Job Description

Atlas® is an innovative, customer-oriented provider of asphalt shingles, roof underlayments, rigid expanded polystyrene, and polyiso insulation, geofoam, cold chain, protective packaging, lost foam, and cutting-edge coated and paper facers and underlayments for a diverse set of markets. Atlas has grown from a single asphalt shingle manufacturing facility to 36 facilities in North America with worldwide product distribution. Products from the company’s four major divisions, Polyiso Roof & Wall Insulation, Shingle & Underlayment, Molded Products, and Web Technologies, are manufactured in state-of-the-art facilities and shipped from its network of manufacturing plants and distribution facilities in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. For more information, please visit www.AtlasRoofing.com.

Atlas Molded Products specializes in the development and manufacture of innovative, high performance molded polystyrene for architectural insulation, geofoam, protective packaging, cold chain packaging, and industrial OEM applications.

With plants across the United States, Atlas Molded Products can provide product solutions coast-to-coast. When combining block molding and shape molding, Atlas Molded Products has the most extensive polystyrene processing capabilities in the United States and maintains the highest standards of excellence in products, quality, and customer service.

Atlas Molded Products is seeking a Production and Scheduling Supervisor for the Arlington, TX facility.

Production Supervisor Primary Responsibilities

• Directly supervises production personnel to ensure that orders are produced in a timely fashion and adhere to safety and quality standards in accordance with company policies and applicable laws.

• Develop production schedules for all areas of production to maximize available machine time, labor, and material with a demonstrated understanding of work center capacity.
• Communicate abnormalities such as spikes in demand or lack of work clearly and with maximum advance notice to the production leadership team.
• Utilize ERP system, including reports, to more effectively schedule and dispatch; fully utilize and understand all modules including Scheduling Dashboard, Production Calendar, Shipping Dashboard, Load Summary, PID Maintenance, BOM/Routings
• Enter scheduling information into ERP system, and other data tracking programs as necessary.
• Coordinate Production Scheduling with freight/dispatching to ensure loads are complete and ready to be shipped based on customer needs.
• Negotiate with third party carriers for value rates (pricing as well as service)

• Must be able to learn and understand the manufacturing processes, quality standards, equipment operations, safety requirements, and departmental procedures necessary to lead and troubleshoot assigned production areas.
• Analyzes discrepancies to devise and implement a corrective plan of action.
• Trains and provides support to new and current employees to ensure complete understanding of roles and responsibilities.
• Provides feedback in employment decisions such as performance appraisals, disciplinary actions, and the hiring and termination of production personnel.
• May perform various functions in PeopleSoft including creating jobs, printing job travelers, issuing materials, and reporting quantities.
• May be required to report plant metrics such as LF/HR, Blocks/HR, and scrap rates.
• Must help drive the culture for Best-in-Class Safety

Production Supervisor Experience

• Prior experience in a manufacturing / industrial environment preferred.
• Prior supervisory experience preferred.

• Prior scheduling experience preferred.
• Prior warehouse experience preferred.

Production Supervisor Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Must be fluent in the English language, both written and spoken.

• Must be able to learn and understand the manufacturing processes, quality standards, equipment operations, safety requirements, and departmental procedures necessary to lead and troubleshoot assigned production areas.

• Ability to deal effectively with changes in production scheduling and ensure production processing/paperwork accuracy.
• Ability to communicate clearly (both orally and written) to personnel from a variety of functional areas.
• Advanced math skills (Able to do statistical analysis, budgeting and forecasting)
• Computer skills (Word, Excel, Email, PowerPoint, PeopleSoft, ADP)
• Able to analyze costs, benefits, risk and success of a decision.

Production Supervisor Education, Licenses & Certifications

• Two year or 4 year college degree in related field preferred but not required.

Production Scheduler Additional Information

• Light to moderate physical effort required including sitting, standing, walking, kneeling, squatting, climbing steps or ladders, grasping, fine and course manipulation, reaching both forward and above head level, and tolerant of temperature changes for the entire shift.

Total Compensation

• Atlas Molded Products offers a competitive compensation and vacation/holiday package as well as a comprehensive benefits program including Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Life/AD&D/LTD insurance, 401k and Medical & Dependent Care Spending Accounts.

Atlas Roofing Corporation is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

No calls or agencies please.