Ewing Manufacturing Supervisor

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This role does not offer sponsorship for work authorization. External applicants must be eligible to work in the US. 

Your Role:

• Supervise a group's personnel and resources for manufacturing or support manufacturing of chemicals.
• Develop subordinates knowledge and skills to improve performance and expand abilities.
• Coordinate group's efforts to assist meeting department and company objectives.
• Select, train, develop, motivate, and evaluate employees.
  • Assist in the selection process of candidates in a manner consistent with company policies.
  • Ensure subordinates are trained for the tasks and processing expected.
  • Lead and motivate through positive reinforcement, encouragement, example and communication of company values. Quickly resolve personnel conflicts and problems as they arise.
  • Ensure skills and knowledge development occurs to allow employees to maximize performance in their current positions.
  • Encourage/assist development toward individual career objectives or potential consistent with company needs. Provide guidance, additional training and development opportunities.
  • Evaluate employee performance and provide timely feedback.

• Organizes the group's efforts and oversees production processes:
  • Schedule tasks and processes to meet department and company objectives, which include scheduling personnel, equipment, and ordering raw materials.
  • Maintain awareness of general area operations to ensure that resources (personnel and facility/equipment) are used towards maximizing our overall effectiveness and provide assistance or guidance, if needed.
  • Ensure tasks are completed properly and that processes proceed consistent with operating procedures and quality guidelines.

• Ensure information to effectively perform the group's function is communicated:
  • Ensure information is passed on to subordinates in a timely fashion.
  • Pro-actively review "Safety Procedures", MMFs, Operating Procedures, etc. for inconsistencies and errors and modify as appropriate in a timely manner.
  • Communicate information to other groups or individuals to ensure company objectives are met.
  • Communicate group's status, data and feedback to management.
  • Pro-actively support company and department policy.

• Direct group's effort toward improvement and company goals:
  • Identify, evaluate and implement process improvements and expand group's abilities through subordinates.
  • Encourage collaboration between subordinates and other groups.
  • Ensure subordinates know department and company goals and that they assist as possible.
  • Ensure interaction between groups is cooperative.
  • Identify, evaluate, and implement continuous improvement.

• Supervise employees to accomplish all departmental goals and objectives in safe manner and in compliance with all various state, federal and company regulations (OSHA, EPA, FDA, etc.):
  • Create/Maintain positive pro-active approach toward quality compliance and safety.
  • Ensure group maintains acceptable housekeeping.
  • Report incidents, assist in investigating causes and follow up with appropriate actions.
  • Ensure personnel are trained and have access to proper equipment.

Work Location: 545 South Ewing Avenue St. Louis, Missouri.

Shift: Day Shift (Typically 7am-3:30pm).

Physical Attributes:

• May sit, stand, walk, reach above the shoulder, stoop, kneel, twist, crouch, or crawl for short periods of time.
• May occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds unassisted and more than 50 pounds assisted.
• Must be able to perform tasks while wearing personal protective equipment such as respirator or chemical protective clothing for extended times.
• Wear Personal Protective Equipment, “PPE,” including but not limited to hard hats, glasses/goggles, chemical-resistant suits, gloves, safety shoes.
• Involves the use of close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth vision, and adjusting focus.
• Work area may occasionally be wet, humid, abnormally hot, or cold.
• Occasionally works near moving mechanical parts.

Who you are:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Biochemistry, Biology or other life science discipline.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters degree or Ph.D. in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Biology, or other life science discipline.
• Familiar with manufacturing concepts such as GMP, ISO9000, and quality management, specifically ISO13485 and CFR 820 regulations.
• Knowledge of technical production issues in the areas of Biology and Biochemistry.
• 5+ years of method development or research experience.
• 2+ years supervising personnel.
• Ability to manage, motivate, and develop employees.

• Interpersonal skills, conflict resolution, motivation, leadership.
• Communication skills including writing and oral, ability to communicate with various disciplines and levels both one-on-one and group communication.

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