Production Supervisor - Night Details

Production Supervisor - Night

Threshold Enterprises Ltd - Scotts Valley, CA

Employment Type : Full-Time

Summary of Job Duties:

Under general supervision of Production Manager, coordinate work-flow, personnel and resources in the manufacturing packaging facility to achieve efficient processing of all manufactured product.

Specific Job Duties:

• Set priorities in all areas of the department; including raw materials, granulation, compression, encapsulation, coating, packaging operations and for the timely completion of all assigned work and projects.
• Assign daily priorities to the production technicians and leads.
• Organize, monitor and prioritize the operation for the manufacturing and packaging and personnel.
• Oversee the training of all new employees in manufacturing & packaging processes, procedures and responsibilities.
• Use principals of Process Improvement to increase efficiencies and lower costs.
• Evaluate employee performances and give accurate reviews and clear attainable goals.
• Know and understand principals and processes of:
  • Operating and maintaining milling equipment.
  • Mill bulk materials rework and granulate.
  • Operate mixing/granulation equipment to process and formulate batches.
  • Set-up, operate and maintain high speed and rotary tablet presses.
  • Set-up, operate and maintain encapsulation machines.
  • Coat, finish and process bulk material.
  • Packaging equipment that includes; Capper, Labeler, Sleever & Tablet Counter.
  • Packaging traveler, order set-up, line clearance, label bay and NAV.
• Monitor product quality at all stages of production.
• Promote safety and a safe working environment.
• Willing to rotate with the Manufacturing & Packaging departments.
• Perform miscellaneous manufacturing/packaging duties as directed.
• Sustaining KPI’s for improvement (Utilize lean tools). Ex. 5W, OPL’s.
• Able to work with and operate production equipment.
• Perform all other tasks as assigned by Threshold management.

Minimum Qualifications Required:

• 3 years food, dietary supplement or pharmaceutical manufacturing experience.
• 1 year of managerial experience, familiar with writing reviews.
• A thorough knowledge of SOP’s, GMP’s, and general manufacturing operations.
• Must have Lean Manufacturing experience or equivalent.
• Experience in MS Excel/Word.
• Bachelor of Science Degree preferred.
• Bilingual in Spanish/English preferred.
• Valid California Driver License