Production Superintendent

Overview

Manufacturing Production Supervisor (Evening/Night) — Wichita, Kansas Metropolitan Area

Salary: $130,000 - $140,000

Employment type:

Full-time

• Maintain as our highest priority the protection of the environment and the health and safety of our employees, customers, and the communities in which we operate and/or transport our products.
• Ensure that Process Safety and Risk Management principles are incorporated into the foundation of department operations.
• Review and promote consistency of operation, application of policies/procedures, and accountability across all process areas.
• Develops the department annual operating plan and assures that plan commitments are routinely met with regard to production, time, cost, and quality.
• Establish the expectation and encourage ideas for continual variable and fixed cost reductions.
• Manage training needs for the Production Team and ensuring that all compliance and employee qualification requirements are completed
• Support and establish priorities for Wichita capital engineering by obtaining input from production personnel.
• Partner with the maintenance department to identify, prioritize and schedule routine, capital and T/A maintenance work.
• Develop long term solutions to issues through engineering and cost analysis.
• Manage the overall production plan for shutdowns. Develop (with process supervisors’ input) detailed shutdown, decontamination, and start-up plans for major plant shutdowns. Provide technical assistance to the Process Supervisors during planning for minor equipment/process shutdowns.
• Hires, directs work assignments, evaluates personnel performance, promotes, transfers, and disciplines employees in the department consistent with company policies and procedures and collective bargaining agreements.

• Engineering Degree or High School Diploma/GED plus 5 years experience in a chemical manufacturing environment.
• High proficiency in Microsoft applications (such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to read, write and speak in English.
• Must be able to respond to off hour emergencies.
• Excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to work as part of a team.
• Ability to work weekends, holidays and respond to callouts on a non-routine basis.
• Physical requirements - Must be able to lift 40 lbs, climb ladders and stairs. Walking, bending, stooping is required. Must be able to wear personal protective equipment including the use of a respirator. Must be able to respond to visual and audible alarms.

• Good working knowledge of SAP
• Previous supervisory experience

• Mid-Senior level

• Full-time

• Manufacturing

• Chemical Manufacturing