Supervisor, Production

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Directly supervises up to 120 employees and is accountable for the activities in their area of responsibility.
• Carrries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws.
• Assures that established policy, rules and regulations, and procedures are followed.
• Coaches, directs, monitors, and regularly and timely evaluates performance of employees.
• Conducts coaching or disciplinary actions with employees, working in coordination with Human Resources.
• Responsible for the safety of employees, processes, equipment and housekeeping of the area.
• Responsible for ensuring all processes, equipment, and employees are meeting quality standards.
• Ensures adherence to the policies and procedures of the quality standard TS16949 and environmental ISO 14001 standard.
• Maintains thorough knowledge of all processes and equipment.
• Timely reports and follows up on all process and equipment problems.
• Troubleshoots problems and facilitates problem solving teams.
• Organizes work for smooth operations including reviewing staff levels and equipment requirements based on production needs and line efficiency.
• Recommends and implements measures to improve production methods, equipment performance quality of product, and productivity using lean manufacturing techniques.
• Captes and maintains visual controls used within production areas.
• Verifies correct identification, handling, and storage of products and materials.
• Attends leadership development and training as necessary.

Education/Experience

• High School diploma or general education degree (GED)
• Minimum three years’ experience in leadership or supervision in a manufacturing or production environment.
• Supervisory experience, higher education/training; and/or equivalent combination of experience and education.
• An understanding of concepts for lean manufacturing.

Reasoning Abilities

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Physical Demands

• Frequent exposure to moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, and risk of electrical shock.
• Occasional exposure to vibration.
• Moderate noise level in the work environment.