Production Supervisor

Make a +Difference at Kraton!

At Kraton, we make a Positive Difference, and we are looking for individuals who are also looking to make a difference in their jobs, for our customers and to the world.  We are looking to hire a key member of our Operations team at our Dover Ohio location. 

The Production Supervisor provides technical expertise to support the manufacturing process in meeting plant goals, leading and directing approximately 20 or more hourly production employees.  The Production Supervisor is expected to demonstrate compliance with all environmental and safety policies and procedures, identify process optimization and reliability opportunities within the facility, communicate effectively with Operations Management and ensure they are clearly aware of needs and issues in the Plant.  The key customers are the Production Managers and Plant Manager. 

Key Responsibilities

EHS:

• Provide leadership that drives participation and accountability to the employee level on safety and environmental activities and initiatives.
• Engage employees to improve EHS standards and practices.
• Identify and implement equipment improvements affecting EHS, particularly ergonomics.
• Perform risk assessments and guide team members to improve their risk identification and mitigation skills.

Process Reliability:

• Support improvement through data gathering, focusing maintenance efforts on key items while troubleshooting daily problems and supporting these activities.
• Lead activities involving employee Preventative Maintenance and Basic Care to reduce process upsets.
• Identify and execute small scope expense projects within established timelines.

Quality:

• Ensure robust systems are created and maintained.
• Track key production parameters to improve compliance to schedule, on-time shipments, and customer satisfaction.

.Cost Reduction:

• Drive reduction of operating costs.

Personnel:

• Supervision of union-represented employees on rotating duty for a 24 hour 365 day operating unit.
• Daily interfaces with employees in same and other departments to facilitate reliable communications and the completion of work across the Plant.

Technical Competencies:

• Demonstrate process knowledge of reactions, heat transfer, utilities, separations, water treatment, pollution control, and other unit operations including process control, maintenance, quality tools, flow diagrams, and process safety management (PSM).
• Process Improvement – Understand and employ problem solving techniques and process improvement methods.
• Data Analysis – Provide sufficient data collection and analysis to support decision-making.
• Able to communicate effectively in both written and verbal form with all levels of employees in the organization, customers, vendors, suppliers, contractors, and external consultants.

Required Skills

• 2+ years of relevant work experience in a chemical manufacturing plant environment and have familiarity with distributed control system (DCS) programming and applications.
• Qualified candidates must be proficient in the use of a personal computer and systems applications (e.g., spreadsheets, presentation applications, word processing, data management and information processing, databases, e-mail, and other business information software).
• Knowledge in chemical engineering processes, plant operations and manufacturing processes, maintenance systems, and EHS systems.
• Able to facilitate and influence a number of key stakeholders at the plant and corporate levels on matters of process and production.
• Ability to interact and supervise a unionized workforce.

Education, Certifications & Licenses

• Qualified candidates must possess a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering or other related major from an accredited college / university.
• Candidates without this educational background who possess additional 5 years of relevant work experience may also be considered.

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The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this classification.  Statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required for this position.

Kraton’s internal talent acquisition team manages our recruiting efforts and from time to time works with pre-selected/pre-approved external staffing agencies. We do NOT accept unsolicited resumes or candidate referrals from recruiters and/or agencies who are not pre-selected/pre-approved.

Kraton is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.