Supervisor, Production 1st shift

About the role

Shoals Technologies Group (NASDAQ: SHLS) is a leading provider of electrical balance‑of‑systems (EBOS) solutions for solar and energy storage, with manufacturing facilities in Tennessee and Alabama and sales teams across Spain and Australia. With more than 60 GW of solar systems deployed worldwide, the company designs, develops, and delivers plug‑and‑play solutions that improve efficiency, safety, and reliability for solar installations. The Production Supervisor oversees daily manufacturing operations to ensure production targets, quality standards, and safety requirements are consistently achieved. This role leads, motivates, and manages production teams, coordinates workflow, and works closely with quality, maintenance, and planning departments to optimize efficiency and resolve operational issues while driving continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring that associates work safely, perform acceptable quality and quantity of work, and continually make efforts to improve the manufacturing process while maintaining cost targets through planning, leading/supervision and control of the manufacturing processes.
• Maintaining efficient, clean and orderly operation of the assigned manufacturing area in accordance with established goals and objectives.
• Complying with and enforcing all policies/procedures and applicable state and federal employment laws.
• Troubleshooting and improving various manufacturing‑related problems and communicating shift/machine problems with other shifts.
• Ensuring that all manufacturing standards and methods are followed by employees and that standards and methods are reviewed and up to date.
• Ensuring that all production data is reported properly and timely to appropriate staff.
• Working on assigned continuous improvement projects and cost‑reduction activities.
• Training and development of line leads.
• Checking, entering and approving information in the payroll system; compiling and reviewing production reports.
• Tracking and reporting relevant metrics.
• Managing work orders and relevant completion dates once received on the production floor.
• Temporarily performing lead functions when attendance affects production builds.
• Acting as a liaison between management and operators and conveying customer expectations.
• Performing on‑the‑job training and completing records for all new or transferred employees.
• Assisting with inventory or labeling as required.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years of leadership experience.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in an industrial environment.
• Proficient ability to speak and write English and/or Spanish.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Professional demeanor and thoughtful problem‑solving approach that inspires confidence.
• Ability to handle a variety of changing situations under stress.
• Computer literacy for scheduling and data management, particularly Microsoft Excel.
• Strong interpersonal skills that facilitate employee participation, cooperation, and conflict resolution.
• Ability to build rapport with all employees.
• Strong organizational and project‑management skills.
• Availability to work all shifts.
• Excellent time‑management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Thorough understanding of operations policies and practices.
• Excel/ERP/Hand scanner computer skills (basic Outlook, Word, and Excel knowledge); GP a plus.

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to stand, walk, push, bend and/or squat for 10 + hours in a day.
• Must be able to lift up to 25–50 lb at a time.
• Regularly perform repetitive tasks.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Must be able to work in an office environment, including looking at screens for extended periods.
• Must be able to work in a manufacturing facility environment.