Production Supervisor - Shipping

About the Role

Assists in the orientation, training, development, and assignment of employees within the department while providing leadership direction for the assigned team.

Responsibilities

• Enforce safety regulations.
• Determine daily department requirements using input from planning tools and the production manager to ensure daily goals are met.
• Provide training as needed to meet department needs.
• Identify daily work tasks for team members utilizing work orders.
• Accountable for daily/weekly metrics regarding cost, schedule, quality, and safety.
• Coordinate activities and communicate with Planning, Purchasing, Engineering, Quality Control, and Human Resources departments as needed.
• Participate in and cultivate team engagement in 6S and process improvement programs (e.g., CITI program, 6S audits).
• Track daily performance using charts, graphs, or other metric programs.
• Direct and perform duties as needed to meet department needs in a teamwork environment.
• Inspect components for fit and finish or interpret departmental trends for anomalies, informing the Department Manager of any issues.
• Conform with the organization’s ISO 9001 & 14001 requirements.
• Assist the Production Manager with various tasks as requested.
• Assist in creating and developing systems, processes, and metrics to drive and maintain improvement across the factory.
• Generate and coordinate execution of measures to improve production methods, equipment performance, and product quality.
• Assist production personnel in solving work-related problems.
• Supervise assemblers, machinists, and/or shipping personnel, including training, planning, assigning work, appraising performance, and addressing complaints.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED; one to three years of related experience in a factory or manufacturing environment and/or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Proficiency in MS Office.
• Ability to write reports and business correspondence in English and effectively present information to groups of managers, clients, customers, technicians, and assemblers.
• Ability to use basic hand tools.
• Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts to solve problems (e.g., electrical engineering).
• Strong reasoning ability to apply principles of logic or scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems.
• Ability to work with non-verbal symbolism (formulas, scientific equations, graphs).
• Ability to deal with abstract and concrete variables.

Physical Demands

• Frequently required to sit, stand, walk, stoop, and kneel.
• Frequently required to use hands, reach with hands and arms, and communicate clearly and effectively.
• May be required to lift up to 35 pounds.

Work Environment

• Moderate to loud noise levels in the work and shop environment.
• May occasionally work near fumes, airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and moving mechanical parts.