**Job Title: Production Supervisor** **Job Description** The Shift Leader is primarily responsible for leading the production team of operators and technicians in the safe, quality, and efficient manufacturing of railroad ties. This role requires operating, troubleshooting, and maintaining all equipment and processes used in manufacturing, including feedstock batching, extrusion, molding, extraction, quality control, and inventory management. The Shift Leader ensures that operators and technicians operate equipment within designated limits, perform preventive maintenance, and clean work areas every shift. The Shift Leader reports to the Plant Manager and collaborates with the Chief Engineer to ensure the highest quality ties are produced. **Responsibilities** + Lead the production team of operators and technicians in safe, quality, and efficient manufacturing of railroad ties. + Operate, troubleshoot, and maintain all equipment and processes used in manufacturing. + Ensure operators and technicians operate equipment within designated operating limits. + Perform preventive maintenance and clean work areas every shift. + Ensure key operating metrics and operations logs are maintained for each process. + Ensure shift inspections and preventive maintenance are performed for all processes. + Ensure shift cleanup of production and rest areas is performed. + Immediately communicate with Plant Manager when issues with the production processes are beyond the capability of the operator and/or Shift Leader to resolve, or when production is impacted. + Operate material handling equipment when necessary – skid steer, forklift, large loader. **Essential Skills** + Extremely reliable individual with a high sense of leadership and urgency. + Understanding, observing, and enforcing OSHA safety standards applicable to production operations and equipment maintenance. + High technical proficiency with all facets of the production process. + Ability to operate the production plant independently of higher-level management for an entire shift. + Coaching production team on continuous improvement for equipment operations, preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, and corrective actions. + Meeting hourly or daily production targets for each manufacturing process. **Additional Skills & Qualifications** + Production supervision experience. + Production management skills. + Continuous improvement and process improvement expertise. + Management skills and Six Sigma knowledge. **Why Work Here?** This company is set to double its production numbers in the next year and has a five-year plan to grow tenfold. They are innovative in the industry and truly embody their core values. **Work Environment** The work environment is non-climate controlled, meaning it can be hot or cold depending on the weather. The role involves managing non-union employees and follows a Dupont Shift schedule, which is 4 days on and 4 days off, with hours from 6am to 6pm. **Job Type & Location** This is a Permanent position based out of Saint Louis, Missouri. **Pay and Benefits** The pay range for this position is $70000.00 - $75000.00 They can grow from within. They are a growing company looking to continue growing and steal market share. Great time to get in with this growing company. **Workplace Type** This is a fully onsite position in Saint Louis,MO. **Application Deadline** This position will be accepting applications until Jan 31, 2025. **About Aerotek:** We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow. Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.