Sawmill Supervisor Jobs

The Sawmill Supervisor is responsible for all aspects of the production phase of lumber manufacturing including: leading and directing a team with the daily activities in the sawmill and safely achieving the company’s quality and productions goals as well as planning, coordinating and maintaining the sawmill and operational schedules.

Responsibilities

• Maintains a safe working environment in and around the log yard and sawmill.
• Analyzes issues within the sawmill and develops solutions. Recommends and implements measures to improve methods, equipment performance, and quality of product.
• Recognizes and promotes positive performance and behavior, and enforces rules, policies and procedures as required.
• Plans and directs production activities and establishes production priorities for products in keeping with effective operations and cost factors.
• Confers with other supervisors and employees to discuss progress towards production and quality goals.
• Participates in investigation and corrective action processes.
• Communicates company goals and policies to all employees and coaches them towards achievement of the goals.
• Responsibilities include but are not limited to: interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
• Oversees the operations of the log yard, sawmill and sawmill stacker.
• Develops, maintains and distributes reports to accounting and management.
• Inspects products for adherence to quality standards from primary through finished stages of development.
• Ensure regulatory compliance for the departments including operating within environmental permits, OSHA guidelines, insurance requirements and company policy.
• Meets with management to discuss current issues, production goals, and quality control standards, and to obtain data regarding types, quantities, specifications, and delivery dates of products ordered.
• Coordinates production activities with procurement, maintenance, and quality control activities to obtain optimum production and utilization of human resources, machines, and equipment.
• Maintain a clean, safe and well-organized sawmill.
• Observes and evaluates employee behavior and performance; and trains employees to work in a safe and productive manner. Records and reports time worked for hourly production employees in the sawmill.

Qualifications

Qualifications

• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Associate degree (A. A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school preferred.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Proficient skill level in Outlook, Power Point and MS Excel, Word, Project, Access, and Office
• Five years related production experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the public.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.

Physical Requirements

• This job may require the following equipment when in the field: eye protection, hearing protection, leather/rubber gloves, safety shoes, sleeve protection, safety vest, and a hard hat.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear and taste or smell.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is frequently exposed to moving m
• The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.