Production Supervisor

About the Role

Directs and coordinates activities concerned with production of company products.

Responsibilities

• Promotes a safe and accident-free workplace.
• Establishes production and quality control standards and cost controls.
• Obtains data regarding types, quantities, specifications, and delivery dates of products ordered.
• Plans and directs production activities and establishes production priorities for products in keeping with effective operations and cost factors.
• Coordinates production activities with procurement, maintenance, and quality control activities to obtain optimum production and utilization of human resources, machines, and equipment.
• Reviews and analyzes production, quality control, maintenance, and operational reports to determine causes of nonconformity with product specifications and operating or production problems.
• Develops and implements operating methods and procedures designed to eliminate operating problems and improve product quality.
• Revises production schedules and priorities as a result of equipment failure or operating problems.
• Consults with engineering personnel relative to modification of machines and equipment to improve production and quality of products.

Requirements

• Associate degree or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; or six months to one-year related experience and/or training.
• Interpret specifications, blueprints, and job orders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to always maintain an upbeat and positive attitude.
• Ability to work in a self-directed, fast-paced professional environment.
• Must be able to interface with others in a professional manner.

Skills

Language Skills

• Ability to read and interpret CST and customer prints and documents.
• Ability to write routine reports in a professional manner.

Mathematical Skills

• Must be able to add, subtract, multiply, and divide whole, fractional, and decimal numbers.

Reasoning Ability

• Apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Handle problems involving variables in a standardized situation.
• Ability to make decisions and know when/where to make concessions.

Computer Skills

• Advanced level of knowledge of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

Physical Demands

• Walk, must be able to move about inside the manufacturing and office and occasionally on a construction site or outside of the manufacturing facility.
• Use hands/fingers to feel, must be able to operate computers, machinery, dimensional equipment.
• Sit and stand, must be able to work at a stationary desk that may require sitting or standing. Standing on concrete floors and uneven terrain will be required frequently.
• Climb and balance, must climb stairs and ladders.
• Stoop, kneel, and crouch or crawl.
• Talk/hear, must be able to communicate with operators and management frequently and exchange accurate information.
• Lift and carry weights of 50 lbs.

Work Environment

• Noisy
• Non-air-conditioned work area
• Busy forklift traffic zones
• Fast-paced