If you have the supervisory and people skill to motivate and coach; the ability to closely follow, and ensure the team follows, lab processes; and the desire to become part of a great team in a growing organization where you can build a career home, this could be a great opportunity for you! You will:

• Showcase your potential to take on additional responsibilities and advance -- success in this role can set you up to pursue virtually endless opportunities to go as high and as far as you wish to build your career in our fast-growing organization.
• Enjoy professional development when you’re ready – if you are motivated to come ask for training, we’re going to find a way to help you keep learning.
• Earn a competitive wage and comprehensive benefits in an upbeat, collaborative culture.
• Enjoy the stability and resources of a growing global organization -- our recent combination with Luxottica has made Essilor the world's largest player in the eyewear industry.

Improving Lives By Improving Sight. Interstate Optical is a division of Essilor of America, Inc., the leading manufacturer of eyeglass lenses in the United States, which employs more than 7,000 people and operates the largest and most comprehensive optical laboratory network in the U.S. Essilor of America, Inc. is a subsidiary of Paris-based Essilor International. Essilor manufactures optical lenses under the Varilux®, Crizal®, Transitions®, and other brands, and our products are worn by one billion people daily. Essilor has been on Forbes' list of the World's 100 Most Innovative Companies every year since 2010.

To meet the basic qualification for this role, you will have legal authorization to work permanently in the United States for any employer without requiring a visa transfer or visa sponsorship. In addition, to be a good fit for the 2nd Shift Supervisor opportunity, you will have:

• High School diploma or equivalent
• 2+ years of proven management /supervisory experience
• Experience working in a production environment, ideally in a similar industry dealing with small component parts (light industrial), including experience working with technical equipment
• Demonstrated supervisory skills, including strong ability to coach and motivate employees to meet performance goals
• Excellent Communication skills, both verbal and written; strong interpersonal skills including comfortability with coaching and training individuals and teams
• Basic computer skills including use of e-mail, word processing and spreadsheet applications, ideally Microsoft Office programs

Preferred but not required:

• Optical laboratory operations and production experience, including supervision of machine maintenance, preferred
• Knowledge of Essilor lens coating processes and product lines, and of the optical industry and customer base, would be helpful
• Positive customer relations abilities and experience
• Experience working with statistical analysis tools to gather and report data

Our 2nd shift runs from about 2-11pm Monday through Friday, but we’re growing fast and running the lab during extra hours right now. This is a salaried position, so we’re looking for someone flexible enough to start a bit earlier, stay a bit later, or come in on weekends as needed to meet business goals.

Reporting to the Department Managers, you will oversee and direct the activities of the 39+ employees on our (growing) second shift. We already have strong processes in place and a culture built by a long-tenured team, so your first goal will be to come in and learn how we do things, become part of the team, and keep everything running according to process. Once you’ve had time to integrate and get to know how we do things here, there will be room for you to make suggestions for process improvement. At the end of the day, you will be responsible for managing second shift operations to ensure the team is providing a quality product, on time and within budget.

Day-to-day, you’ll answer to the Department Managers for process instructions, and then work with the teams to ensure those processes run smoothly. Most of your time will be spent with the employees, confirming they’re on task and acting as an escalation point to help with any problems they may have, and tracking production numbers throughout the shift. You’ll also communicate to the other shift supervisors and managers with shift reports to ensure everyone is on the same page. You’ll know you’re succeeding in the role if you’re able to keep the processes moving while maintaining employee morale, and if you build strong relationships with the rest of the supervisory and management team.

Some of your specific tasks will be to:

• Direct and oversee all operations of responsibility to ensure acceptable levels of quality and performance.
• Ensure proper training is provided to employees on all processes and equipment.
• Lead large scale projects throughout the lab for the purposes of improving process flow and throughput.
• Analyze problems that arise and determine actions that will minimize the problems, decrease costs and/or improve yields; recommend changes and, upon approval, implement those changes.
• Maintain department budget including labor and equipment costs.
• Ensure proper communication and coaching of employees is completed on a consistent basis according to company policy.
• Maintain performance records on all employees, communicate performance levels to each employee routinely, and coach employees on methods and techniques for improving performance.
• Assist in analyzing and recommending the purchase of new equipment for the lab as needed.
• Ensure that all safety standards are maintained in the work area.

Note: this description is intended to give you a general overview of the position and is not an exhaustive listing of duties and responsibilities.

Excellent team
We have a long-tenured team of great people who came up through the ranks and enjoy working here. We all support each other in a collegial environment. Our foundation of success as a team is in our ability to share observations and ideas openly, from better ways to approach a problem to new processes, and we work together to make and implement decisions as a team.

Training
Our in-house training program will acquaint you with our culture and business, as well as your role. You'll spend time shadowing your first-shift peers as well as leadership and learning our processes. We're committed to setting you up for success and ensuring you thrive at Essilor.

Professional growth
Though much of your training will be on-the-job, we will gladly give you the resources to learn if you’re motivated to do so. If you ask for development, we’ll teach you anything you want to know, and offer a great deal of freedom to develop your career path. We prefer to promote from within, and fast growth is creating plenty of opportunity for proven performers. Once you find success in this role, you can build your career towards other positions within Interstate Optical, or across the wider Essilor organization.

Great environment
You will join a team that includes dedicated, smart and mutually supportive professionals. Our culture is entrepreneurial, and the company has been innovating both technologically and to solve problems for 170 years. You'll also learn the cultural nuances of working for a company based in another country, if that's new to you.

Truly living our values
At Essilor, we believe everyone deserves to see life and all its detail with the best vision possible. That's why, in addition to designing, manufacturing and distributing quality vision care solutions worldwide, we invest in raising awareness of the importance of good vision, support eyecare professionals, invent new technologies and products, and support philanthropic initiatives. For example, the Essilor Vision Foundation partners with schools, eye doctors, and communities to provide eye exams and glasses to underserved children at no cost to their families. We also are committed to robust standards for environmental sustainability. These are just a couple of reasons we were one of the 52 companies named to Fortune magazine's 2019 Change the World list.

Excellent compensation
In addition to competitive compensation, we offer an exceptional mix of first-rate benefits, including medical, dental and vision plans; a 401(k) plan with company match; tuition reimbursement; comprehensive training through Essilor University; lens and frame benefits for you and your family; an employee stock purchase plan with company match; and more.

Video: As part of the #DifferenceMakers campaign, Essilor chose four eyecare professionals and three Essilor employees to participate in a mission trip to Southeast Asia in March 2019.