Supervisor, Manufacturing Operators Jobs

When you are part of the team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll do important work and have the opportunity for continual growth and learning in a culture that empowers your development! With revenues of more than $40 billion and the largest investment in R&D in the industry, we give our people the resources and opportunities to make meaningful contributions to the world.

How will you make an impact?

This position provides leadership and technical support to the department. With a focus on continuous improvement, this is a great opportunity to make an impact in a high profile segment of our growing business.

The Supervisor supports the operations in achieving daily production targets prioritized by Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost. They will be responsible for ensuring all production equipment is operating efficiently and generating optimal product yield.

A day in the life:

• Provide the training and guidance necessary employees to improve their own abilities and skill levels.
• Demonstrate strong business acumen, organizational and analytical skills. Must have working knowledge of other business functions.
• Ensure proper execution of 5S program to include daily standard work completion, completion of daily audits, reporting of daily audits, and corrective action implementation to correct deficiencies.
• Identify all additional training needs and requirements and complete all necessary training requirements.
• Enforce all contractual standards and ensure proper adherence to include performance management when applicable.
• Optimize sequencing, setup, layout, and job execution to produce a quality product efficiently.
• Track worker performance by performing regular Gemba walks and responding to problems immediately.
• Effective employee management skills including dealing with difficult employee situations and providing constructive feedback. Ability to coach, counsel and encourage subordinates.
• Document standard work/SOPs and provide continuous feedback to team members to assure all are adhering to procedures and striving for continuous improvement and alignment with the objectives.
• Record and report daily metrics within the Daily Management Tier System.
• Lead preventative maintenance program in the production area.
• Ensure all manufacturing orders are followed through to a completed status with accuracy and variance review as it pertains to their department and in accordance with all engineering specifications.
• Responsible to assist in leading efforts to drive process continuous improvement as it relates to targeted metrics and lean manufacturing.

Qualifications:

• Knowledge of chemical safety and handling preferred.
• Lean & continuous improvement experience is preferred.
• Experienced with Process Safety Management (PSM) system and operating distillation process and tanks is a must.
• Bachelor’s Degree preferred with 3-5 years manufacturing supervisory experience in a production environment. Commensurate experience considered
• Ability to solve practical problems and make recommendations based on identified datasets
• Excellent ability to lead a production staff within a union environment
• Knowledge of and operating experience of chemical packaging, handling, and safety.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Highly motivated and energetic in daily work, problem solving, and continuous improvement.
• Ability and desire to solve problems to drive continuous improvement at the lowest level but the ability to communicate the need for higher level support when needed
• Solid PC skills needed (Databases, Access, Work, Outlook, and Excel). Experience with PRMS or other ERP/MRP system preferred

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