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. 

MTI focuses on two major segments – Consumer & Specialties and Engineered Solutions. 

Our Consumer & Specialties segment includes our Household & Personal Care and Specialty Additives product lines.

Our Engineered Solutions segment includes our High-Temperature Technologies and Environmental & Infrastructure product lines. 

MTI is committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive work environment for all employees. In our offices around the world, our differences are respected and valued as essential to MTI’s continued growth and innovation. Our goal is to ensure that all employees at MTI experience our workplace as a welcoming and respectful environment where they can achieve their full potential.

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

Job Title: Production Supervisor

Location: Dyersburg, TN | U.S.

*This is considered a safety sensitive position, therefore will be subject to random drug testing as required. 

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Actively promote and enforce safe work, good housekeeping and hygiene practices within the context of the MTI Safety program.
• Leads daily Production Meeting, attends Leadership Meeting and ensures that the plant is following schedules and implements corrective action to prevent schedule deviation to meet shipping due
• Coordinate line packaging. Completes necessary production/labor reports
• Controls shift departmental expenses.
• Ensures proper training and job instruction of employees with respect to expected standards of work performance, quality, hygiene, and job
• Ensures fair treatment of employees via established Company
• Development of new methods, policies, systems and procedures that ensure efficient and effective operation pertaining to all operations of the
• Supervises and encourages the participation of all plant personnel in attaining Cost Reduction goals. Actively communicates and promotes
• Attend to duties and projects as assigned by Manager or his/her
• The Production Supervisor is responsible for ensuring the efficient operation of the production on the
• Plans, directs and coordinates production schedules to meet order due dates.
• Responsible for managing all production resources to ensure that there is efficient production of finished
• Assigns work to ensure that scheduled requirements are met, all required procedures are followed, and all products are shipped on
• Ensure that all established standards for labor, material utilization and product quality are
• Supervise & encourage the participation of the shift manufacturing personnel and maintenance in attaining Cost Reduction Actively communicate and promote involvement.
• Communication & coordination with all departments with regards to all manufacturing issues, especially with Scheduling & Shipping dealing with reporting current & future Customer schedules, available capacity and projected completion dates for orders. Communicates all production issues to Plant
• Recommends hiring promotion, demotion, termination & salary
• Conducts Performance Evaluation of employees reporting into this function. Applies corrective discipline as required. Ensures that all written documentation complies with company policies &
• Performs other duties as

Operational Excellence/Lean/Continuous Improvement:

• Acts as resource and champion for department continuous improvement
• Drives OEE for the production lines, deep dives into downtime pareto charts, utilizes Vorne OEE system for identifying and driving improvement opportunities.
• Leads the progression of suggestions on the Employee Suggestion Board.
• Develops and implements Leader Standard Work.
• Leads the shop floor culture for 5S in the plant.
• Performs audits of various lean components to company standards. Creates action plans to close identified gaps, and leads the execution of the action items.

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 & Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred; HS Diploma required.
• 3+ years Production experience in a supervisor or lead role in a Manufacturing environment.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal
• Strong customer service and analytical problem-solving
• Ability to learn and develop quickly through personal
• Organized, enthusiastic and self-motivated.
• Full understanding of MS Office (heavily focused on Outlook, Word, and Excel).
• Read, writ, speak, and understand English

Working Conditions:

• Warehouse / Manufacturing Environment