Supervisor, Production Operations

Summary

CHS is seeking a Production Operations Supervisor to lead and support daily operations at our Lubricants Facility in Inver Grove Heights, MN.  In this role, you will oversee a team of production employees, ensuring safe, efficient, and high-quality packaging of lubricant products during the 3:00 PM to 11:00 PM shift. You will be responsible for driving operational excellence, maintaining compliance with safety and quality standards, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

This is a hands-on leadership role ideal for someone with strong communication skills, a commitment to safety, and a passion for team development in a fast-paced manufacturing environment

Responsibilities

• Supervise daily second shift production activities, ensuring adherence to safety, quality, and productivity standards.
• Plan and execute strategies that support production objectives through leadership of cross-functional teams that effectively integrate Refinery Zone and Turnaround Organizations objectives
• Facilitate Continuous Improvement through the leadership of cross-functional teams to accomplish strategic objectives including, but not limited to, Operator development and resource management
• Ensure company, customer and regulatory procedures for safety, quality, production and costs are carried out effectively and efficiently. Train and develop new team members, as well as lead more skilled and experienced teams and crews.
• Develop and post crew schedules to efficiently meet production needs and to ensure the individual operator schedules are consistent and reasonable. Coordinate and ensure that teams work cooperatively between individuals, shifts, and departments.
• Facilitate the development and implementation of documented standard operating procedures (SOPs) to reduce product variation and increase inter-shift and inter-departmental operating consensus.
• Monitor production and quality, anticipate and solve problems in a timely manner, and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Participate in projects intended to improve efficiency and reduce operating costs.
• Maintain reports of key production variables such as production volume, yield, plant uptime and utility consumption on a timely basis.
• Review a variety of operational data and initiate corrective adjustments as necessary to maintain product specifications.
• Ensure effective participation in QA program, implement QA policies and procedures, complete required sampling and testing of process streams, and understand and interpret QA results and take appropriate action when required.
• Diagnose and trouble-shoot maintenance related issues. Partner with the maintenance department to coordinate maintenance and repair work in process areas.
• Cultivate and promote a strong safety culture and follow all safety policies, procedures and regulations. Identify and communicate workplace hazards and correct or seek assistance in correcting unsafe actions or conditions.
• Perform other responsibilities as needed or assigned.

Minimum Qualifications (required)

• High School diploma or GED
• 2+ years of experience in Operations and/or Production Operations

Additional Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED
• Demonstration of a continuous improvement mentality and a familiarity of lean concepts and tools
• Working understanding of refinery assets, production line and capability
• Demonstrated ability to influence people within and across organizational lines
• Demonstrated strong verbal and written communication skills in communicating to supervised employees as well as cross-functional team-members.
• Demonstrated ability and skill to analyze, interpret and use data to make timely and effective decisions
• Demonstrated effective use of computers for communication and data analysis
• Knowledge of products, product quality factors, and equipment capabilities
• Ability to work extended hours as needed to meet business demands
• Pre-employment screening is based on the job requirements and industry guidelines and may or may not be required for the position. If required, selected candidates must pass pre-employment screenings to include all or a combination of drug, criminal, motor vehicle check, physical requirements and FMSCA Clearinghouse.