Description
Join Our Team at Pratt Industries – Wapakoneta Corrugator!
Why Work with Pratt Industries?
- 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
- Shoe reimbursement, safety glasses reimbursement, $500 healthy lifestyle reimbursement, up to $1200 in HSA employer contributions, and much more!
Summary: Supervise up to 40 employees to produce quality corrugated products safely, productively, and with minimum waste. The supervisor is also responsible for cross-training employees in key positions.
Key Duties & Responsibilities:
- Production & Quality: Maintain and communicate quality, efficiency, and production levels. Report quality concerns and assist in setting guidelines.
- Employee Relations: Establish high morale, show fairness, consistency, and interest in employee problems (maintaining confidentiality). Enforce corrective actions, conduct weekly production/safety meetings, and communicate between shifts.
- Operations: Maintain inventory of sheets, inks, and other supplies. Coordinate with Maintenance Superintendent for repairs and preventive maintenance. Keep upper management informed of departmental issues.
- Compliance & Development: Implement and support company policies, safety programs, and good housekeeping. Comply with all company policies and procedures. Improve career skills through seminars, technical courses, and college courses.
- Additional duties may be assigned.
Supervisory Responsibilities: Directly supervise all assigned employees, including training, planning work, appraising performance, rewarding/disciplining, conflict resolution, team building, coaching, problem-solving, documentation, and setting a positive example.
Education & Experience:
- Minimum high school diploma or GED.
- Two years of prior supervisory experience.
- Preferred: Prior work experience in the corrugated industry.
Skills:
- Language: Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating/maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write reports and correspondence, and speak effectively to groups.
- Mathematical: Ability to read a tape measure accurately, calculate figures (percentages, measurement, volume, rate), and apply high school math concepts.
- Reasoning: Ability to apply common sense to written, oral, or graphic instructions, and deal with problems involving concrete variables.
- Technical: Working knowledge of equipment design/capabilities, cost issues, quality standards, and regulatory requirements (wage/hour, environmental, OSHA, DEQ, EEO).
Certificates/Licenses: May require a current Lift Truck Operator License.
Physical Demands: Regular standing, walking, talking/hearing. Frequent use of hands, reaching, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling. Occasional sitting. Regularly lift/move up to 50 lbs, occasionally up to 100 lbs. Specific vision abilities required.
Work Environment: Regular exposure to moving mechanical parts, frequent exposure to wet/humid conditions. Occasional exposure to high places, fumes/airborne particles, vibration. Usually loud noise level.
Leadership Attributes:
- Superior time management skills (managing multiple issues, leading effective meetings).
- Strong teaching skills (technical and administrative).
- Excellent crisis manager (high emotional control, leading to resolution).
- Excellent employee relations skills (active listener, performance appraisal, positive/corrective feedback, conflict resolution, motivational skills, coaching, delegation).
- Demonstrated confidence (consistent leadership, professional assertiveness).
Performance Measurements:
- Meet or exceed operating standards in quality, cost, safety, customer satisfaction, and productivity (standards set annually).
- Personal growth (goals developed annually with supervisor).
- Employee relations (evaluated on motivational techniques, feedback, subordinate development, positive work environment).
- Creativity (participation in advancing the business with new ideas).
