Operations Supervisor
Permanent On-site | Windsor, ON
Description
Job Title: Operations Supervisor – Continental shift (day/a/f/midnights)
Responsibilities: To provide leadership and direction through proper training and communication to operations personnel to meet schedules. To supervise the manufacturing and packaging of product in a safe and cost effective manner in accordance with Standard Operating Procedures and Good Manufacturing Practices.
Specific Key Responsibilities & Duties
- Assign operators to specific duties on a day-to-day basis.
- Responsible for supervising all three key departments, manufacturing, packaging and warehouse.
- Assist in planning of daily and weekly production schedules and staffing requirements.
- Trouble shoot any production problems to minimize impact.
- Maintain safe and efficient operations.
- Provide initial, and ongoing training to operators in areas of safety, equipment and handling, Standard Operating Procedures, GMP requirements and company policies and practices.
- Inspect all machinery for cleanliness, safety requirements and proper set up prior to production.
- Monitor and maintain housekeeping and sanitation programs/standards.
- Investigate opportunities for improvement to increase efficiencies.
- Interact with peers, subordinates and other departments to achieve common goals.
- Complete and offer suggestions for improvement of all manufacturing and packaging documentation.
- Check and approve labour reports and overtime as submitted by employees.
- Monitor equipment and premises, issuing work orders for maintenance required and continued follow-ups to ensure that repairs are completed on a timely basis.
- Participates in employee evaluations and discipline.
- Maintain necessary inventory of tablet tooling, spare parts and materials.
- Ensure all ingredients are present as stated in the manufacturing formula and packaging form prior to production.
- Escalate any problems during a production run with recommendations for their solution.
- Escalate deviations from Standard Operating Procedures and manufacturing/packaging instructions.
- Working in compliance with the company’s Health & Safety Policies/SOPs including but not limited to the Safety Responsibilities Procedure.
- Will comply with Good Manufacturing Practices in all GMP sensitive areas.
Qualifications
- Three (3) years supervisory experience in the pharmaceutical industry specifically in the manufacturing of tablet Compression and coating and/or equivalent University or College degree in a science related field.
- Managing/supervising unionized employee an asset.
- Computer literate.
- Working knowledge of regulations (GMP’s and WHMIS).
- Problem solving skills and abilities.
- Proven human relation and communication skills.
- Must be self-motivated and be able to work in a TEAM environment.
- Validation experience would be an asset.
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