Production Supervisor - Manufacturing

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 meeting production and quality objectives.
• Monitors capacity planning against production schedules to identify and address production bottlenecks.
• Maintains equipment in optimal condition and coordinates with Maintenance or Engineering to bring it back to acceptable condition.
• Inspects quality on a spot check basis to ensure products conform to print and quality expectations.
• Resolves problems as they arise and interfaces with other disciplines such as Quality, Engineering, Production Control, and Maintenance through meetings as a participant or leader.
• Maintains a positive relationship with all employees and encourages teamwork within and outside the department.
• Monitors employee attendance and tardiness to minimize absenteeism.
• Interviews and selects candidates for hire into the department.
• Trains new hires and those newly assigned to their department in all relevant quality procedures and work instructions.
• Cross-trains employees for most optimal and flexible production coverage.
• Performs employee performance reviews to identify weaknesses and promote individual improvement.
• Maintains an orderly work area and ensures it meets all environmental regulations.
• Reports workplace injuries in a timely manner.
• Maintains accurate labor and time reporting via computer systems.
• Reviews employee requests for vacation and approves or declines.
• Recommends disciplinary action for all employees within direct responsibility.
• Affirms that all employees adhere to safe work practices and wear appropriate Personal Protective Equipment.

Qualifications

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