Production Supervisor

Job Summary

The Production Supervisor, Remelt is responsible for leading, planning, organizing, and directing all daily activities for the Remelt Department. The incumbent will be responsible for the safety, production, and quality results of department. He / She provides technical information, documentation, support, and guidance by participating as a cross-functional team member to help resolve issues relating to manufacturing. He / she will help drive improvement in all related manufacturing processes, including those related to products, equipment, human interface, and product quality. This position requires active involvement with the production processes and personnel.

Supervisory Responsibilities

The position will supervise a group of hourly employees.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities

• Actively promotes and enforces safety regulations, processes, and policies to maintain a safe environment. Conducts weekly safety audits of assigned department.
• Responsible for meeting the daily and weekly output requirements for their assigned department(s).
• Provides leadership, management, and motivation to attain high levels of employee achievement and retention.
• Plans, directs, and assigns work. Coordinate overtime as necessary.
• Trains, coaches, and mentors employees
• Schedules material to complete departmental operations in accordance with the scheduled delivery date. Schedules to allow for most efficient / productive operation.
• Maintains monitoring of tool usage associated with production and suggests improvement initiatives.
• Disposes expeditiously of material that is on hold to prevent negative impact on On-Time Delivery (OTD).
• Maintains equipment (Maintenance & Production) preventative maintenance.
• Creates, edits, maintains material routings.
• Ensures material is processed correctly to minimize rejects and total process loss.
• Evaluates departmental yield loss and identifies opportunities for improvement.
• Tracks department productivity, quality, and other metrics as necessary to ensure on-time delivery and proposes and leads improvement projects.
• Issue corrective actions and discipline as necessary.

Required Skills/Abilities

• Safety awareness with the ability to prioritize and enforce safety protocols.
• Strong interpersonal and communications skills. Able to effectively engage and influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization, including being able to lead a team of production employees.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent project and time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines and deal effectively with conflicting priorities.
• Ability to function effectively in a fast-paced and at times stressful environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite software.

Education and Experience

• A bachelor’s degree in a related field is desired.
• At least 2 years’ experience in a manufacturing leadership role is required.
• Experience in a union environment preferred.
• U.S. Citizenship or U.S. Permanent Residency is required due to ITAR and EAR regulations.