Supervisor

Batching Supervisor (Nights)

At Niagara, we're looking for team members who want to be part of achieving our mission to provide our customers the highest quality most affordable bottled water.

Consider applying here if you want to:

• Work in an entrepreneurial and dynamic environment with a chance to make an impact.
• Develop lasting relationships with great people.
• Have the opportunity to build a satisfying career.

We offer competitive compensation and benefits packages for our team members.

Essential Functions

• Assists batching manager with daily activities of assigned shift, ensuring product adheres to Niagara's standard of safety, quality, and throughput.
• Communicates with previous shift regarding any challenges and opportunities on the production lines to prepare for the shift.
• Assists with batching as needed and preparing production lines for scheduled changeovers.
• Verifies discrete jobs are correct in Oracle (including quality and bill of material list), warehouse management system, and/or line management system.
• Supports production supervisor with hourly and/or end of shift production reports.
• Utilizes the efficiency improvement tools to understand and comment on line downtime and communicate appropriately per the escalation plan.
• Maintains effective working relationships with team members through open communication, visibility, and involvement to promote a positive working environment that maximizes safety, employee engagement, productivity, and throughput.
• Responsible for team member coaching and development, employment decisions, and resolving issues through conflict resolution. Hires, trains, coaches and reviews performance of team members. Partners with human resources and batching manager for recruitment, corrective actions, and terminations.
• Orders and inspects raw materials prior to changeovers to ensure correct inventories for production runs. Performs first pass quality checks after changeovers to prevent non-conforming product. Verifies inventory consumption by batch for traceability and ensures in-house inventory is correct.
• Conducts walkthroughs throughout the shift to ensure safety, quality, and housekeeping compliance by team members.
• Interfaces with multiple departments within the organization to ensure customer deadlines are met.
• Collaborates with plant leadership and shift team members to champion a world-class safety culture.
• Conducts weekly safety talk trainings, daily safety/quality/production meetings, and hourly safety walks.
• Adheres to the highest standards of company and plant safety programs, guidelines, rules, and regulations.
• Abides by Niagara's good manufacturing practices (GMP) and food safety standards at all times.
• Monitors and reviews assigned team members time and attendance for accuracy, as well as monitors PTO schedule and usage by team members.
• Regular and predictable attendance is an essential function of the job.
• Ability to work 12 hour shifts, day or night, on a rotating 2-2-3 schedule or schedule as dictated by production demand.

Qualifications

• Minimum qualifications:
• 4 years experience in field or similar manufacturing environment
• 4 years experience in position
• 4 years experience managing people/projects
• Understanding of production processes and controls
• Preferred qualifications:
• 6 years experience in field or similar manufacturing environment
• 6 years experience working in position
• 6 years experience managing people/projects

Competencies

This position embodies the values of Niagara's LIFE competency model, focusing on the following key drivers of success:

• Lead Like an Owner
• Identifies safety issues and takes prompt corrective action
• Coaches/corrects unsafe team behavior
• Effectively prioritizes quality, productivity, and cost
• Encourages honest feedback from direct reports, peers, and up-line manager
• Uses customer feedback to improve service levels and internal/external customer relationships
• InnovACT
• Understands the concepts of process consistency and waste minimization
• Modifies goals based on changing business needs
• Promotes sharing of opposing viewpoints
• Find a Way
• Anticipates problems and opportunities within functional area, and recommends proactive solutions
• Uses technical knowledge to coach team performance and educate others
• Leverages technical know-how to solve challenging problems
• Encourages and models teamwork to demonstrate behavioral expectations for team members
• Builds relationships up, down, and across effectively
• Empowered to be Great
• Provides effective coaching and feedback to improve individual and team performance
• Provides positive recognition for team member results
• Assigns responsibilities to maximize team strengths
• Resolves team conflicts with a calm demeanor and skill
• Effectively communicates team and individual expectations and follows up appropriately

Education

• Minimum required: high school diploma or GED
• Preferred: associate's degree or bachelor's degree in engineering, food science, business administration or related fields.

Certification/License:

• Required: N/A
• Preferred: SQF, HACCP, GMP

Foreign Language:

• Required: none required
• Preferred: none required

Benefits

Our total rewards package is thoughtfully designed to support both you and your family:

• paid time off for holidays, sick time, and vacation time
• paid parental and caregiver leaves
• medical, including virtual care options
• dental
• vision
• 401(k) with company match
• health savings account with company match
• flexible spending accounts
• expanded mental wellbeing benefits including free counseling sessions for all team members and household family members
• family building benefits including enhanced fertility benefits for IVF and fertility preservation plus adoption, surrogacy, and doula reimbursements
• income protection including life and ad&d, short and long-term disability, critical illness and an accident plan
• special discount programs including pet plans, pre-paid legal services, identity theft, car rental, airport parking, etc.
• tuition reimbursement, college savings plan and scholarship opportunities
• and more!