Manufacturing Supervisor

About the Role

This position involves developing and supervising direct reports, ensuring compliance with standards, and supporting continuous improvement efforts within the department and plant.

Responsibilities

• Identify developmental needs for each employee, train, coach, and orient new and current employees on QS9000/ISO14001, safety, company policy, and other relevant standards.
• Monitor and audit job enhancement progress, assign daily work, evaluate performance, facilitate teamwork, and provide coaching, counseling, and discipline as needed.
• Support and enforce work rules, including safety, environmental, and housekeeping standards, ensuring employees wear all required personal protective equipment (PPE) properly.
• Apply corrective actions in a timely manner and ensure weekly department meetings are held to communicate updates on business requirements, safety, policies, and procedures.
• Enforce plant policies, procedures, and practices by formally coaching and counseling employees when violations occur.
• Plan resource utilization by determining labor needs based on production requirements, assigning workstation rotations, and coordinating with support groups for efficient labor use.
• Schedule vacations, holidays, overtime, and special assignments based on business operations and needs.
• Provide tools, PPE, and materials to employees for job completion.
• Solve operational problems by identifying issues, assisting in data collection and analysis, implementing corrective actions, and monitoring progress.
• Work closely with continuous improvement efforts to reduce costs and create efficiencies (e.g., 5S safety improvements, lean initiatives).
• Complete work orders and preventative maintenance (PMs) during downtime, ensuring prioritized completion.
• Handle administrative duties, including daily production records, crash reports, and safety instance reports.