Production Supervisor

About GAF - Newton, Kansas

Newton is a vibrant Kansas community founded in 1871 on a spirit of work, from its earliest days as a railroad, agriculture and cattle drive hub. With a population of about 20,000, Newton and neighboring North Newton features an active arts community, three National Historic Districts, a variety of museums, trails, restaurants, shops and attractions, Bethel College, award winning school districts, a championship golf course, first-class convention center and many other amenities.

This collaborative region is close to dynamic Wichita and may be the next best place for you to call home, in GAF’s newest “Field of Dreams!”

If you haven’t been part of a greenfield startup, now is your chance. GAF is the North American leader in residential roofing materials. We are honored to be constructing our newest shingle manufacturing facility in Newton KS and hiring is underway as we build our initial plant leadership team. Due to our investment in training and the development of employees, you will have the opportunity to travel to our other locations, engage with peers, support the hiring of plant staff and participate in the design and construction of the facility.

Expect your first years to be rewarding and challenging with an amazing team fully supporting you. You will wear many hats during the construction and commissioning phases of the project, and ease into your steady role over time.

We are looking for a Production Supervisor who will be responsible for supervising production shifts as assigned on a rotating basis, including process, packaging, maintenance and yard personnel. The Production Supervisor will be responsible for safety, quality and productivity through direct leadership and coordination of production.

This position will require the ability to travel 2 weeks at a time for training purposes, for the first few months of employment.

• Drive productivity and foster continuous improvement through sound management practices including communication of goals, training of operators, and operation of machines within established process specifications, and identification and resolution of production related issues.
• Maximize production efficiencies, achieve targeted raw material usages, and minimize yield losses while producing high quality product in a safe manner.
• Troubleshoot and quickly resolve production method or machinery issues that are impacting run rates, downtime, or quality.
• Provide a safe workplace through adherence to company safety policy, housekeeping, and defined standards of training.
• Monitor compliance to safety policies and procedures, conduct inspections of plant areas, and ensure deficiencies found are resolved or appropriately communicated.
• Maintain an excellent quality level of product produced at the lowest cost. Monitor key operating parameters to ensure the product adheres to specifications while minimizing raw material usage. Work with production operators to identify and reduce controllable quality issues. Ensure each operator completes required quality checks. Review results of audits performed by the QA department and communicate to the production crew.
  
  Provide feedback to production crew on all field complaints.
• Participate in the selection discussion for filling open operator positions and participate in the interview process for new production personnel.
• Support communication throughout the plant and communicate the bonus program to employees at the plant.
• Monitor and address poor attendance issues in a timely manner. Solicit and obtain coverage for absences and vacations.
• Maintain accurate timekeeping for production employees and ensure timecards are approved on time.
• GAF is a tobacco and e-cigarette free facility.

• H.S. Diploma or General Education Degree (GED) required.
• 3 years as a production supervisor OR 5 years as a lead operator in an industrial manufacturing environment OR 1 year of supervisory experience with a bachelor’s degree.

• Experience in a continuous process manufacturing environment.
• Associate’s Degree is Preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in…