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Supervisor / APP - 2nd Shift

  • Farmington, CT, United States

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2nd Shift Power Press Supervisor

Lead Production - Drive Performance - Develop Your Team. We’re seeking an experienced manufacturing Supervisor to lead daily operations, oversee press production, and drive a culture of safety, quality, and continuous improvement. This is an opportunity for a hands-on operations leader who knows how to maximize productivity, minimize downtime, develop skilled teams, and keep production running efficiently.

What You’ll Lead

  • Production & Performance: Manage daily power press operations to meet production schedules, output targets, and customer requirements.
  • Team Leadership: Supervise, coach, and develop production employees while fostering accountability, teamwork, and high performance.
  • Safety & Quality: Enforce safety standards, ensure proper machine operation, and maintain consistent product quality.
  • Operational Efficiency: Identify bottlenecks, reduce downtime, and scrap, and improve throughput using practical continuous-improvement methods.
  • Equipment & Maintenance: Coordinate preventative maintenance, troubleshoot production issues, and work with maintenance teams to minimize disruptions.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with production planning, quality, maintenance, and management to resolve issues and achieve operational goals.
  • 2nd Shift Execution: Establish priorities at the start of the shift, communicate production status and outstanding issues, and ensure effective coordination with other shifts to support continuity of operations.

What You Bring

  • Proven experience supervising manufacturing or metal-stamping operations, ideally in a power press environment.
  • A strong understanding of manufacturing safety, quality requirements, production processes, and equipment maintenance practices.
  • A track record of leading teams, meeting production targets, and improving operational performance.
  • The ability to troubleshoot problems, make sound decisions, and respond effectively in a fast-paced production environment.
  • The ability to make sound decisions, prioritize competing demands, and respond effectively to challenges in a fast-paced production environment.
  • Strong communication, organizational, and employee-development skills.
  • A hands-on approach to leadership, with the ability to work directly with operators to resolve technical issues, reinforce standards, and drive results.
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Skills

  • Team leadership
  • Teamwork
  • Detect bottlenecks
  • Process improvement
  • Equipment maintenance
  • Troubleshoot
  • Production planning
  • Production processes
  • Communication skills

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