Production Supervisor

Production Supervisor – Huntsville, AL

About Crate Pros: Crate Pros is a custom packaging, crating and logistics solutions provider focused on connecting people and companies with "difficult to ship" freight that is often export, high-value, fragile, oversized, and heavy. Our market focus is heavy industrial and commercial, aerospace/defense, medical, and automotive. We strive to serve our customers and run our business based on the principles of our Christian faith, which has shaped our core values of integrity, humility, resilience, teamwork, and professionalism.

July 2026 marked our company's 8-year anniversary, and we attribute our success and growth to our amazing employees who take great pride in serving our loyal customers. We were named to the INC 5000 for the last 3 years (2024-2026) as one of the fastest growing private companies in the US. In order to support our success and growth in the Huntsville, AL market, we are seeking to hire a talented and motivated leader to inspire our production team and help care for our growing customer base. To learn more about Crate Pros Huntsville, click this link for a short capabilities overview video.

Reports To: Director of Operations

Role Overview
Crate Pros Huntsville is seeking a high-potential Production Leader to own day-to-day shop execution, drive floor productivity, and support senior leadership.

Key Responsibilities

· Team Leadership & Culture: Direct, motivate, and inspire a talented, diverse team spanning various ages, backgrounds, trade skill levels, and working styles. Build a culture of trust, mutual respect, continuous learning, and high accountability on the shop floor.

· Safety & Compliance: Take full ownership of facility safety standards. Enforce safety protocols, proper tool operation, material handling guidelines, and compliance with ISPM-15, and defense-level packaging specs.

· Productivity & Workflow Execution: Manage & prioritize daily production schedules, material staging, and resource allocation. Identify shop floor bottlenecks, streamline custom build workflows, and ensure on-time delivery without compromising build quality.

· Customer Support & Coordination: Support Director of Operations with timely input for client inquiries, delivery updates, and project status reports.

· Quoting & Estimating: Provide input and feedback for the technical estimation process—calculating material takeoffs, labor hours, custom dunnage needs, and job costing to produce timely and accurate customer quotes.

· Administrative Operations: Manage inventory tracking, shipping/receiving documentation, floor schedules, and job routing.