Job Title:  Production Supervisor - Night Shift

Req ID:  42900
Job Category:  Processing Operations

Whippany, NJ, US, 07981

Description: 

At STERIS, we help our Customers create a healthier and safer world by providing innovative healthcare and life science product and service solutions around the globe.

Position Summary

At STERIS, the Production Supervisor leads a team of skilled or semi-skilled workers engaged in various aspects of the processing, maintenance and warehousing functions of the AST business. Has authority and accountability to select, train and direct their workforce. Employs key company processes effectively to achieve results. Responsible for employee engagement and maintaining a positive employee relations environment. This role is often held by an entry level or early career leader who is gaining initial operations management experience at STERIS. This is an overnight shift. Sun - Tues 6p-6a; Wed 12a-6a. 

What We Offer You

The opportunity to join a company that will invest in you for the long-term. STERIS couldn’t be where it is today without our incredible people. That’s why we share in our success together by rewarding you for your hard work. Hiring people who are in it for the long run with STERIS is our ultimate goal. We do this by providing:

 

  • Competitive salaries
  • Healthcare benefits 
  • Tuition assistance
  • Paid-time off
  • Paid holidays
  • Matching 401(k)
  • Annual merit increases
  • Annual bonus
  • Wireless stipend
  • Company card
     

Come join us and help write your next chapter!

Duties

Operational Excellence 

  • Develops a shop floor culture that is 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.
  • Leads daily SQDC board meetings, trains and develops employees to meet expectations, ensures 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.
  • Supports the company’s Lean business system, through participation in Kaizen events, Total Productive Maintenance, and One Team One Goal Customer Service training.
     

 

People Leadership 

  • Drives employee engagement by implementing and using Lean processes. Creates an environment of positive employee relations by creating a safe and productive work environment, addressing employee concerns, enforcing company policy and collective bargaining agreement, and managing employee performance. 
  • Ensures that shifts are properly staffed, assigns daily work to achieve Customer objectives. Regularly assesses skill level and performance, and addresses gaps, to ensure employees are capable of meeting expectations. 

Duties - cont'd

Customer Relationships 

  • Participates in and supports Customer quality audits.  Participates in internal and external OTOG events.


Delivering Results 

  • Ensures performance across a range activities and metrics within their area: 
  • Monitors processing throughout shift to assure safety, quality and delivery. Tracks procedural verifications, including dosimeter re-reads. Tracks KPIs and updates SQDC boards
     

Education Degree

  • High School Diploma or GED

Required Experience

  • Minimum five (5) years of industrial or other relevant work experience. Prefer manufacturing or production background.
  • Prefer previous supervisory or team lead experience.
  • Prefer Lean background with experience to include documentation and GMP alignment.

 

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Skills

  1. Qualified Equipment Operator, able to drive a fork truck
  2. Ability to learn science of sterilization modalities
  3. Four basic functions of mathematics
  4. Effective communication skills; conducting team meetings
  5. Delegation | Collaboration |Conflict resolution.
  6. MicroSoft Office suite

 

STERIS is a leading global provider of products and services that support patient care with an emphasis on infection prevention.  WE HELP OUR CUSTOMERS CREATE A HEALTHIER AND SAFER WORLD by providing innovative healthcare, life sciences and dental products and services. STERIS is a $5 billion, publicly traded (NYSE: STE) company with approximately 17,000 associates and Customers in more than 100 countries.

If you need assistance completing the application process, please call 1 (440) 392.7047. This contact information is for accommodation inquiries only and cannot be used to check application status.

STERIS is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  We are committed to equal employment opportunity and the use of affirmative action programs to ensure that persons are recruited, hired, trained, transferred and promoted in all job groups regardless of race, color, religion, age, disability, national origin, citizenship status, military or veteran status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, and any other category protected by federal, state or local law.  We are not only committed to this policy by our status as a federal government contractor, but also we are strongly bound by the principle of equal employment opportunity.

The full affirmative action program, absent the data metrics required by § 60-741.44(k), shall be available to all employees and applicants for employment for inspection upon request. The program may be obtained at your location’s HR Office during normal business hours.

Req ID:  42900
Job Category:  Processing Operations

Whippany, NJ, US, 07981


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