Job Title: Production Supervisor
Job Description:
The Production Supervisor is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations ensuring production targets are met, quality standards are maintained, and safety protocols are followed. This position requires strong leadership skills, technical expertise and ability to drive performance.
In this role you will:
- Promote a safe working environment by ensuring adherence to safety policies, procedures, and regulations throughout the facility.
- Conduct regular safety inspections, identify potential hazards, and implement corrective actions to mitigate risks.
- Oversee the day-to-day operations of the value stream leading and supervising a team of production workers, providing guidance, coaching, training, and support to ensure effective performance and adherence to production standards.
- Foster a positive work environment that encourages teamwork, collaboration, and continuous learning.
- Coordinate with the production planning team to allocate resources, schedule jobs, and optimize production flow to achieve schedules ensuring on time delivery to our assembly lines and ultimately to our customers.
- Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to track production performance, identify bottlenecks, and implement corrective actions to improve productivity and efficiency.
- Conduct regular tier accountability meetings with direct reports to set production expectations, communicate goals, objectives, production targets, and address any concerns or escalations needed to solve production issues.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, such as engineering, quality, planning, purchasing and maintenance, to resolve any production-related issues and ensure smooth operations.
- Continuously evaluate and improve manufacturing assembly processes, workflows, and procedures to enhance efficiency and productivity while maintaining accurate production records and documentation, including production reports, quality control records, and ERP transactions.
- Collaborate with the human resources department to recruit, hire, and onboard new production personnel as needed.
- Identify training needs, provide training opportunities, and develop talent within the team to enhance their skills and capabilities.
- Provide regular performance feedback to production team members and conduct performance evaluations as required ensuring team members understand their role & responsibilities.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- High school diploma or equivalent required; associate degree or technical training in manufacturing, operations, industrial technology, or a related field preferred.
- Three or more years of experience in a manufacturing, production, assembly, or operations environment.
- Prior experience leading, supervising, or coordinating production employees, shifts, work cells, or value streams preferred.
- Working knowledge of safety requirements, quality standards, production schedules, and manufacturing documentation.
- Experience using ERP, manufacturing execution, inventory, or production reporting systems preferred.
- Ability to work assigned shifts and adapt to changing production demands, priorities, and business needs.
Skills:
- Strong leadership and team development skills.
- Ability to coach, train, and hold production team members accountable.
- Knowledge of manufacturing operations, production workflows, and assembly processes.
- Understanding of safety practices, hazard identification, and regulatory compliance.
- Ability to monitor KPIs and use production data to improve performance.
- Strong problem-solving and root cause analysis skills.
- Ability to coordinate labor, materials, schedules, and production priorities.
- Effective communication skills across production, quality, engineering, planning, purchasing, maintenance, and HR teams.
- Familiarity with ERP systems, production records, and related documentation.
- Continuous improvement mindset with the ability to identify process improvements.
- Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
- Strong conflict resolution, decision-making, and escalation management skills.