Job Description

The Production Supervisor is responsible for meeting the operational needs of the business, promoting and creating a safety culture, and ensuring production targets are achieved. Kaiser Aluminum – Newark is a 24/7 operation, and the schedule could be days or nights, eight hours/twelve hours M-F, and weekends as needed.

What you will work on:

• Ensure all safety, quality, and productivity targets and expectations are met
• Communicate all safety, quality, and productivity goals and expectations to team
• Perform safety investigations, daily safety observations, and safety meetings
• Collaborate and coordinate with other department supervisors to ensure goals and objectives are met
• Ensure standard work is performed
• Coordinate training needs of department
• Process crew assignment, shift turnover, and timecards
• Call for overtime and maintain rotary board
• Administer the collective bargaining agreement
• Address personnel issues per contract and company policies; develop staff/personnel
• Provide daily measures for productivity and production costs
• Report on downtime causes during each shift
• Initiate corrective maintenance requests

Qualifications

What you will bring to the role:

• A four-year technical degree and a minimum of 3 years supervising production manufacturing, or a minimum of 5 years supervising production manufacturing is preferred.
• Excellent problem solving skills
• PC skills, including Windows, Word, and Excel
• Familiarity with manufacturing software
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) and organizational skills
• Proven ability to work in teams
• Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously
• Lean Manufacturing and Value Stream Management knowledge a plus
• Molten Metal Knowledge is a plus

Work Environment:

• Approximately 20% of the job function is performed in an office setting requiring normal safety precautions. 80% of the job function is required in the plant. This is a manufacturing environment with heavy operating machinery.

Physical Demands:

• This position requires performing tasks on a computer
• There will be periods of walking and standing
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls and climb or balance
• The employee is occasionally required to reach with arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk and hear
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Kaiser Aluminum is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
Candidates are considered for employment with Kaiser Aluminum without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, pregnancy, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or other classification protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Supplemental Pay:

• Bonus pay

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Required)

Experience:

• Production management: 3 years (Required)

Shift availability:

• Days, Nights (8 hours / 12 hours)
• Overtime may be scheduled, unscheduled, and as required.

Work Location: In person at the Kaiser – Newark facility.