Manufacturing Supervisor

About This Role

This second-shift position involves supervising hourly and temporary employees in a production area, ensuring adherence to organizational policies, lean practices, and safety regulations. The supervisor oversees production to meet schedules and quality standards, while also fostering effective employee relations and development.

Responsibilities

• Ensure effective employee relations, provide coaching and development, resolve issues, and complete objective setting and performance reviews in a timely manner
• Ensure the Environmental, Health and Safety framework is understood and followed by all employees, and maintain a Zero Incident work environment
• Balance quality, productivity, cost, delivery, and employee morale to achieve desired results, and continuously improve all areas using lean manufacturing methods (lean daily management, eliminate waste, make problems visible etc.)
• Responsible for selection and training of employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising employee performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems and disputes
• Comply with all company policies and procedures
• Ensure direct reports comply with all policies and procedures
• Improve efficiency of assigned area using lean principles, effective leadership, and KPIs (key performance indicators)
• Ensure all area KPIs are met
• Establish, document, and/or adjust work procedures to ensure production schedules, quality requirements, and safety goals are met
• Recommend and help implement improvements to plant safety, production methods, equipment performance, and quality of product
• Ensure training of direct reports on the proper mechanical adjustments to production line equipment

Requirements

• High School diploma or GED
• Minimum three (3) plus years of relevant experience in manufacturing
• Previous supervisory experience
• Ability to use Microsoft Office products (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams)

Nice to have:

• Technical experience in mechanical/machining environment
• Experience and/or training in Lean manufacturing
• Experience with MRP or ERP software (SAP, Oracle, Other)

Benefits

• Extensive paid time off and 9 added holidays
• Excellent healthcare, dental and vision benefits
• Long/short term disability coverage
• 401(k) with a company match
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Additional add-on benefits/discounts for programs such as pet insurance
• Tuition reimbursement and continued education programs