Night shift plastic rsquo;s supervisor

Job Purpose: Plastic Processing supervisor is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Plastic Processing operations during the night shift. Duties Responsibilities: * Directly supervising a team of production workers during the night shift, ensuring they adhere to safety protocols, quality standards, and production schedules. * Monitoring production processes to ensure that products meet quality standards and specifications. This may involve conducting inspections, troubleshooting defects, and implementing corrective actions as needed. * Overseeing the setup, operation, and maintenance of injection moulding and extrusion machinery, including troubleshooting any technical issues that arise during the shift. * Providing training and guidance to production workers to ensure they understand and follow standard operating procedures, safety protocols, and quality standards. * Collaborating with production planning teams to schedule production runs, allocate resources, and prioritize orders to meet customer demand and production targets. * Monitoring raw material and component inventory levels to ensure adequate supply for production runs and coordinating with procurement teams to reorder supplies as needed. * Maintaining accurate records of production activities, including production outputs, machine maintenance, quality inspections, and any incidents or issues encountered during the shift. Generating reports for management review. * Ensuring compliance with all safety regulations and protocols, conducting safety inspections, and addressing any safety concerns or hazards promptly. * Identifying opportunities for process optimization, efficiency improvements, and cost savings within the operation. Implementing changes and initiatives to drive continuous improvement. * Serving as a liaison between management, production teams, maintenance staff, and other departments to facilitate effective communication and collaboration. * Problem Solving: Addressing any production issues or challenges that arise during the night shift, implementing solutions, and escalating issues to higher management as necessary. * Providing strong leadership and guidance to the night shift production team, fostering a positive work environment, and motivating employees to achieve production targets and quality goals. Personal Profile: * A leader who is self-motivated and focused on the short/ medium/ long term requirements. * Able to collect and analyse data in developing a strategy and approach for implementation. * Working knowledge of 5S and lean principals. * Computer literate and able to develop KPI rsquo;s and reports. * Able to identify and develop training needs for the team improve overall efficiencies and performance. Leadership and Team Management * Excellent Communication Skills * Problem-Solving and Decision Making * Time Management and Multitasking * Safety and Compliance Management * Process Improvement * Conflict Resolution * Performance Monitoring and Reporting Education and/or Experience * ILM Level 3 or similar qualification would be desirable * 3+ Years experience in a similar role * ISOH/NEBOSH managing safety trained * Green belt six sigma trained, desirable but not required