Woodstream has a rich history of over 150 years, and we are an essential, life sustaining business.  We provide pest & animal control products that destroy disease carrying insects & rodents.  

Current Opportunities for:

Manufacturing Supervisor - 2nd Shift

Lititz Plant: 69 North Locust Street. Lititz, PA 17543

Benefits of Working for Woodstream:

• Competitive benefits package including:

• Bonus Program

• 401k with Company Match

• Health, Dental & Vision Insurance Effective on First Day of Employment

• Parental Leave

• Adoption Assistance

• Paid Basic Life & Disability Insurance

• Accident, Critical Illness, & Hospital Insurance Options

• ID Theft & Legal Assistance Plan Options

• Paid Vacation and Holidays

• Stable, growing working environment with a history of 150 years of doing business.

• Opportunity to advance within the company.

  Overview of the Role:

  Accountable to lead, develop and engage the workforce that safely operates, maintains and improves equipment and assembly processes in the execution of the production plan.  Utilizes standard work to plan and direct labor, deliver training, and maximize efficiency.  Apply appropriate continuous improvement processes to improve performance, partner with peers to sustain improvements and engrain in culture. Manage the operation as an owner; with safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and growth (SQDPG) KPI’s.  Proactively supports company policies and strategies.

  Specific Responsibilities:

• Lead and develop the team as a servant leader, deriving success from SQDPG delivery and development of employees.

• Utilize standard work to consistently deliver results, working with support functions and technicians to proactively identify and solve problems

• Manages team to maximize efficiency, consistently performing processes within designed and documented methods.

• Reviews and assures that process documentation is being utilized by the employees.

• Performs timely feedback, coaching, counseling on individual employee and team performance using standard work.

• Measures and documents employees’ performance and feedback on schedule, develop operators and support certification attainment to deliver goals.

• Ensures that control is maintained using all documentation and operational work instructions.

• Problem solves with engineering and planning to solve roadblocks to execution issues.

• Assures employees are instructed in safe correct way and that they are performing those correct behaviors consistently.

• Anticipates, plans, and monitors line set-up & changeovers to occur in an efficient manner.

• Records daily production results to plan.

• Deploys employees and resources, asks for help as needed to meet daily production plans.

• Measure and monitor throughput and other productivity results; problem solves and communicate plans to course-correct when below process capability

• Participates and leads continuous improvement events.

• Regular attendance is required to maintain the functions of the job

  Other Responsibilities:

   

• Proactive safety, quality near-miss situation communication.  Correct adverse conditions and work with support functions to communicate new standards.

• Performs other duties as assigned

• Perform safety audits and inspect facilities, machinery, and safety equipment to identify and correct potential hazards, and to ensure safety regulation compliance

• Investigate industrial accidents, near-miss incidents, and occupational injuries to determine causes, install preventive measures, and manage return-to-work activities

• Provide technical advice, coaching, guidance, and mentoring to employees on safety initiatives and necessary changes

  Successful Candidate Profile:

• Bachelor’s degree in an appropriately related field preferred.

• 3 to 10 years of experience Supervisory responsibilities, preferably in a manufacturing environment.

• A thorough working knowledge of manufacturing, industrial, construction, and electrical practices. 

• Good administrative and project management skills. Must be capable and effective at managing several projects at one time and interacting with upper management, shop floor personnel and outside contractors.

• Strong communication skills proficient with both written and oral formats.

• Hands on, independent self-starter who acts as an owner on the floor and office settings.

• Proficiency with PC based applications programs such as Microsoft: Excel, Outlook, Project; Word, PowerPoint.

• Good analytical skills and capability with respect to utility cost tracking and analysis, and departmental expense budget analysis and maintaining manufacturing systems.

• Lean Manufacturing / TPM Experience required; six-sigma experience a plus

  Woodstream Fun Facts!

• We are the #1 EAC (Electronic Animal Containment/fencing) company in North America, 10X the #2 company and these products protect our food supply.

• We are the ONLY Pest & Animal Control company with a significant ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance) Program.

• Over 40% of our directors and above are woman.

• 57% of the Executive Team (meaning VP and above) are female, black, Hispanic or Asian/Islander.

  Woodstream is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer committed to recruit, hire, train and promote without regard to race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, national origin, marital status, union affiliation, disability, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected characteristic .

   

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