Manufacturing Assistant Supervisor- 38th and Sheridan

About the role

This is a M-F leadership position located on the northeast side of Indianapolis (address is 6130 E. 38th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46226). The hourly pay starts at $19 and also includes full benefits.

Responsibilities

• Supports the Department Supervisor(s), manufacturing leadership, quality teams, and production staff in achieving operational goals aligned with the annual operating plan.
• Provides direct leadership for assembly line employees while overseeing daily production activities to ensure safety, quality, efficiency, and productivity targets are met.
• Partners closely with leadership to drive accountability, employee development, and operational performance within the assigned area.
• Oversees daily production activities to ensure safety, quality, efficiency, and output targets are achieved.
• Plans and coordinates work schedules, assignments, and production sequences to meet operational goals and customer requirements.
• Leads, coaches, and supports assembly line employees to drive performance, engagement, accountability, and employee development.
• Assigns and adjusts daily job responsibilities based on production priorities and workflow demands.
• Provides training, cross-training, and follow-up to ensure team members are equipped to perform their roles effectively.
• Manages employee performance through ongoing feedback, participation in the PDR process, corrective actions, and performance discussions.
• Supports recruiting, interviewing, onboarding, and staffing activities for the assigned production area.
• Maintains responsibility for key administrative and operational functions, including production order transactions, performance documentation, incident reporting, labor coordination, and daily KPI performance.

Qualifications

• Required Competencies: Degree and Credential Requirements - NONE!
• People Management: Enables direct reports and co-workers to grow and succeed through feedback, instruction, and encouragement to ensure their success and the accomplishment of departmental goals.
• Communication Skills: Articulates thoughts and expresses ideas effectively using oral, written, visual and non-verbal communication skills, as well as listening skills to comprehend customers’ needs.
• Data Analysis: Collects data and statistics to test and evaluate in order to generate assertions and pattern predictions, with the aim of discovering useful information in a decision-making process.
• Critical Thinking: Uses judgment and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Quality Standards: Has expertise in quality assurance-based standards, requirements, specifications, and guidelines to ensure that products, services, and processes are of good quality and fit for purpose.
• Attention to Detail: Attends to details and pursues quality in accomplishing tasks.
• Adaptability: Maintains effectiveness when experiencing major changes in work tasks or the work environment; adjusts effectively to work within new work structures, processes, requirements, or cultures.
• Physical Work: Is able to spend time in excess of 8 hours sitting, standing, walking, stooping, kneeling, and crouching. Uses hands to grasp, carry, feel, or touch both products and machinery. Has the ability to move and lift 50+ pounds. Can manage frequent exposure to moderate/loud noise.
• Visual Acuity: Meets the screening requirements of 20/40 vision using both eyes with or without correction.

Benefits

• Continuing education and leadership development as well as tuition reimbursement
• Comprehensive health plan
• Generous paid time off (PTO) and paid holidays
• Sabbatical and parental leaves
• Life, dental and vision insurance
• Short- and long-term disability plans
• Nationally recognized preventive health and wellness program
• Section 125 pretax health spending account, dependent care spending account, and premiums
• Retirement planning options with a generous company % match
• Eligible for the Public Student Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program