Shift Supervisor

SUMMARY:
An established company in Mobeni is seeking an experienced Shift Supervisor to oversee the smooth operation of production during their shift.

POSITION INFO:
Key responsibilities include managing staff and resources, ensuring targets and output are met, maintaining equipment, and driving continuous improvement by addressing bottlenecks and supporting departmental projects.

Duties and Responsibilities:
Walk the floor regularly:

• Correct utilization of resources (material, people, machinery, time
• FIFO (First-in-First-Out) followed
• Correct jobs planned and being run (according to schedule)
• Daily Output and quality checks are verified (any discrepancies investigated and reported on)
• Pass info on any issues incurred with jobs or machines to next shift supervisor
• Communicate urgency of jobs (priorities) and schedule with team
• Quality, production and downtime related info collected daily
• Assist with green area meetings as per template and record minutes

• Ensure machines and jobs are running according to plan
  • Correct sequence of jobs
  • Correct quantity produced (short production reported)
  • Correct machine used & targets met
  • All necessary resources available for running of future jobs

• Create maintenance job cards & ensure issues are addressed.
• Follow up on job cards, breakdowns and parts arrivals
• Ensure all services and planned maintenance is carried out as per schedule.

• Ensure overall labour control, discipline and utilization
• Discipline is maintained and controlled during shift
• Machines are manned as required (according to priorities & important jobs)
• Absenteeism reported
• Clocking’s done correctly and signed off for payroll to process
• Correct break times followed (no excessive time away from machines)

• Ensure correct output (speeds), quality and machine uptime achieved
  • Analyze and find solutions to address problems
• OEE boards filled in daily with the required information as per OEE procedure

• Ensure all receipting and issuing of materials completed correctly by department as required by Abaca work instructions.
• Responsible for all WIP within department
• Any quantity shortages to be communicated to the manager & production planner by means of email.

• Control consumables & consumption
• Ensure the correct consumables (according to work ticket) and FIFO is followed
• Quality issues for consumables recorded and reported.
• Material issued on Abaca as required.

• Ensure proper control of work tickets is done
• All information on work tickets checked, understood and followed
• Right artwork and quality produced according to “last-off sample”
• All relevant information/ documents completed correctly.

• Check the correct quality is being achieved.
• Ensure all work ticket & quality checks are being done
• Ensure samples in the work ticket are being checked against the job being run.
• Ensure any Non conformances that have been created and allocated to the department are being closed out correctly and timeously.

• All processes and procedures for Health and Safety followed during shift
• Comply with operating rules & regulations
• Report and investigate any incidents during shift
• Health & Safety of staff is ensured (PPE for staff is adhered to)
• Property & equipment is operated correctly & safely

• Shopware ERP experience an advantage

• Grade 12
• Related qualification
• Formal Supervisory/ Management Qualification preferable
• Computer literate can use word/excel
• Experience with supervising/ managing people
• Experience in manufacturing environments
• Experience managing materials/ consumables
• Lead and manage a shift.
• Attention to detail.
• Information and task monitoring.
• Capture information accurately and timeously (nice-to-have)
• Ability to work in team with people (and train and pass knowledge on)