Production Supervisor

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Administers all company rules, policies and procedures within the department and ensures that all employees are properly trained in the safe and efficient performance of assigned duties.
• Ensures that employees receive proper training for the safe and efficient execution of their assigned duties and conducts safety meetings and additional training as necessary.
• Maintains work in process and supplies inventories, on-time status of projects and schedules, accuracy of work, and proper adherence to procedures.
• Schedules production overtime to supplement production requirements and expedites critical items in accordance with accepted overtime practices.
• Reviews production rework and reject part inspection reports to determine and eliminate causes.
• Prepares a variety of reports for management and records personnel status reports as required.
• Participates in production machine layout planning and modifications to ensure specific operational performance and optimum utilization.
• Reviews production orders or schedules to ascertain product data such as types, quantities, and specifications of products and scheduled delivery dates in order to schedule daily production information and plan department operations.
• Plans production operations, establishing priorities and sequences for manufacturing products.
• Captures and coordinates manufacturing activities to ensure production and quality of products meet specifications.
• Develops and/or revises standard operational and working practices and observes workers to ensure compliance with standards.
• Evaluates, selects, and prepares recommendations for capital equipment purchases; as well as orders supplies and makes purchases within the budget, following established protocols.
• Maintains budgeted accounts in both expense and labor reclassification and controls departmental expense spending within pre-approved budget.
• Facilitates teams and department meetings.

Qualifications

• BS or BA from an accredited college, or an associate’s degree with apprenticeship or equivalent training, and 2-3 years of shop experience.
• Familiarity with machinery, production equipment, and computer systems for data manipulation and word processing is beneficial.
• Demonstrated leadership skills are essential.
• Comfortable with directly supervising up to 30 employees in the Assembly department.
• Comfortable with carrying out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws.
• Practical experience of factory rules, bill or material structure, labor and safety regulations and process layouts.
• Ability to work independently is essential, along with the capacity to read blueprints and schematics.
• Proficiency in using Microsoft Office, Outlook, Word, and spreadsheet software is required, as well as a good understanding of computer operations.
• Familiarity with machinery, production equipment, and computer systems for data manipulation and work processing is beneficial.
• Willingness to work an alternative shift.

About Us

Bobrick is a global washroom accessory and toilet partition company headquartered in California, with seven manufacturing divisions across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Come join our team!