Metasheen Production Supervisor

Metasheen Production Supervisor - Newport, DE

The Metasheen Production Supervisor/PMC role is a key leadership position at the Newport site. The position is responsible for the safety, productivity, and development of their direct reports while ensuring their shift is executing the elements of the Toyota Production System and MPI process every day in line with the expectations of the Site Production Manager.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Support and adhere to the principles of the American Chemistry Council's Responsible Care® by protecting the environment, health, safety and security of our employees, contractors, carriers, distributors, visitors, customers, and neighbors.
• Ownership for coordinating all maintenance activities for the Metasheen process areas including maintenance scheduling in line with the Newport site MPI process requirements.
• Ensure that the Metasheen production areas comply with site EHS guidelines, department EHS guidelines, and production operating procedures on a 24/7 basis. This includes all documentation related to environmental and safety compliance, production batch cards, and shift relief documentation.
• Working knowledge of batch chemical operations
• Perform personnel management responsibilities, including supervising and develop direct reports.
• Ownership for executing Toyota Production System through direct reports to ensure productivity improvements are sustainable and part of the Metasheen areas culture
• Provide support to the site to ensure all relevant ISO, RC, and other regulatory, external and internal, requirements are met.
• Be responsible as emergency response coordinator (incident commander) for hazardous waste, hazmat, fire, medical and confined space emergencies on the site until relieved by external officials.
• Develop trouble shooting capabilities of your reports through training and on the job problem solving opportunities.

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• HS diploma or equivalent
• 5+ years of experience in an ISO certified chemical manufacturing plant
• Personnel leadership/management experience
• Excellent interpersonal communication and organizational skills
• Computer skills – ability to learn/work with MS Office, OSI PI process data collection software, and plant distributed control software
• Trouble shooting skills in a complex manufacturing environment
• Well-developed and practical knowledge of occupational and process safety requirements (LOTO, Confined Space, Hot Work, PPE, etc.)
• Utilize continuous improvement tools and methodologies to drive sustainable improvements.

Preferred Education & Experience:

• Six Sigma/Lean training/certification
• Certification as an Incident Commander
• Experience working with PSM covered manufacturing processes

=== Company description

With combined annual sales of more than $8.5 billion and 22,000+ employees worldwide, the DIC Group companies support a diverse collection of global customers. Sun Chemical Corporation is a subsidiary of Sun Chemical Group Coöperatief U.A., the Netherlands, and is headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey, U.S.A. For more information, please visit our website at www.sunchemical.com or connect with us on LinkedIn or Twitter.

It is Sun’s policy that applicants for employment are recruited, selected, and hired on the basis of individual merit and ability with respect to the position being filled. Sun prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identify, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other status protected by applicable law.