Production Supervisor - Night Shift

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 Night Shift Production Supervisor (7pm - 7am) who will have a positive impact on the Operations team at its Roff, OK 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 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 SLAM risk protocol. Report all near hit incidents, unsafe acts, or situations and injures immediately to the Operations Manager.
• 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/or efficient manner.
• Ensure safe work operations and aid in safety training
• Conduct safety meetings with employees as required.
• Directly supervise production activities which include:
  
  
  
  • Mining
  • Processing
  • Shipping
  • Housekeeping
  
  
  
  

• Provide assignments and instructions to employees to ensure continuity of tasks and efforts from shift to shift.
• Devise 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, provide, and/or recommend necessary training needs for the plant operations personnel.
• Monitor manpower requirements and recommend changes.
• Ensure "good housekeeping" practices in all areas of the operation.
• Report major problems to the Operations Manager immediately.
• Collect, check, and forward all necessary labor and operating reports.
• Maintain an accurate physical inventory of finished products.
• Regularly initiate or participate on Continuous improvement Teams.
• Recommend changes in standards or work methods to improve safety and productivity.
• Work closely with Customer Service to schedule shipments.
• Maintain open communications with subordinates and superiors, both orally and by written reports.
• Handle discipline within the department when required
• Perform other duties as assigned.

The successful candidate will have the following Minimum Qualifications:

• A minimum of 2 years production and shipping experience is preferred.
• The ideal candidate will be a leader with prior experience supervising in an industrial or mining environment.
• Exhibit a team focus and the ability to achieve results through others.
• Bachelor's degree preferred; high school diploma required.

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
• Paid Time Off + Paid Holidays
• Disability plans and Life / AD&D
• Employee Assistance Program

An Equal Opportunity Employer

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