Operations Supervisor

These are just a few of the benefits you can expect from working with Savage:

• A safety focused culture that appreciates our Team Members
  
• Uniforms and laundry service
• Paid Time Off (“PTO”), Paid Holidays, Profit Sharing 
• Excellent benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, 401(k)

Here is what you will be doing:

• Actively supervise and instruct in all activities in railcar washing, switching, and loading areas including:

• • Detailed inspection of railcars before loading to ensure cars are in good order
  • Safe switching and indexing of railcars within structures
  • Accurate loading of correct products as documented in Customer systems and in communication with Customer operators in plant
  • Accurate sampling of products in correlation with loads
  • Reconciliation and tracking of all activities
• Use loading management software to ensure that all railcars that enter, exit, or load within the process area are accurately documented
• Oversee safe execution of rail movements and switch lists based on day-to-day needs and changes
• Proactively predict logistics difficulties, use problem solving skills to actively prevent logistics difficulties before they happen
• Communicate with Customer plant operators to ensure paring of loading activities with plant production
• Drive over all quality control and product control between two Customer partners
• Actively foresee and manage needs for the correct volume, type, and owner of railcars to meet production needs which will change from day to day
• Drive front-line walk downs of work areas and loading superstructure to complete tier-1 maintenance checks
• Respond to active reporting needs from the Customer and Savage Logistics or Operations Managers
• Accurately and professionally hand off logistics tasks surrounding shift changes
• Lead the Operation Clean Sweep and 5S efforts at facility

Requirements of a successful Operations Supervisor:

• Detailed understanding of the needs of rail movements and mechanical reliability in order to provide a continual stream of cars to the loading area
• Safety leader in areas with heavy equipment, moving railcars, and 8-10 Team Members working per shift
• Supervise and instruct Team Members who may be performing separate tasks at once
• Communicate detailed instructions and patiently repeat instructions in order for them to be performed correctly
• Work a rotating shift, 24-hour day-time schedule. This will result in holidays and weekends being on rotation as well as rotations on night shift
• Work with limited supervision – can accurately and efficiently keep railcar washing and loading activities progressing with limited input from Operations Manager
• Demonstrates a sense of ownership for responsibilities, understands the correct execution of their tasks have implications for the entire team
• Can proactively identify problem areas with customers and work with manager to develop a resolution

What we need from you:

• 3-5 Years’ experience in a rail switching operations minimum
• Experience with in-plant or bulk plastics rail activities strongly preferred
• High school graduate or GED equivalent required
• Understand and apply SHAP’s safety process
• Active role in S7 implementation  

Here are some of the physical requirements for this role:

• Work will be primarily outdoors and exposed to the elements
• Office environment located in an industrial plant
• Sit for prolonged periods of times
• Travel long distances, on occasion, for additional training or support