Supervisor / APP - 2nd Shift
- Farmington, CT, United States
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- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
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