Production Supervisor

PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR

Sasolburg Operations

To manage resources to achieve optimal production output in relevant process area. Support area production manager in conducting production, with specific relevance to process: work safety, product quality, economic efficiency, and logistics.

**Task and Responsibilities**:

- Ensure availability of resources for the shift, including employees, forklifts, and other equipment, to ensure productivity and mínimal downtime
- Liaise with workshop/Millwright to ensure equipment is well maintained and available for the shift
- Schedule workforce for the shift in the packaging department and supervise their performance
- Ensure reduction of expenses and increase productivity by ensuring employees adhere to process and start and finish work as scheduled
- Ensure employees in the shift are inducted, trained in Standard Operating Procedures, and adhere to health and safety practices and policy
- Conduct shift meetings and safety briefings at the start of the shift
- Communicate shift targets to employees and ensure achievement
- Provide motivation, support, training, and guidance to your shift
- Communicate any problems or obstacles to Production Manager
- Ensure compliance with Standard Operating Procedures to enhance speed and efficiency without compromising product safety, integrity, and client standards
- Ensure production schedules for employees to achieve optimum output levels
- Ensure that processes run reliably and efficiently by planning and organizing production schedules, assessing project and resource requirements
- Ensure achievement of production targets to client expectation (qualitatively and quantitatively)
- Determine and ensure adherence to strict quality control standards.
- Production responsibility in terms of safety, environmental friendliness, cost, quality and on time production
- Effectiveness and efficiency of the shift.
- Fulfillment of production targets.
- Health safety and hygiene requirements are followed and trained with subordinates and compliance with requirements is constantly controlled.
- Efficient usage of raw materials, consumables, utilities, maintenance materials and recycle streams.
- Support optimum plant equipment availability.
- Organize and supervise first line maintenance (FLM).
- Monitor compliance with relevant quality requirements and instruct subordinates as to environmental issues.
- Regularly inform subordinates, peers, supervisor, and service departments of all relevant information.
- Constantly train and assess subordinates in all relevant matter and case of poor performance take corrective action
- Regularly assess equipment and process to improve operation efficiency and reduce cost and risk

**Minimum Requirements**
- National Diploma in Chemical Engineering or equivalent.
- 3-5 years in heavy manufacturing/production in the chemical or metallurgical industry is a prerequisite.
- Must be competent in a minimum of twelve process units.
- Solid supervisory experience and skills, ability to prioritize and motivate team members.
- Ability to prioritize, motivate team members and impart knowledge.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Valid drivers’ license
- Medical fitness certificate
- Sharp production focus with a drive for accurate results.

**Key Skills Required**
- Organisational skills.
- Problem Solving Abilities.
- Analytical skills.
- Time Management.
- Decision-Making Abilities.
- Communication skills.
- Technical skills
- Project Management skills
- Organizing and efficiency
- Leadership and interpersonal skills
- IT and numerical skills
- Team Building Skills

**Knowledge and Experience**
- Production scheduling
- Production Management
- People Management
- Time Management
- Quality Management
- Health & Safety

**Job Type**: Permanent

Pay: From R10,000.00 per month

**Education**:

- Diploma (required)

**Experience**:

- manufacturing/production industry: 3 years (required)

Expected Start Date: 2023/04/03