About the Voith Group

The Voith Group is a global technology company. With its broad portfolio of systems, products, services and digital applications, Voith sets standards in the markets of energy, paper, raw materials and transport & automotive. Founded in 1867, the company today has around 22,000 employees, sales of € 5,2 billion and locations in over 60 countries worldwide and is thus one of the larger family-owned companies in Europe.

Voith Paper is hiring for:

Supervisor of Production - Nights 
Appleton, WI
 

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Reasons you’ll love working here: 

• Flexibility with Work/Life Balance 
• Competitive Compensation and Benefits Package 
• 401K with generous company match 
• Climate-Neutral Footprint Worldwide 
• Tuition reimbursement 

Responsibilities

• Live the Voith Values and set an example of teamwork, positivity, inclusion, and collaboration.
• Ensure employees follow all safety expectations and rules.  Coach for performance.
• Conduct preliminary safety investigations and communications for any accidents in accordance with protocol.
• Participate in teams that improve safety programs.
• Serve as the on-shift incident commander for fire and emergency response.
• Ensure operators understand and follow quality procedures and expectations.  Coach for performance.
• Ensure Non-Conformances are documented correctly and next steps for any nonconforming product is clear.
• Escalate difficult quality issues to Department Manager or Quality Department.
• Understand and monitor the daily schedule in each department to ensure compliance.
• Adjust as necessary to meet shift or customer service objectives as necessary.
• Understand and monitor the expected versus actual output KPIs for each department.
• Manage and balance labor across departments on assigned shift to achieve shift objectives.
• Audit compliance to TPMs.
• Maintain housekeeping expectations.
• Ensure MES/JDE transactions are accurate.
• Participate in daily shop floor walk in each department.
• Attend daily production meeting.
• Participate in the hiring process.
• Ensure payroll and attendance rules are followed. 
• Work with Payroll to correct any discrepancies.
• Compose/write all hourly employee performance reviews.  Submit to Department Manager for additional input/feedback.
• Provide routine coaching to all operators.  Provide recognition and disciplinary action as appropriate.
• Facilitate effective shift handoffs via accurate shift reports and handoff meetings.
• Assist in training/onboarding new Supervisors.

Qualifications

• High School graduate or equivalent is required.
• 1-3 years of leadership experience in a manufacturing setting is desired.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Must have proficiency with Microsoft Office products.
• Must possess good mechanical aptitude.
• Experience with emergency response a plus.

Physical Demands

• Frequent walking, sitting, standing
• Occasional pushing, pulling and lifting of <50 lbs.

* This job description is not all encompassing, however, is intended to be a general description of the responsibilities of this position.

Don’t meet every single requirement but think you would be a good fit for our team? We encourage you to apply – your unique skills may be just what we need for this or other roles!

Voith US Inc. is an EEO/AA/VEVRAA compliant Federal Contractor and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law. We welcome everyone to apply, especially those individuals who are underrepresented in the industry including people of color, LGBTQI+ community, women, individuals with disabilities (both seen and unseen), Veterans, people of any age or family status. We embrace the competitive advantage that diversity brings and we strive to create a working environment that is inclusive of thought and talent.