Production Supervisor | 3rd Shift | Rancho Dominiguez, CA

Production Supervisor - Rancho Dominguez, CA

We are Techmer PM — the world’s foremost materials design firm, creating custom polymers that make up essential products. Through our long-standing partnerships with processors, original equipment manufacturers, and product designers, we’ve worked for decades to tackle manufacturing and business challenges through sustainable, future-minded solutions.

We are currently seeking a Production Supervisor in our Rancho Dominguez, California facility. This position will be on 3rd shift, Monday-Friday from 9:00 p.m. - 5:30 a.m. Training will be conducted on either 1st shift or 2nd shift, Monday-Thursday.

Benefits include:

• Eligible for medical benefits on your first day!


• High deductible health plan offering that includes up to $1,000 towards your Health Savings Account (HSA) per year


• Free Teledoc membership included when you enroll in medical benefits


• Employee Assistance Program which includes 5 free counseling sessions per year and access to free legal guidance


• 401(k) with 6% company match. You are 100% vested from Day 1 of contribution


• Free investment consultative services for your 401(k) plan


• Company paid disability and life insurance


• 10 vacation days per year (pro-rated your first year)


• 10 company-paid holidays


• 2 weeks of parental leave


• Tuition reimbursement with up to a $20,000 lifetime maximum


• Annual salary reviews and bonus opportunities


• Hourly employees are paid weekly

Responsibilities:

Safety Management

• Complies with and enforces all company safety procedures and administers disciplinary actions when required.


• Provides safety training and orientation to new employees.


• Identifies and cultivates opportunities to improve working area conditions and works with maintenance and engineering on the implementation of new ideas.


• Reports, investigates, and documents all safety-related incidents and leads the team in the investigation of root causes and development of corrective actions.


• Ensures the team completes all safety and process training timely.

Planning and Scheduling

• Utilizes all resources to complete customer orders on time, driving on time deliveries (OTD) to 95%.


• Coordinates with scheduling and optimizes manpower efficiency through color sequencing, change over (C/O) reduction time and operator’s compliance to manufacturing procedures.


• Coordinates with scheduling and maintenance to have corrective and preventive maintenance done on all the equipment on time.


• Looks for opportunities for continuous improvement throughout the plant.


• Drives, implements, and sustains 6S across the manufacturing area.


• Audits the production staff to ensure the process is within engineering parameters and works with the team to update SOP’s when needed.


• Actively engaged in working with staff, leads and process engineering to troubleshoot any non-conformance or quality issues by utilizing Lean and 6 Sigma tools to develop root cause and corrective actions.


• Participates in Kaizen events to optimize processes, reduce and eliminate non-conformance and rework and reduce manufacturing costs.


• Ensures production is always in compliance with ISO 9001 procedures and participates in audits as needed.


• Utilizes cross-training and other methods to continually develop team skill sets in batching and extruding processes.


• Makes sure ERP transactions are error-free and on time.


• Works with Production Manager to achieve annual manufacturing metrics.


• Performs quarterly employee reviews to grade and develop workforce.


• Administers the Absentee Control Program for staff.


• Administers disciplinary actions when an employee violates any safety or process-related procedure.

Qualifications and Skills

• Minimum 2-3 years of prior manufacturing supervisory experience.


• Experience in using and following a Quality Management System in Manufacturing (QMS).


• Computer literate in MS Office and experience with Microsoft D365 ERP system preferred.


• Experience in applying Lean Manufacturing and 6 Sigma tools to resolve processing problems and optimize efficiencies.


• Expertise in deployment and driving of manufacturing metrics (KPI).


• Experience in compounding of polymers or related field.


• High degree of organizational skills to effectively handle all assigned responsibilities.


• Team builder.


• Experience in implementing Good Manufacturing Practices across the production area.


• Bilingual Spanish (preferred) with excellent written and spoken communication skills.

Salary range $80,000-$95,000 depending upon experience.