Production Supervisor

Covia responsibly provides minerals solutions for a better tomorrow. As a leading provider of diversified minerals, our products support a variety of industrial markets, including glass, ceramics, coatings, metals, foundry, polymers, construction, water filtration, and sports and recreation. Long-standing relationships with a broad customer base enable Covia's market-inspired approach to innovation to enhance solutions and customer benefits. Underpinning these strengths is an unwavering commitment to safety and to sustainable development, further enhancing the value that Covia delivers to all its stakeholders.

Covia is looking for a dynamic Production Supervisor who will have a positive impact on the Operations team at its Fort Smith AR location. As a Production Supervisor, you will report to the Operations Manager and will directly supervise the production and shipping operations to ensure that output is maximized at the lowest cost while maintaining safety and quality requirements. The Fort Smith Plant utilizes a rotating work schedule.

The successful candidate will have the following Key Accountabilities:

• Accept personal responsibility for your own safety by working to maintain a safe work environment and evaluating all tasks utilizing the Covia SLAM (Stop, Look, Analyze, Manage) risk protocol. Report all near miss incidents, unsafe acts, or situations and injuries immediately.
• Administer all facets of the safety and health policies while adhering to the SLAM risk method within the sphere of all tasks.
• Advise the Operations Manager of potential problems that might affect the plant's ability to produce in a safe and efficient manner.
• Conduct regular safety meetings and weekly toolbox safety talks with shift employees.
• Directly supervise production activities which include:
  
  
  
  • Receiving of Raw Materials via truck or rail
  • Raw Material and Product Flow within Plant
  • Chemical Additive Flow and Inventory
  • Kiln Operation
  • Screening
  • Ball Mill Operations
  • Raw material and finished product quality sampling
  • Product storage
  • Bulk and Bagged Loading and Shipping
  • Maintenance
  • QC
  
  
  
  
• Provide assignments and instructions to employees to ensure continuity of tasks and efforts from shift to shift.
• Devise production schedules to fill all orders on time, while minimizing cost and maximizing production.
• Maintain product quality standards in the applicable areas of responsibility.
• Initiate and follow-up on maintenance requests.
• Identify, administer, and/or recommend necessary training needs for the plant operations personnel.
• Monitor manpower requirements and recommend changes or improvements.
• Ensure "good housekeeping" and safe work areas throughout active plant production area.
• Report issues of concern to Plant Management immediately.
• Collect, check, and forward all necessary labor and operating reports.
• Maintain an accurate physical inventory of finished goods.
• Regularly initiate or participate on Continuous Improvement Teams.
• Work closely with Customer Service to schedule shipments.
• Maintain open communications with direct reports and management, both orally and by written reports.
• Become proficient in Covia IFS platform which is a cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution that integrates data and processes across multiple departments and locations. It is used for asset (work orders and history), project and supply chain management.
• Handle coaching and discipline within the production department.
• Monitor and maintain sites quality and EH&S standards.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

The successful incumbent will have the following Minimum Qualifications:

• A minimum of 2 years' production and shipping experience is required.
• The ideal candidate will be a leader with prior experience supervising in an industrial or mineral processing environment.
• Exhibit team focus and the ability to achieve results through others.
• Preference given to candidates with Kiln or Ball Mill production experience.
• Preference given to candidates that have a bachelor's degree in engineering, science, or technical field.

Commitment to Our Culture:

Our core values - Safety, Team, Customers, Growth, and Courage-guide our work every day and will help us achieve our vision: Covia is the leading minerals solutions provider, and through the passion and commitment of our people, we enable customer success-ensuring a sustainable future for our company.

All Covia Team Members are expected to:

• Live the Life-Saving Rules
• Build high-performing work teams
• Focus on customers
• Demonstrate a growth mindset
• Do the right thing, always

At Covia, we strive for and support a diverse workforce as we firmly believe this lays the foundation of our success. Our compelling culture supports inclusion, individuality, and respect within the workplace. We are committed to providing employment opportunities to the most qualified candidate based on work-related factors and without regard to non-work-related factors including race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, or military service or reserve or veteran status.

The organization offers competitive salaries, advancement opportunities, and a full range of benefits.

Benefits:

• Excellent Healthcare Benefits - medical, vision, dental
• 401K with company matching
• Vacation + Paid Holidays
• Disability, Life / AD&D, and Long-Term Care Insurances
• Employee Assistance Program

An Equal Opportunity Employer

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