Production Supervisor (Nights)

As a Production Supervisor (Nights) in our Groveport, OH location you will lead a team of skilled and semi-skilled workers in various aspects of processing, maintenance, and warehousing functions for the STERIS Applied Sterilization Technologies (AST) plant. In this role you will be responsible for the selection, training, and work direction for your team, and employ key company processes to effectively achieve results. The Production Supervisor will positively influence employee engagement and maintain a positive work culture and employee relations environment.

Night Shift:  Hours are 8pm to 8 am Thursday to Saturday.  Work every other Sunday.  (Must arrive 15 minutes before the shift to hand off with the next supervisor).     

What you’ll do as a Production Supervisor:

• Develop a shop floor culture focused on the achievement of the businesses’ objectives in Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost (SQDC), by continuously focusing on waste elimination and following standard work.
• Lead daily SQDC board meetings, train and develop employees to meet expectations, ensure the working environment is safe through direct monitoring of behavior and equipment, incident response, mitigation and investigation as issues occur during the shift, and providing individual and group feedback on successes and opportunities to improve performance.
• Identify opportunities for countermeasures and participate in facility lean committees.
• Support the company’s Lean business system, through participation in Kaizen events, participation in Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), One Team One Goal (OTOG) Customer Service training/ participation.
• Act as the first point of contact for mitigation and investigation of issues related to safety, quality, delivery, and cost.
• Drive employee engagement by implementing and using Lean processes.
• Create an environment of positive employee relations by creating a safe and productive work environment, listening to and addressing employee concerns, enforcing company policy and constructively managing employee performance.

• Interview and select new employees and assures the team has necessary skill and tools to complete work; ensures that shifts are properly staffed and assigns daily work to achieve objectives and ensure smooth shift transitions.  
• Assess skill level and performance and address gaps ensuring employees are capable of meeting expectations.
• Collaborate across functions with Quality, Human Resources, and Planning, and support customer quality audits.
• Ensure appropriate performance levels and tracks KPI across a range of activities and standard process metrics. Update SQDC boards.

The Experience, Skills and Abilities Needed:

Required:   

• Minimum High School Diploma or GED, required.
• Minimum of 3 years of internal STERIS experience in manufacturing, processing or warehouse environment, or 5 years of related operations experience. 
• Ability to learn science of sterilization modalities for sterile processing of medical instruments.
• Understanding of the four basic functions of mathematics as it applies to a production environment. 
• Effective communication skills and ability to conduct team meetings.
• Ability to effectively employ delegation, collaboration, conflict resolution skills in a team environment.
• Microsoft Office (Knowledge of MS Office 365 including Outlook, Excel, Word and PowerPoint)

Preferred:  

• Experience as Team Lead, preferred
• Experience driving a fork truck or forklift. Qualified Equipment Operator or Certified Forklift Operator, preferred.

What STERIS Offers:

We value our employees and are committed to providing a comprehensive benefits package that supports your health, wellbeing, and financial future.

Here is just a brief overview of what we offer:

• Market Competitive pay
• Extensive Paid Time Off and added Holidays
• Excellent Healthcare, Dental and Vision benefits
• Long- and Short-Term Disability coverage
• 401(k) with a company match
• Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Additional add- on benefits / discounts for programs such as Pet Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement and continuing education programs
• Excellent opportunities for advancement in a stable long-term career

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