Production Supervisor
Company: Tenneco
Location: Napoleon
Posted on: April 23, 2024
Job Description:
Tenneco is one of the world's leading designer, manufacturers
and marketers of automotive products for original equipment and
aftermarket customers, with approximately 78.000 team members
working at more than 300 sites worldwide. Through our four business
groups, Motorparts, Ride Performance, Clean Air and Powertrain,
Tenneco is driving advancements in global mobility by delivering
technology solutions for diversified global markets, including
light vehicle, commercial truck, off-highway, industrial,
motorsport and the aftermarket.
Summary
This position is responsible for supervising hourly direct and
indirect-labor employees and all manufacturing activities within
assigned areas and for utilizing available resources in the most
efficient and economical manner consistent with standard work
procedures, work instructions, quality standards, and safety
parameters.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Plan, coordinate and supervise the activities of assigned
personnel to efficiently and productively meet production schedules
and to hold employees accountable for their performance
- Utilize available resources to meet customers' needs and
established quality standards
- Continuously monitor equipment and coordinate operational
issues with Maintenance to ensure optimal machine up-time and
minimal downtime
Job Duties:
- Facilitate continuous improvement by leading the attainment of
shop-floor Business Operating System (BOS) metrics to support the
plant's annual goals
- Promote and enforce environmental, health and safety
regulations and maintain a clean, orderly and organized floor in
compliance with - and in support of - our 5-S Process for the
specific purpose of reducing on-the-job injuries
- Administer and enforce Company policies and plant rules and
issue discipline as appropriate, in conjunction and coordination
with the Human Resources Manager
- Ensure effective employee/labor relations in a union
environment, treating our people with dignity and respect and
handling first-step grievances through appropriate answers in
accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement
- Remain constantly vigilant for TVM opportunities and
cost-reduction ideas and implement such actions that are deemed
worthwhile in a timely manner
- Participate in all applicable elements of the ISO 14001 and TS
16949 standards to ensure the plant is continuously prepared for
internal and external audits
- Coordinate production schedules with Production Planning to
ensure 100% on-time deliveries to our customer base
- Administer labor cards daily
- Immediately report workplace illnesses and injuries to Human
Resources and EHS
- Understand roles and responsibilities during an emergency and
be able to take control of the situation to protect property,
personnel and equipment.
- Work across boundaries to improve the business, empower people
to grow and achieve and promote collaboration and teamwork across
organizational lines
- Anticipate and take proactive action to meet customer needs,
continually seeking ways to increase customer satisfaction
- Work effectively under stressful conditions, adjust to multiple
and conflicting demands, demonstrate resilience under ambiguous and
changing circumstances, modify behavior and properly plan to attain
goals
- Communicate clearly and effectively even when relating complex
information, tailor the message to the audience, promote a free
flow of information through the organization, listen actively
- Gather relevant information systematically, consider a broad
range of issues or factors, grasp complexities and perceive
relationships among problems or issues, use accurate logic in
analyses
- Maintain current knowledge of the profession, functional area,
and industry, access and use other resources when appropriate,
utilize cross-disciplinary knowledge in evaluating
issues/problems
- Other duties as assigned
Knowledge & Skills:
- Must have a strong work ethic
- Must be well organized and a self-starter
- Must be able to follow detailed instructions
- Must have the ability to identify and solve problems and make
logical decisions
- Must be able to work with precision and a high level of
accuracy
- Detail oriented, professional attitude, reliable and able to
focus on task at hand
- Possess strong time management skills
- Ability to set up and operate a variety of machine tools
- Ability to use hand or power tools
- Ability to understand technical operating, service or repair
manuals
- Ability to read blueprints and technical drawings
- Working knowledge of gages such as dial calipers, micrometers,
indicators, etc.
- Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing
- Ability to interact with employees in a professional
manner
- Ability to speak and write English fluently
- Ability to work independently and with a team in a fast-paced
and environment with emphasis on accuracy and timeliness
- Ability to perform mathematical computations such as
percentages, fractions, addition, subtraction, multiplication and
division quickly and accurately
Work & Education Requirements:
- High school diploma or GED; college degree preferred
- Five - seven years' experience in manufacturing supervision or
related activity
- Flexibility and willingness to work any shift and/or split
shifts
Physical Demands
This position requires manual dexterity to properly and safely
manipulate tools and controls. This position requires frequent
walking and standing; occasional sitting, climbing, balancing,
stooping, kneeling, crouching and crawling. The employee must
frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift
and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by
this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision,
peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust
focus.
An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will
receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color,
religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national
origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated
against on the basis of disability.
Keywords: Tenneco, Toledo , Production Supervisor, Professions , Napoleon, Ohio
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