Production Supervisor

About the role

We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Manufacturing Engineer Lead who will play a crucial role in mentoring, coaching, and coordinating teams to achieve manufacturing goals. This position involves overseeing daily staffing needs, managing payroll and timekeeping, and leading safety and process improvement initiatives. The ideal candidate should have a strong understanding in a manufacturing environment and demonstrate excellent leadership and technical skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage safety activities to ensure a safe working environment.
• Conduct daily management of quality checks and facilitate daily team meetings.
• Drive process improvement initiatives and efforts to enhance efficiency.
• Supervise, mentor, coach, and coordinate teams to meet manufacturing operations goals and objectives.
• Enforce company and contractual policies, rules of conduct, and regulations, including OSHA safety, environmental, and health standards.
• Manage staffing needs, including safety, ergonomics, overtime, absenteeism, and discipline.
• Lead Lean activities in assigned areas, identifying waste and promoting continuous improvement.
• Initiate cross-functional feedback for problem-solving.
• Ensure compliance with company policies and performance standards.
• Analyze procedures, routine reports, and correspondence with strong attention to detail.
• Identify, report, and communicate trends and irregularities to the Department Manager, and develop plans to address deficiencies.
• Foster a sense of teamwork and collaboration with operational stakeholders.

Essential Skills

• Minimum of 2 years of experience in a leadership/supervisory role.
• Preferred 3 to 5 years of experience in a manufacturing/warehouse environment, preferably in a unionized setting.
• Proficiency with MS Office Suite, with emphasis on Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerBi.
• Strong interpersonal, leadership, time management, planning, organizational, and analytical skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to make rapid decisions in a fast-paced environment.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Preferred Associate Degree or higher.
• Preferred Lean experience and/or Six Sigma Certification.
• Experience in manufacturing engineering and production supervision.

Work Environment

The role is based on the plant floor, requiring interaction with teams and direct involvement in manufacturing operations. The work environment emphasizes safety, quality, and continuous improvement, with a focus on fostering a collaborative atmosphere.

Pay

The pay range for this position is $38.00 - $42.00/hr. Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Benefits

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a Contract position based out of Dublin, VA.