Operations Shift Leader (Production Supervisor)

Founded over 35 years ago, First Quality is a family-owned company that has grown from a small business in McElhattan, Pennsylvania into a group of companies, employing over 5,000 team members, while maintaining our family values and entrepreneurial spirit. With corporate offices in New York and Pennsylvania and 8 manufacturing campuses across the U.S. and Canada, the companies within the First Quality group produce high-quality personal care and household products for large retailers and healthcare organizations. Our personal care and household product portfolio includes baby diapers, wipes, feminine pads, paper towels, bath tissue, adult incontinence products, laundry detergents, fabric finishers, and dishwash solutions. In addition, we manufacture certain raw materials and components used in the manufacturing of these products, including flexible print and packaging solutions.

Guided by our values of humility, unity, and integrity, we leverage advanced technology and innovation to drive growth and create new opportunities. At First Quality, you’ll find a collaborative environment focused on continuous learning, professional development, and our mission to Make Things Better®.

We are seeking an Operations Shift Leader for our First Quality Baby Products site located in Macon, GA. This position will be responsible for supervising production employees in an efficient manner to achieve the desired quality and quantity of work, interacting with maintenance, quality control, housekeeping, and safety on the production floor .

Primary

• •Develop and maintain systems that actively promote continuous line improvements
• •Lead team development and address individual performance improvement issues in conjunction with team leaders
• •Coordinate crewing structure to ensure team coverage
• •Track operational results, continuously communicating expectations to the teams and implementing improvements as necessary
• •Maintain active communication with Platform Managers regarding efficiencies, action plans, employee relations concerns, or other information that impacts the success of the business
• •Track quality results and initiate processes to correct quality issues
• •Proactively follow-up and resolve unsafe conditions in the plant
• •Ensure good housekeeping and organization among teams
• •Coordinate accident and incident investigations
• •Lead compliance of all safe work practices
• •Manages uptime/downtime percentages by working with teams on improvement strategies
• •Manages overtime on each line and ensures that overtime is balanced among team members
• •*Must be willing to work 12-hour shifts including days, nights, weekends, and holidays*