees to achieve clear performance objectives

Must understand the company vision and set goals that will drive the Team in that direction

Detect quality issues and source the root cause to resolve the issue; perform any necessary adjustments to batches

Coordinate and participate in PM (preventative maintenance) tasks on a daily, weekly, monthly basis

Promote GMP compliance and help correct GMP issues

Promote quality awareness and help correct quality issues

Understand the product specs and operating standards by customer product and implement the necessary equipment for processing

Learn, understand, train to, develop and follow documented policies, procedures, and work procedures and drive others to do so; this includes product codes, coding system, line changeovers, and wet and dry line cleaning processes

Set up of daily productivity board and track production to board targets; maintain detailed and organized data records for the department

Ensure all necessary supplies, materials and WIP are stocked on the line for daily production needs; verify correct incoming materials and ingredients are in the right area, ensure conformance to established standards and complete the material usage form

Assist in managing production supplies; deliver Kanban cards to designated purchasing area for replenishment of supplies

Assist in development of work instructions, training and auditing team members and assisting in special projects

Perform audits within the production areas for paperwork accuracy and compliance with SOPs, GMPs, and Safety procedures

Assist Commercialization group with scale-ups and customer trials

Lead others in maintaining good housekeeping and an orderly work area; support 5S initiatives

Assist in implementation of productivity improvements; this person will also help plan ahead to improve utilization of resources

Support and assist as needed in maintaining and improving operations of the production rooms

Must continuously assess employees for selection, promotion and discipline situations

Provide frequent, specific performance feedback and coaching to all Operations employees, including proactively addressing performance issues

Assure that Production team members are appropriately trained, coached and developed in support of individual career development paths and IFP growth plans; identify potential successors within the team and develop them towards this goal

Conduct timely and thorough employee reviews giving accurate and constructive feedback to report

Meet or exceed customer expectations for on-time delivery and quality of product delivered; communicate Customer Satisfaction to the team using quantitative measures

Coordinate and conduct meetings with direct reports individually and in regularly scheduled team meetings; include support staff as needed to maximize efficient operations and foster “One Team” approach

Plan ahead for the shift to ensure and approve full utilization of resources; ensure consistent application of Operational and other Company procedures

Document and monitor procedures and processes to eliminate variation and promote sharing of knowledge

Cross train in related functions and assist others in obtaining cross-functional capabilities

Must develop cooperative relationships with other departments

Plan, control, and measure all aspects of the production operations area

Support, understand, and coach others in understanding and use of lean tools

All other duties as necessary to the success of Balchem Corporation

While performing the functions of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, talk, and hear

The employee is occasionally required to kneel, crouch, crawl, bend, ascend and descend stairs and/or ladders

The employee is frequently required to use hands and fingers to feel, handle, or operate objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms

The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds

Vision requirements include close vision, depth perception, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus

This job is performed in a production environment in a manufacturing location

The noise level in the plant is moderate to loud

There will be exposure to machine noise and food dust when in the plant

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works near moving mechanical parts and with or around various chemicals

The employee is occasionally exposed to vibration and risk of electric shock

Production environment includes varying temperatures (heat, cold and moisture)

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job; reasonable accommodations may be made to allow individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

The expected salary range for this position is $60,000 -$70,000.

IND123