Supervisor - Production Jobs

• Provide employee coaching and development.
• Partner with Human Resources to timely resolve employee issues, issue discipline and make employment decisions, as necessary.
• Comply with and manage company and department policies and procedures.
• Understand the organization’s support functions (i.e., engineering, sales, accounting, supply chain, human resources, and manufacturing functions) to effectively communicate, plan, and resolve issues with their production team.
• Responsible for ensuring that all contributions made from each department, properly make it to our products to provide a high quality, safe product to our customer.
• Manage all aspects of the production process, in a manufacturing area, to ensure proper coordination between all company departments to the manufacturing line.
• Work to continuously improve in all areas and utilize the Good to Go process to monitor daily activities in each department.
• Responsible for performing accident investigations and make recommendations to EHS about potential solutions to prevent the accident from happening again.
• Responsible for tracking absenteeism, approval of vacation, management of timesheets on a weekly basis for all direct reports.
• Recommend improvements in production methods, equipment, operating procedures and working conditions.
• Manage employees to ensure effective employee relations are developed, health and safety management systems are adhered to, productivity levels are consistently met, turnover is minimized, proper inventory levels are maintained, and the importance of consistent high-quality standards are communicated and met.

Above is a list of the most important responsibilities and functions, which are essential to the position. Employees must be able to perform these essential functions satisfactorily with or without a reasonable accommodation. Accommodations will be evaluated and provided to eligible employees on a case by case basis, depending on the employee's medical restrictions, work availability, the nature of the position, the position's essential functions and other relevant factors.

Qualifications

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Licenses/Certifications
• Ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Inventory management
• Demonstrated ability to prepare/plan for what is coming (30 days, 60 days, etc)
• Problem analysis and resolution
• Ability to balance and achieve positive results in the areas of safety, quality, productivity, cost, and employee relations.
• Experience in measuring performance to goals and standards. Preferred
• Strong team player
• Demonstrated ability to lead people and get results through others.
• Machining/ assembly background
• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in business management or 5-10 years’ experience in a manufacturing supervision role.
• Experience in training and development
• Experience using ERP/MRP and timekeeping software in a manufacturing environment.
• Computer skills
• Quality orientation and attention to detail
• Blueprint reading
• An ability to think ahead and plan over a 30-day time span and prepare action plans to achieve results.
• 1-3+ years supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment
• 3+ years in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with a health and safety management system
• Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:
• Sensitivity to the cause and effect of decisions
• Additional education in related field desirable
• Systems and continuous improvement orientation

Training

• Training on the company Hazardous Waste program
• Completion of Supervisor Training Program
• Respectfulness in the Workplace
• Orientation
• Violence in the Workplace
• First Responder and Blood-borne Pathogen Training

Working Conditions & Physical Requirements

• Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. Vision requirement 40/20 distance with both eyes (with or without correction) visual acuity distance using Snellin Method Guidelines and Purdue Job
• Sitting 1 - 10% of the time.
• Participation in the production process (working with tools and materials) up to several hours each week.
• Walking 40 - 100% of the time.
• Ability to communicate verbally.
• Standing 42 - 100% of the time.
• Reaching, pushing, pulling 10 - 30% of the time.
• Requires light physical effort, such and lifting and/or moving 5 pounds or less, and occasional lifting of up to 25 pounds.
• Arm, wrist, hand, finger movement 25 - 38% of the time.
• Hearing requirements include the ability to hear all verbal communication.
• Bending and twisting neck and trunk 3 - 6% of the time.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)