Operations supervisor Jobs in Boston, MA

Operations Manager

Under the direction of the Senior Manager of Operations leads, directs and manages all the employees on each shift/ team in providing a reliable and safe working environment to ensure that the plant is running smoothly and reliably to meet the plant's business objectives, quality and goals on daily basis.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Ensure that safety practices implemented are consistently followed by employees and subcontractors when works are carried out.
• Monitor and Update daily SAP data.
• Manage and execute plants production planning. (Daily /weekly MRP).
• Manage and ensure any maintenance of system defects and process troubleshooting to sustain higher plant performance reliability. Follow-up with any maintenance jobs and documentation/SAP/E-maintenance.
• Manage and ensure sufficient resources are scheduled and available to run daily process
• Manage and plan operations team career development. Cross-training and promoting from within. Proactively, consistently and directly address issues of poor or inadequate performance.
• Working with others, schedules additional clean up technicians to ensure plant cleanliness and safe conditions.
• Work to ensure the plant is operated in a safe, clean, most efficient, higher reliability and cost efficient manner.
• To manage and ensure plant is operated within KPI target (i.e.: production cost, Maintain Cost, Chemical usage)
• To ensure products produced meet specification, maximize yield and system throughput is maximized.
• Work with all teams within the organization to strive to a culture with a goal of zero defects.
• Maintain a culture fostering teamwork; providing honest and constructive feedback professionally to others.
• Implements or supports various change management activities (e.g., communications, education, team development, coaching and alerts management to necessary employee warnings and counseling when needed.
• Support new product development initiative
• To ensure operators and technicians follow established guidelines when operating systems.
• To ensure HACCP Program (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point), SQF are fully executed and implemented by operations and each operator.
• Prepare and analyze operation reports.
• Perform other duties as requested or required.

Formal Education / Certification Requirements Essential Functions

Required

• Four-year college degree in a technical discipline (BS in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering, BSME) or commensurate technical work experience required
• Demonstrated exceptional oral and written communication skills.
• Minimum of 2 years progressively increasing supervisory responsibility.

Preferred:

• SAP experience a plus.
• Read P&ID's and schematics.
• Able to obtain TWIC certification.
• Manufacturing plant and/or refinery experience

Travel Requirements

Infrequently; but maybe required for training or customer needs

Physical Requirements / Working Environment and Conditions

• Day to day work is in an office environment.
• Tasks may at times be performed with exposure to all weather conditions.
• Require the usage of personal protective equipment (PPE) and may take place in confined spaces.
• Duties involve frequent walking, standing, lifting, pushing, pulling and carrying objects up to 65lbs.
• Must be able to climb ladders to access mission critical operating equipment and obtain product samples. Some towers are over 100 feet tall.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Tasks may take place in both extreme cold and extreme hot work environments. Periodic potential exposures to hazardous chemicals/conditions exist in this position and training is mandatory. The work schedule may periodically rotate and may include duties on holidays and weekends. Employees reporting to this position serve in an on-call 24 hour capacity and if necessary this manager must be available to respond to operational issues across a multi-shift organization. Uniforms are provided and as well as footwear allowance.

Disclaimer

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this position. This document is subject to change at any time and is not intended to be exhaustive of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required by employees with this position title. The physical requirements will be described on a supplemental Occupational Worksheet and are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made upon request.

Monday - Friday 40 hours per week 3-week rotating schedule that consists of: Week 1: 6 am 2 pm Week 2: 11:30 am 7 pm Week 3: 1 pm 9 pm On call approximately one weekend per quarter