Assembly Supervisor (OPP26410)

Role Overview

Supervise assembly operations to ensure production goals are met while maintaining quality and safety standards.

Role Accountabilities

• Implement, manage, and monitor assembly processes to maintain efficient and reliable production operations.
• Plan work schedules and manage employee hours, reallocating staff as needed to sustain production line continuity.
• Identify factors that may impact on-time productivity and notify the manager promptly to mitigate delays.
• Interview and evaluate candidates to select qualified personnel for assembly positions.
• Assess skill levels and coordinate training to maintain a capable and effective assembly team.
• Verify tools and equipment calibration requirements are met according to established schedules.
• Investigate part discrepancies and coordinate resolution to prevent production interruptions.
• Provide temporary coverage for absent team members to maintain production continuity.
• Investigate and address quality non-conformances, notifying quality control and/or quality assurance.
• Issue work orders, schematics, specifications, and instructions to team leads.
• Troubleshoot assembly issues and resolve, escalating to manager as necessary.
• Identify and report production constraints related to equipment, staffing, or capacity to the manager.
• Conduct random inspections of assembly lines to verify adherence to established processes and procedures.
• Monitor work areas for unsafe practices, equipment issues, and PPE compliance and address concerns promptly.
• Verify daily completion of 6S standards to maintain organized and efficient work areas.

General Employee Accountabilities

• Bring full effort to bear on tasks assigned by manager.
• Give manager best advice.
• Give earliest notice when work cannot be delivered as specified.
• Cooperate and collaborate with peers and interact cross-organizationally as specified by manager.
• Exemplify Company Core Values: Integrity, Client Focus, Team Orientation, and Personal Commitment.
• Comply with all Company policies, practices, and procedures and all regulations and laws.
• Recommend viable improvements proactively.
• Ensure effective utilization of business tools and processes.

Manager Accountabilities

• Build and lead a team of committed and capable employees.
• Plan for, appropriately assign, resource, and integrate the work of the team.
• Lead, expect, and implement continuous improvement.
• Own the output of the team.
• Ensure team members fulfill functional and general employee accountabilities.
• Exercise effective managerial leadership to include two-way managerial team working.
• Fair and just treatment of direct reports.
• Context setting.
• Planning.
• Task assignment.
• Ongoing performance management.
• Coaching.
• Selection and orientation.
• De-selection and dismissal.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• 2 years' experience in a supervisory or lead role.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of manufacturing operations and production processes.
• Proficiency using hand tools and power tools.
• Demonstrated success leading teams to accomplish business goals.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency working with an ERP system.
• Ability to lift, push, and pull up to 40 lbs.
• Demonstrated successful working relationships with clients, suppliers, and other internal and external contacts.
• Demonstrated successful and positive personal leadership, interpersonal, organizational, administrative, and communication skills.
• Demonstrated continuous improvement in areas of responsibility.
• Proficiency in MS Word, Excel and Outlook.
• Availability to travel domestically and internationally, up to 5 %, sometimes with limited notice.

Preferred Qualifications

• Associate's degree in manufacturing, industrial technology, or a related field.
• 4 years' experience in a supervisory or lead role.
• 2 years' power electronics manufacturing experience.
• Working knowledge of lean manufacturing and continuous improvement practices.
• Proficiency working with an ERP system.
• Demonstrated ability to perform quality checks and inspections in a production environment.
• Demonstrated experience working in a business with foreign ownership, preferably Japanese.
• Proficiency working with Oracle.

For more information, visit the TMEIC Corporation Americas website.