Production Supervision - Production Supervisor

Why Great Northern

Established in 1962, Great Northern is a local, privately owned paper-based packaging manufacturer with a long history of providing secure, stable, and meaningful positions.  You will experience a collaborative team-first, safe, clean, enjoyable, and predictable workplace where team members support and care for one another.

Our team members produce sustainable and eco-friendly products that are supplied to national brands that impact people's day-to-day lives. 

Great Northern is committed to making a difference in the lives of our team members, customers, and the communities in which we live and work.  Many of our team members were referred by their friends and families who are already a part of the Great Northern team.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING.  OTHER DUTIES MAY BE ASSIGNED. 

• Responsible for providing day to day work direction and communication of production specifications, and job orders to direct reports, and assigns duties.
• Inspects products to verify conformance to specifications and directs setup and adjustments of machines.
• Manages and studies workflow, work orders, machine capacity, and production schedules and estimates worker hour requirements for completion of job assignment.
• Communicates company policies to workers and enforces company safety policies and ensures compliance with OSHA rules and regulations.
• Provides technical assistance/oversight, insight and troubleshooting to Machine Operators/Leads.
• Establishes or adjusts work procedures to meet production schedules.
• Recommends measures to improve production methods, equipment performance, and quality of product.
• Suggests changes in working conditions and use of equipment to increase efficiency of shop, department, or work crew.
• Analyzes and resolves work problems or assists direct reports in solving work problems.
• Conducts periodic performance evaluations for direct reports and recommends adjustments in compensation in accordance with Company policy in a timely and efficient manner.
• Participate in hiring, training and development of staff members as necessary to ensure optimum levels of staffing at all times.
• Establish and maintain a "Team Atmosphere".  Conduct staff meetings as required. 
• Initiates performance management, corrective action and/or suggests plans to motivate direct reports to achieve plant operations goals.
• Maintains time and production records.
• Estimates, requisitions, and inspects materials and equipment.
• Confers with other Supervisors to coordinate activities of individual departments.
• Responsible for employee development and coaching.
• Trains or arranges training for new employees and cross training for existing employees.
• Performs a variety of miscellaneous job-related tasks as may be assigned from time-to-time by a Management Representative.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED 

• College degree plus 2 – 3 years’ supervisory experience and/or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with customers, and the ability to convey a positive and professional image of service and support to employees at all levels of responsibility in the Company.
• Excellent interpersonal and verbal communication skills required particularly in oral format.
• Ability to lead and develop employee
• Ability to delegate responsibility when appropriate.
• Ability to read English and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, procedures, manuals and order specifications.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of Managers, clients, customers, and employees.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. 
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. 
• Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
• Ability to troubleshoot, define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. 
• Ability to use Microsoft Office software (Word, Outlook, and Excel spreadsheet applications). 
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Approachable and supportive when working with others.

Salary 

Starting annual salary $72,000 to $75,000 Depending on experience

The Benefits of Great Northern

• Competitive 401K with company match and a historically generous profit-sharing retirement savings contribution

• Paid vacation during your first year of employment
• 9 paid holidays/year
• Medical plan options are available to provide flexibility in choosing the one that best suits your individual and family needs
• Dental and vision insurance available
• Company provided life insurance
• Opportunity to purchase additional life insurance
• Opportunities to advance your career and compensation level

• Health/fitness reimbursement

Opportunities for Growth

You will have the opportunity to learn new skills and acquire new knowledge that can be applied to grow into new positions with higher pay. 

Expectation

To be successful your teammates will depend on you to have pride in your work, be on time, work safely, work effectively with others, be optimistic, take ownership of your responsibilities, and look for continuous improvement opportunities.