Production Supervisor - Blending

Department: Blending

Location: On-site in West Chicago

Minimum Hourly Rate: $29.37

Employment Type: Regular Full Time

Shift: 3rd Shift

Scheduled Work Hours: 9:00 pm -7:00 am, Monday - Saturdays, with OT as needed

The Jel Sert Company marks a major milestone this year, 100 years of success, innovation, and industry leadership. The Jel Sert Company has focused on creating high-quality, high-value foods and beverages that help bring people together. Jel Sert is proud to have been awarded the Great Place to Work certification, as well as recognized as a Best Workplace to Work in Chicago and a Best Workplace to Work in Manufacturing and Production. We are currently looking for a passionate and dedicated individual to join our team as a 3rd Shift Production Supervisor - Blending Department. If you are looking for a work environment that encourages personal growth, responsibility, and a shared vision for creating incredible products that help create lasting memories, then Jel Sert wants you!

The 3rd Shift Production Supervisor - Blending Department is responsible for supervising employees to maximize safety, quality, and productivity. Key responsibilities include daily production scheduling, lot control, inventory accuracy, reporting, sanitation, housekeeping, and adherence to standard operating procedures. Assures correct preparation of powder (order, weight-outs, etc.). Shared responsibility for new methods e.g. 5 S, standardize work, methods improvements and computerized weigh out system.

This position may require the employee to work in excess of 40 hours per week. Overtime is scheduled based upon individual job responsibilities and the needs of the department.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following.

This job description is only a summary of typical functions. Other duties, tasks, and responsibilities may be assigned as needed.

• Safety (line inspections, department safety audits, safety meetings).

• Quality (high quality production, quality audits, clean environment) HACCP, Verification of CCP’s.

• Lot control, inventory accuracy, and reporting.

• Develop and operate within SOPs.

• Cost/Production efficiency, maintenance, strategic planning for the continuation of production.

• Sanitation and housekeeping.

• Employee relations issues.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• Minimum of 2 years of supervisory experience required.

• Experience in one of the following industries is required: CPG, Food/beverage, pharmaceutical, and/or packaging.

• Bilingual Spanish/English required

• College degree is preferred.

• Proven leadership skills with the ability to train and motivate employees.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Strong verbal & written communication skills.

• Ability to communicate effectively, both in writing and spoken English and Spanish.

• Highly organized, methodical, disciplined, and detail-oriented.

• Excellent multi-tasking abilities are required.

• Ability to strategically plan to meet production schedules.

• Utilization of leadership and teambuilding skills for employee growth and retention.

• Basic computer skills (i.e. Microsoft office programs and internet).

• Fiscally responsible in department, facility and company, as a whole.

• Must lead by example, morally and ethically.

• Experience with manufacturing machinery and inventory control is preferred.

BENEFITS & SALARY

Jel Sert Company is committed to pay transparency and will provide further compensation information during the interview process. The minimum compensation for the 3rd Shift Production Supervisor - Blending Department is $29.37 per hour. Due to this being a 3rd shift opportunity, the shift differential to be paid for all time worked on 3rd shift is an additional $2.00 per hour. Compensation is determined by a candidate’s experience, education, skills, training, and the internal equity within our organization. actual compensation to be paid will be determined upon an offer. In addition to a competitive compensation package, regular full-time corporate employees of Jel Sert are eligible for our extensive benefits programs that can be reviewed here.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms.

• Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery or erratically moving surfaces.

• Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist.

• Kneeling: Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.

• Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.

• Crawling: Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet.

• Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.

• Standing: Remaining upright on the feet, particularly for sustained periods of time.

• Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.

• Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.

• Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.

• Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to-position.

• Fingering: Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with whole hand or arm as in handling.

• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.

• Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.

• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word; those activities where detailed or important spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.

• Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and making fine discriminations in sound.

• Repetitive motions: Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.

• Medium work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

• The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and/or operation of machines (including inspection).

• The worker is required to have visual acuity to determine the accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of the work assigned or to make general observations of facilities or structures and be able to discern differences between red/green/amber.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Manufacturing environment

ACCOUNTABILITIES CHECKLIST

Planning, Coordination/Supervising, Controlling

• Prioritizes and schedules own work and work of direct reports.

• Develops long-range objectives and plans to meet them (i.e. safety, sanitation, etc.)

• Checks the quality and timeliness of own work and work of direct reports.

• Communicates company programs, policies and procedures.

• Orients new staff members to departmental policies and procedures.

• Recommends promotions, transfers, demotions, and terminations.

• Maintains discipline and recommends corrective actions.

• Ensures all ingredients, WIP, supplies, and tools and equipment are used, cleaned, and stored per SOP’s.

IMPACT ON JEL SERT SUCCESS

This job directly impacts departmental and company productivity and product quality.