Production & Maintenance Supervisor - 2nd Shift

Overview

Minerals Technologies Inc. (MTI) is a leading, technology-driven specialty minerals company that develops, produces, and markets a broad range of mineral and mineral-based products, related systems and services. MTI serves a wide range of consumer and industrial markets, including household and personal care, paper, foundry, steel, construction and environmental solutions around the world. The company reported global sales of $2.1 billion in 2024.MTI focuses on two major segments - Consumer & Specialties and Engineered Solutions.

Our Consumer & Specialties segment offers technologically enhanced products to consumer-driven end markets plus specialty additives that become functional components in a variety of consumer and industrial goods. This segment includes our Household & Personal Care and Specialty Additives product lines. The Household & Personal Care product line provides mineral-to-market products that serve consumer-oriented end markets including Pet Care, Personal Care, Fabric Care, Edible Oil, and Renewable Fuel Purification. Our Specialty Additives product line provides mineral-based technologies serving Paper, Packaging, Sealants & Adhesives, Paint & Coatings, Ceramics, Plastics, Food & Pharmaceutical markets.

Our Engineered Solutions segment offers advanced process technologies and solutions that are designed to improve our customers' manufacturing processes and projects. This segment includes our High-Temperature Technologies and Environmental & Infrastructure product lines. Our High-Temperature Technologies product line offers specially-formulated blends and technologies primarily for Foundry and Steelmaking industries. Our Environmental & Infrastructure product line provides waterproofing, water purification, remediation and other fluid management technologies for critical projects for Remediation, Water Purification, and Infrastructure.

MTI provides a business environment and promotes a culture that encourages all employees to contribute to our success. We have long been committed to the recruitment and advancement of the most talented and qualified people. We recognize that MTI's ability to provide the highest caliber of products and services is enhanced by a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities and countries in which we work.

What We Offer:

• Competitive pay, commensurate with experience
• Health/Dental/Vision plans
• 401k company match
• Life Insurance
• Short Term Disability & Long-Term Disability
• Educational Assistance
• Employee Assistance Plan

Position: Production & Maintenance Supervisor - 2nd Shift

Location: USA | Adams, MA

Compensation: approx. $90k-$110k

Summary

The 2nd Shift Supervisor is responsible for: (1) overseeing and responding to maintenance and production activities. (2) producing sufficient product at budgeted rates to meet sales demands; (3) ensuring the quality of products produced; (4) sustaining good employee communication and morale to ensure a motivated and productive labor force, (5) promoting and facilitating the progress of High Performance Work Systems within the department, and (6) performing other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities

Production

• Maintains necessary control of production flow to ensure that schedules will be maintained.
• Coordinates with maintenance department personnel to schedule maintenance and repairs of production equipment and facilities.
• Prepares operating schedules to insure efficient production levels
• Controls all direct labor and material cost in area.
• Performs new equipment and facilities evaluation and recommends the disposition of worn or obsolete material/equipment in order to improve upon capacity and cost goals.
• Helps plan and execute special projects and evaluations

Quality Assurance

• Ensures that products or raw materials (packaging supplies) meet established quality standards, fully utilizing recognized control systems and procedures.
• Maintains contact with the Quality Assurance Department and Sales for clarification of customer requirements. May visit customer sites.

Employee Relations/Performance Management/Training & Development

• Establishes personal contact with the workforce to ensure high employee morale and cooperation.
• Evaluates subordinates' work performance and gives feedback regarding all strengths and weaknesses
• Establishes employee goals in line with plant/department objectives and enters into Performance Management system
• Completes employee annual and mid-year performance evaluations in Performance Management system and delivers one-on one performance reviews with department personnel.
• Makes every good faith effort to achieve Department EEO objectives and ensure that personnel practices are fair and consistent with Governmental regulations.
• Update all employee job descriptions and position checklists as needed to ensure duties/responsibilities are current and accurate and review with employees so they have a clear understanding of their role.

Safety & Health

• Maintains company safety standards and reports all unsafe conditions to EHS/Engineering for prompt corrective action.
• Reports all accidents promptly and continually indoctrinates employees with safety principles and practices.

Continuous Improvement/Lean

• Acts as resource and champion for department continuous improvement activities (Suggestion Program, 5S, Kaizen, TPM, problem solving, etc.).
• Manages individual employee involvement in continuous improvement activities to ensure equal opportunities are available for all department members to participate and contribute.
• Promotes the development and advancement of the High Performance Work System in the department.

Principal Working Relationships:

• Works closely with Shift Supervisors/Shift Leads in the delegation of operating responsibilities.
• Works with Maintenance Department personnel to ensure proper preventive and corrective maintenance is carried out appropriately.
• Works with Human Resources in the effective handling of employee relations issues.
• Works with Safety Coordinator in updating indices, analyzing trends, etc., to improve department safety and ensure MSHA compliance.
• Meets quality and quantity demands through effective planning and operation of area, and maintains desired inventory levels.

Note: Management reserves the right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

Qualifications

The requirements listed in the sections that follow are representative of the knowledge, skills and/or abilities required to perform the duties of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions (primary duties) of the job.

Education: Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• 3 to 5 years of production-related experience
• Must have the ability to communicate effectively, to motivate others and to promote a positive work atmosphere.
• Self-starter who can work effectively with a minimum of supervision
• Must have the ability to work effectively with all levels of employees within the company
• Incumbent must have demonstrated a willingness to challenge conventional ideas, be flexible, innovative and be able to function effectively in a team format
• A working knowledge of computer systems - Microsoft Office, Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint
• Ability to read, write, listen, speak, and understand English
• Ability to follow instructions and other oral/written information, compose correspondence in a professional manner, complete paperwork and other documentation accurately
• Work independently and with others
• Communicate effectively with all individuals internal and external to the organization
• Analyze information/situations as needed, be organized and detail-oriented, be able to identify/judge the urgency of a situation, use judgment in decision making and use creativity and negotiation when necessary.
• Self-directed, take initiative and be persistent when appropriate to accomplish necessary duties and keep busy without prompting
• Adaptable/flexible to changing work assignments
• High level of integrity, motivate and lead others/provide direction, have dependability and self-control to maintain composure, perform multiple tasks at once, learn and memorize procedures, manage time effectively and efficiently, meet established deadlines, display a cooperative attitude, read, understand and follow all company, job specific and safety policies/procedures, and attend/use all required training.
• Ability to travel is preferred

Work Hours: 2nd Shift - 2:00 PM ET - 10:00 PM ET. Must have ability to work the shift/number of hours in which duties need to be accomplished, including overtime, holidays, and weekends, as necessary. Call-ins may occur as needed.

Working Conditions:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is typically required to regularly conduct work in a controlled office environment, moving around the office as needed, sitting at a desk, and using office equipment, including but not limited to a personal computer, fax, copier and phone.
• Constant contact with individuals internal and external to the organization occurs via various methods of communication typically including face-to-face discussions, electronic mail, phone calls, written letters and/or faxes.
• On a frequent basis, there may be exposure to plant production areas, which includes exposure to outside weather conditions as well as loud noise from equipment and dust from production processes. Exposure to plant areas requires the use of appropriate safety equipment. Personal protective equipment is available for employee use in these circumstances.

Safety Training: A new employee hired to perform the duties of this position is to be provided New Employee Training from a qualified individual, which consists of classroom training and may include a tour of plant area(s). Additional refresher safety training will be required as management deems appropriate and/or as dictated by MSHA regulations.