Job Description

Converting Supervisor (3rd Shift)
Join Our Team at Pratt (Beloit Corrugating), LLC!

Why Join Pratt?

• Competitive Pay
• Fantastic Benefits
• Health Insurance & Wellness Program within 1 month of hire
• Paid Holidays from Day 1
• 3-Months: 401(k) with match
• 6-Months: Paid vacation days
• 12-Months: Full tuition reimbursement & paid childbearing/parenting leave

Reports to: Converting Superintendent

You will be responsible for directly supervising up to twenty-five (25) employees in the daily routine of producing quality corrugated products in a safe, productive manner with minimum waste. A large part of the day is spent on the production floor.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Operations: Direct daily schedules, workflows, and assignments to meet company targets.

Supervision: Supervision includes training and coach department personnel; appraising performance and resolving performance issues; rewarding and disciplining employees; conflict resolution; and team building. Ensure adherence to safety protocols. Maintain accurate records of employee work hours, absences, and vacation time. Maintain quality, efficiency, and production levels set by management and communicate these standards to employees. Carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with all company policies, procedures and practices, and applicable laws.

Inventory Control: Maintain appropriate and accurate inventories of sheets, inks and other converting supplies.

Quality: Inspect finished products to ensure they meet customer specifications; report quality concerns.

Process Improvement: Analyze existing procedures to increase efficiency, reduce costs, and improve customer satisfaction.

Communication: Effective communication and coordination with production, maintenance, employees, and between shifts. Conduct weekly production/safety meetings with department personnel.

EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE:

High school diploma or GED

Prior manufacturing experience

Minimum one-year prior supervisory experience

Excellent oral and written communication skills, along with working knowledge of MS Office applications

Candidates are PREFERRED who offer the following:

College and/or related technical experience

Prior work experience in the corrugated industry

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Able to read, interpret and write business correspondence, manuals and reports. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees.
• Able to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or graphic form.
• Able to demonstrate high emotional control under adverse conditions.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Regularly required to stand, walk, talk, and hear.
• Frequently required to use hands to handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms.
• Ability to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• The employee is occasionally required to sit.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Frequently exposed to wet, hot, and/or humid conditions.
• Regular exposure to moving mechanical parts.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Qualifications

Pratt is America’s 5th largest corrugated packaging company and the world’s largest, privately-held producer of 100% recycled containerboard, with more than 9000 highly-skilled, green-collar employees dedicated to the environment and sustainability. Pratt was founded in the USA more than 30 years ago and, since then, has shown dramatic growth with sophisticated manufacturing facilities in more than 27 states.