Production Supervisor - Manufacturing 2nd shift

Principal Responsibilities

• Directly supervises the hourly employees, plans and assigns work and schedules hours of work to assure production is completed on a timely basis and meets customer quality requirements.
• Makes routine checks on production to determine if changes in methods or procedures are necessary to increase efficiency and productivity.
• Closely supervises production runs to ensure methods and tooling are achieving production goals and quality objectives are being met.
• Monitors capacity planning against production schedules to identify and address production bottlenecks.
• Monitors the condition of production equipment to ensure optimal operation and coordinates with Maintenance or Engineering to bring equipment back to acceptable condition.
• Conducts spot inspections to ensure products conform to specifications and quality expectations, and implements corrective actions.
• Interacts with other departments such as Quality, Engineering, Production Control, and Maintenance through meetings as a participant or leader to address issues in the plant.
• Maintains a positive relationship with all employees and encourages teamwork within and outside the department.
• Maintains accurate records of employee attendance and tardiness to minimize absenteeism.
• Interviews and selects candidates for hire into the department and trains new hires and those newly assigned to their department in relevant quality procedures and work instructions.
• Cross-trains employees for flexible and optimal production coverage.
• Conducts employee performance reviews to identify weaknesses and promote individual improvement.
• Maintains an orderly work area and ensures compliance with environmental regulations.
• Reports workplace injuries promptly and monitors labor and time reporting via computer systems.
• Reviews employee requests for vacation and approves or declines them, and recommends disciplinary action for employees within direct responsibility.
• Safeguards adherence to safe work practices and proper use of Personal Protective Equipment.

Qualifications

• Two years of technical schooling or equivalent work experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Three years of supervising production workers.