Production Supervisor

Worknigeria

Remote

JOB TITLE: Production Supervisor
LOCATION: Osisioma Aba, Abia State
WORKMODE: Full-time On-site
REPORTS TO: Plant / Operations Manager
SECTOR: Manufacturing.
ABOUT NIPLAS:*

Our client is a plastic manufacturing company scaling from a regional factory to a national brand. Aba plant is our core production hub — mainly injection moulding production process. They produce household plastics, industrial containers, and custom OEM products.

ROLE PURPOSE:*

Take full ownership of daily production at Aba plant — man, machine, material, output. Your job is to deliver quality products on time, at target cost, with zero downtime culture.

*KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:*

1. Production & Output*

Plan and execute daily/weekly production schedule based on sales orders

Meet daily tonnage / units target — 100% OEE focus

Reduce changeover time, control scrap rate

2. Machines & Maintenance*

Manage injection molding, blow molding, extrusion machines

Work with maintenance team on preventive maintenance — no reactive firefighting

Keep mold register, machine logbook, downtime tracker

3. Quality & Process*

Ensure first-off approval, in-line QC, weight & thickness control

Enforce SOPs — material mixing ratio, heating temperature, cycle time

Zero tolerance for short-weight, poor quality or off-spec products

4. People & Factory Discipline*

Lead over 200 production staff — operators, mixers, packers — across shifts

Daily toolbox meeting, shift handover, discipline, attendance

Train operators on machine handling and safety

5. Materials & Cost*

Manage raw material — PP, HDPE, masterbatch — issuance vs output reconciliation

Track resin consumption per kg of product — report variance daily

Control regrind usage within approved %

6. Reporting*

Daily production report: planned vs actual, downtime, scrap, power consumption

Weekly report to Plant Manager — efficiency, cost, issues

REQUIREMENTS:

B.Eng / HND in Mechanical, Polymer, Chemical, Industrial Engineering — or equivalent factory experience
3-5 years experience in plastics manufacturing — MUST have worked on injection molding as Production Manager / Shift Manager
Hands-on with molds, hydraulics, heaters, robots — not just office manager
Experience managing 30+ factory workers in Aba / Onitsha / Nnewi industrial environment
Strong with Excel, basic ERP / production log systems
Lives in Aba or willing to relocate — must have factory-first mindset