Production Supervisor

About This Role

This full-time, salaried role is part of the Autokiniton – Belleville 2 team and reports to the Operations Manager. The Production Supervisor educates associates on company policy, safety, quality, and production requirements, while also focusing on continuous improvements in housekeeping through 5S. The role involves daily payroll administration, monitoring quality documentation, eliminating waste, conducting department meetings, and ensuring compliance with MIOSHA standards.

Responsibilities

• Educate associates in proper procedures of company policy, safety and quality issues, and production requirements
• Continue focus and improvements in housekeeping through 5S
• Perform daily payroll administration before and after each shift, including auditing timekeeping records, correcting missing punches, entering bluelines, adjusting employees’ schedules (add/remove), reviewing and approving or denying EPT/PTO requests within 24 hours to ensure payroll accuracy and compliance
• Monitor required Quality documentation at each specific operation
• Ensure all applicable checks on inspection sheets, SPC charts, etc. are being properly completed with any applicable notations/comments
• Eliminate waste through safety, quality, and production improvements
• Conduct daily department meetings with associates on current issues such as quality, attendance, safety, housekeeping, and production requirements
• Answer field questions and note suggestions as needed
• Perform all duties and operate machinery & equipment according to MIOSHA standards and company procedures using required safety equipment (gloves, sleeves, ear plugs, etc.)
• Communicate staffing needs with supervision
• Monitor production plans and provide corrective action as necessary
• Monitor, adjust, and report inventories
• Monitor machinery and equipment
• Write work orders when necessary
• Resolve problems logically and effectively
• Lead CPR teams to resolution of quality issues
• Communicate necessary information to associates
• Implement new systems and operations
• Participate in applicable “corrective action” activities as deemed essential to plant and customer needs
• Maintain work center schedule by staying within production and shipping scheduling
• Oversee set-up on work centers ensuring quality performance and proper documentation
• Fill out daily production reports on all work centers or train operators to do so
• Assist in hiring of new associates
• Handle a variety of issues from all areas of the plant
• Attend all required training
• Work any shift assigned, weekends and overtime