About This Role
This role ensures safety, quality, productivity, and housekeeping in assigned production areas. The Production Supervisor is responsible for meeting the company's goals and objectives, and reports functionally to the Plant Manager.
Responsibilities
- Allocate manpower for employees
- Monitor and adjust manpower at start-up, during shift, and at the end of the shift to ensure optimum earned hours are achieved
- Ensure proper initial set-up, including correct raw material and related components (for assembly when required), packaging (returnable containers or carton), correct pallets, and complete work cell
- Ensure all process parameters are met to manufacture parts to quality standards, including first piece approvals and last shots
- Monitor the Chrysler system to ensure daily quota is met to sequence parts to the customer
- Address and fix computer-related issues
- Communicate with Quality Liaison personnel stationed at the Assembly Plant(s) regarding product issues
- Schedule and direct hourly employees to assembly stations in a manner that ensures continuous support and flow on the line for all production activity
- Schedule setup for production jobs for the oncoming shift to ensure a smooth transfer of production activity between shifts
- Address all production parts subjective to disposition prior to shift ending or directly thereafter
- Ensure that all hourly employees receive adequate training required to perform their job responsibilities with supporting documentation
- Verify hours worked for all assembly employees and make adjustments if necessary
- Ensure Plan vs. Actual requirements are obtained, and report downtime to the above reporting structure
- Think Safety First; follow all safety rules and regulations
- Ensure proper safety equipment is used correctly, at all times
- Encourage Teamwork throughout the work area
- Maintain compliance of IATF 16949 / ISO 9001 / ISO 14001
- Follow all safety, housekeeping, and company policies and procedures
- Coordinate and maintain all job responsibilities in a continuous and flexible manner and perform other related duties and job assignments as required
Requirements
- High School Diploma or GED preferred
- Some college or technical education preferred (i.e., management, supervision)
- Minimum of one year of prior manufacturing experience preferred
- Prior sequencing experience helpful
Important Details
- Physical demands: regularly required to sit, stand, talk, hear, and walk; occasionally bend, squat, reach, twist/turn, and lift up to 20 lbs; specific vision abilities required include ability to adjust focus
