Production Supervisor - 1st Shift

About the role

Meyer Utility Structures is searching for a Production Supervisor for their Gadsden, AL plant.

Responsibilities

• Ensure employees follow all safety procedures and protocols, serve on safety committees, and complete regular safety audits.
• Manage daily production operations of heavy industrial products for assigned work group.
• Set production schedules based on production introduction, equipment efficiency, and quality metrics.
• Coach employees on work quality and quantity such as fit-up and welding processes, ensuring goals are met and solving issues as they arise and are identified.
• Absolutely ensure the production of sufficient quantities of quality products at or below budgeted production cost.
• Aid in continuous improvement activities to improve the movement of materials through various production processes.
• Manage hourly employees, monitor and approve time sheets and work logs.
• Assign employees to workstations and ensure proper training is completed.
• Manage all aspects of fit up and welding processes for assigned work groups and production bays, ensuring that production policies and procedures are strictly adhered to by all employees.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (any discipline) preferred.
• 5+ years of successful leadership experience in a heavy industrial manufacturing environment.
• Experience in a metal fabrication or welding facility, specifically with flux and metal core welding is highly preferred.
• Thorough knowledge of blueprints and layouts preferably related to transmission poles.
• A high degree of dependability, maturity, and strong leadership characteristics as demonstrated through previous professional work experience.

Qualifications

• Regular and predictable attendance, a great attitude and an ability to work well with a team toward achieving a common goal.