Manufacturing Production Supervisor

Primary Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain positive working relationships with hourly production employees.
• This includes building strong, interactive teams, fostering employee engagement, mentoring through listening, coaching and performance reviews, training and onboarding and reducing employee turnover to achieve plant objectives.
• Manage daily production and schedule requirements for assigned departments and ensure a consistent flow of work through the department.
• Ensure safe working conditions and/or habits of area employees, through identification and correction of any safety concerns/issues, safety training, conducting safety audits of the area, and conducting accident investigations for all accidents in area of responsibility.
• Ensure assigned department achieves quality goals to meet NVR's Brand Promise.
• Review quality standards and processes regularly and make recommendations on improvements.
• Support plant leadership with recommendations of improvements in production methods, equipment, operating procedures, quality standards, efficiencies, and safety/working conditions.
• Partner with plant Maintenance department to ensure production areas are functioning at a high level and minimize downtime.
• Work with plant support operations, such as Materials, Scheduling and Logistics, to ensure a balanced schedule and consistent flow of material into assigned production area.
• Determine appropriate staffing needs of the department, manage hourly attendance policy, and ensure accuracy of timekeeping and attendance system.
• Make recommendations and support plant management in hiring, disciplinary, and termination decisions.
• Resolve employee issues through problem resolution, and conduct employee investigations, as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred or considerable manufacturing experience (minimum five years)
• 2+ years of leadership experience with a demonstrated track record of achieving results and developing subordinates
• Excellent problem-analysis and critical thinking abilities
• Experience working within teams and a demonstrated commitment to Customer Service
• Outstanding reliability, with strong planning and organizational skills
• Demonstrated proficiency in managing multiple tasks, setting priorities, decision-making, adapting, and meeting deadlines
• Outstanding communication, collaboration and conflict management
• Ability to drive improvements within the organization and coach/develop others to achieve goals