Production Supervisor

Overview

Are you someone who is passionate, motivated, and driven to make a difference? If so, MSA Safety is the perfect fit for your career.

At MSA, SAFETY is who we are AND it is what we do. We are a purpose-driven company committed to deploying innovation and technology to deliver on our Mission to help protect people and assets all around the world. We continue to be relentless in our pursuit of solving our customers greatest problems so they can go home safe each and every day.

Are you in? Read on for more details about this particular role.

Purpose Of Position (Summary)

Supervise, schedule, organize and technically lead a team in the sewing activity in compliance of safety, quality, delivery and costs goals.

Responsibilities

* Ensure the Management in the Workshop
* Lead the Team : placing staff on the different workstations, enforce instructions and regulations, train staff, support safety actions …
* Lead meetings (daily huddle, safety chat….) to check effectiveness and relevance of workshop
* Is the HR relay within his service (evaluation of collaborators, management of promotions, proposal of trainings or skills development, studies annual engagement survey application of disciplinary measures etc..)
* Ensure regular communication in transversal, top-down and bottom-up directions with colleagues and other services and relay management communication to workshop teams
* Ensure regular reporting to the plant Manager and notifying him/her in case of problems
* Conduct the annual evaluation interviews
* Planify Workshop activity
* Plan and schedule daily quantity to produce to optimize productivity and delivery
* Anticipate and minimize internal and external workshop's supply needs
* Organize shift rotation and needs of production
* Record the data and information necessary for the follow-up and traceability of the production
* Ensure the technical supervision and organization of the Workshop
* Ensure production, process and quality management by the achievement of objectives in terms of productivity and quality
* Optimize flows, organize workstations line balancing and layout
* Solve complex problems related to the workshop activities (quality, curative and first level maintenance…)
* Define, optimize and implement equipment’s/tools/means for workshop operation
* Participate in new processes / products industrialization

4 Ensure Continuous improvement actions in the plant/ Safety and compliance

* Track all changes/improvements made and share it to the Management
* Sustain MSA Operating system and promote continuous improvement mindset into the workshop (6S, KPI sustaining, Standard Work, Problem Solving …)
* Promote and tally quick Kaizen for safety, quality, delivery and costs improvements
* Propose continuous improvements project and/or workshop and support their implementation
* Communicate with team on implemented actions

Safety and Compliance:

* Apply and enforce safety rules, environmental standards and internal procedures on construction sites and in the workshop.
* Ensure that teams use personal protective equipment (PPE) correctly.
* Ensure proactive management of painting risks, including the handling of chemicals and the use of equipment.

Qualifications

Experience (required) 1 - 5 years in production workshop management experience in a lean manufacturing culture environment

Education (required) Technical education (Higher National Diploma) - Professional degree