Shift Supervisor - Packaging Department (70790)

Job Description

• A well-established and growing packaging and security printing company seeks an experienced Shift Supervisor basedin Mobeni to oversee the packaging department.
• The purpose of this role is to oversee the smooth running of the shift. To take responsibility for ensuring all resources are available when and where needed. They are responsible for the overall discipline and management of employees during shift. They are also responsible for ensuring the required output & targets are achieved.
• They must ensure that all equipment / machinery is maintained. They must assist to develop and action projects to reduce bottlenecks and continuously improve in the department.

Qualifications/Experience required

• Matric
• Certificate/Degree/Diploma in Production Management
• Minimum 5 years post qualification experience Supervising/managing people
• Experience in manufacturing environment 300+ workforce
• Experience managing materials/ consumables
• Experience working on computer and working with numbers
• Experience using Shopware

Key Responsibilities

• Correct utilization of resources material, people, machinery, time
• FIFO First-in-First-Out followed
• Correct jobs planned and being run according to schedule
• Daily Output and quality checks are verified any discrepancies investigated and reported on
• Pass info on any issues incurred with jobs or machines to next shift supervisor
• Communicate urgency of jobs priorities and schedule with team
• Quality, production and downtime related info collected daily
• Assist with green area meetings as per template and record minutes
• Ensure machines and jobs are running according to plan
• Create maintenance job cards & ensure issues are addressed.
• Follow up on job cards, breakdowns and parts arrivals
• Ensure all services and planned maintenance is carried out as per schedule.
• Ensure overall labour control, discipline and utilization
• Discipline is maintained and controlled during shift
• Machines are manned as required according to priorities & important jobs
• Absenteeism reported
• Clocking's done correctly and signed off for payroll to process
• Correct break times followed no excessive time away from machines
• Ensure correct output speeds, quality and machine uptime achieved
• Analyze and find solutions to address problems
• OEE boards filled in daily with the required information as per OEE procedure
• Ensure all receipting and issuing of materials completed correctly by department as required by Abaca work instructions.
• Responsible for all WIP within department
• Any quantity shortages to be communicated to the manager & production planner by means of email.
• Control consumables & consumption
• Ensure the correct consumables according to work ticket and FIFO is followed
• Quality issues for consumables recorded and reported.
• Material issued on Shopware as required.
• Ensure proper control of work tickets is done
• All information on work jackets has been checked, understood and followed
• Right artwork and quality produced according to "last-off sample"
• All relevant information/ documents completed correctly.
• Check the correct quality is being achieved.
• Ensure all work ticket & quality checks are being done
• Ensure samples in the work ticket are being checked against the job being run.
• Ensure any non-conformances that have been created and allocated to the department are being closed out correctly and timeously.
• All processes and procedures for Health and Safety followed during shift
• Comply with operating rules & regulations
• Report and investigate any incidents during shift
• Health & Safety of staff is ensured PPE for staff is adhered to
• Property & equipment is operated correctly & safely
• Assist, train and ensure all members are competent for data capturing in Shopware.