Job Details
Production Activities
- Plans, organizes, and directs employees to run optimum shift operations to meet the Company's budgetary needs and goals as well as the customer's demand without compromising safety, quality, and environmental compliance
- Monitors and manages employees to ensure work flow is maintained by monitoring steps of the process; setting processing variables; observing control points and equipment; coordinating with the Executive Director of Risk Management to facilitate corrections to malfunctions within process control points
- Completes production plan by scheduling and assigning personnel (including approving time off requests and scheduling coverage for vacation, call ins, and employee emergencies); accomplishing work results; establishing priorities; monitoring progress; and reporting results of the processing flow on shift production summaries and reports
- Works with Shift Maintenance Supervisor to prioritize maintenance activities based on work priority, equipment, and skill of personnel to ensure a safe, efficient operation
- Conducts regular safety meetings, which includes preparing materials, coordinating employees, and presenting information via tool box talks and Take 5 discussions
Employee Management- Develops and mentors production employees, which includes: providing resources to increase individual knowledge, conducting regular reviews evaluating performance, working with employees to mitigate opportunities for improvement, and providing cross training opportunities
- Sets employment expectations through personal and employee accountability, which is identified as: acknowledging, appreciating, and encouraging employees for appropriate behavior and performance; addressing non-compliant behavior and performancevia informal discussions and formal disciplinary action depending on the severity of the employee's actions as outlined under work rules within the employee handbook; and enforcing company compliance rules to maintain a safe, clean work environment
- Initiates and fosters a spirit of cooperation with union members by understanding and following the employee handbook as well as the terms of the collective bargaining agreement and resolving personnel problems by analyzing data; investigating issues; identifying solutions; and recommending actions; confers with management team members to resolve employee conflicts or discipline matters as needed
Core Competencies and Skill Requirements:- Strong understanding of factory production
- Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the production of sugar and bi-products
- Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo
- Knowledge of algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics and their applications
- Excellent understanding of and commitment to safety
- Ability to provide guidance and expert advice to employees and other groups based on technical, systems-related or process-related topics in regard to safety
- Ability to work in a responsible, safe manner by adhering to SMBSC's safety and housekeeping protocol
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
- Ability to gather information by observing, receiving and obtaining information from all relevant sources
- Ability to identify trends, patterns and anomalies with data to draw conclusions and make recommendations for current and future needs
- Ability to inspect equipment, structures or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems and defects
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to develop constructive and cooperative working relationships with internal and external audiences and maintain these relationships over time to advance the overall public image of SMBSC
- Ability to document information in a logical, sequential manner which includes entering, transcribing, recording, storing and maintaining information
- Ability to maintain high attention to detail
- Strong conflict management and resolution skills
- Ability to handle complaints, settle disputes and conflicts
- Ability to maintain a high level of interpersonal skills to handle sensitive and confidential situations
Required Education and Experience:- 7-10 years of experience in the sugar industry working on the production side with at least three years' experience as a Crew Leader or Utility Man preferred
Please note this job description and posting are not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change any time with or without notice.