Production Supervisor II

CSL Behring is a global leader in the protein bio therapeutics industry, focused on bringing to market bio therapies used to treat serious and often rare conditions. CSL Behring operates CSL Plasma , one of the world's largest collectors of human plasma, which is used to create CSL’s therapies.

Supervise the activities of production operators to assure safe, timely, efficient manufacture of quality products in accordance with policy and procedures; coordinates with Maintenance, Engineering, Quality Control, and Quality Assurance to assure their timely support in maintaining, improving, and assuring the manufacturing areas, equipment, and operations are suitable and in compliance with cGMPs; supervises, trains, and motivates production operators to assure the development of a skilled, productive workforce. Supervise the activities of production operators to assure safe, timely, efficient manufacture of quality products in accordance with policy and procedures; coordinates with Maintenance, Engineering, Quality Control, and Quality Assurance to assure their timely support in maintaining, improving, and assuring the manufacturing areas, equipment, and operations are suitable and in compliance with cGMPs; supervises, trains, and motivates production operators to assure the development of a skilled, productive workforce.

* Ensure compliance to cGMPs in manufacturing * Establish adequate coverage to support the manufacturing schedule. Coordination of daily job assignments. Identify overtime requirements. * Monitor, review, and complete manufacturing procedures and log books as they are being filled in on the production floor * Spend significant part of shift actively monitoring the operation on the production floor * Enforce plant and department policies and procedures * Conduct weekly communication/training meetings * Ensure that manufacturing area and equipment is in satisfactory condition. Approve work orders and discuss issues with maintenance department. * Communicates issues with department Management. * Coordinate training activities with operators * Maintain a safe work environment. * Achieve production requirements * Lead, coach, and discipline work force * Collect all pertinent data to support discrepancies * Ensure trained status of operators prior to job assignment * Resource allocation decisions: * Facility: Coordinate; PMs, maintenance, calibrations * Personnel * Equipment * All supervisors on a specific shift will perform annual evaluation for production assistants. * Weekly review of new union operators

**Position Qualifications and Experience Requirements:** Bachelor’s degree in a Science or Technical discipline (Biology, Chemistry, Microbiology, Physics, Engineering etc.) and at least 2 years production supervisory experience or relevant process knowledge /pharmaceutical experience with demonstrated ability to lead. Or Bachelor’s degree (non-technical) and at least 3 years production supervisory experience and/or relevant process knowledge / pharmaceutical experience with demonstrated ability to lead. Or Associate Degree or High School diploma with at least 5 years of production supervisory experience and/or relevant process knowledge /pharmaceutical experience with demonstrated ability to lead. Ability to direct/train personnel, manage behavior, set priorities. **Competencies** PC literate, with word processing, spreadsheet, and database management applications. Proven organizational and interpersonal skills, effective written and oral communications skills and leadership skills. Problem solving abilities, creativity, efficient time management. Analytical and conceptual thinking. Efficient use of networking. Proven decision-making skills.