Assembly Supervisor

Senior plc•Burbank, CA

12d•Onsite

About The Position

The Assembly Supervisor is responsible for all assembly and welding operations, supervising all personnel within these departments. This role involves instilling a culture of visual material flow and standard work, and maintaining required safety stock buffers to ensure 100% on-time delivery (OTD). The position operates under general supervision and requires the ability to perform a variety of job duties, including directing work in assigned departments according to engineering specifications, utilizing provided resources to control operations and performance, and managing production schedules to prevent delinquencies. The supervisor must also administer time standards, report method changes, and use variance reports to maintain costs within budget. They are expected to overcome obstacles such as material shortages or equipment breakdowns, enlisting aid from other departments as needed. Additionally, the role involves training workers on maintaining product quality, minimizing scrap, maximizing productivity, ensuring smooth workflow, controlling costs, working safely, and maintaining good housekeeping. Special projects may be undertaken, and consultation with Human Resources regarding grievances is required. The supervisor assumes full responsibility for the quality and accuracy of production counts from their department, maintains prescribed records, and keeps the Superintendent informed. They provide supervisory direction, select personnel, prepare performance reviews, administer discipline, and make recommendations regarding compensation, promotion, demotion, and termination. Regular department inspections for cleanliness and safety, and arranging for proper maintenance and orderliness of the work area, machinery, equipment, facilities, and materials are also key responsibilities. Personnel functions include recommending selection, hiring, status changes, or termination of hourly employees, observing qualifications for foreman selection, and assisting in administering labor agreements and corporate policies. All Senior policies and procedures must be followed, along with other assigned duties. Supervisors are expected to maintain an organized, clean, and safe work area, adhering to all quality practices.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED.
5-7 years’ experience in manufacturing environment required.
Experience with managing 25+ employees.
Career progression with progressively more responsible roles within production operations.
Lean / Continuous Improvement trained.
Experience with and oriented toward metrics in business analysis.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree is highly desirable.
aerospace manufacturing preferred.
Experience with a high-volume manufacturing environment is preferred.
Mix of experience managing and transforming culture in large assembly operations.

Responsibilities

Directs all work in their assigned departments in accordance with specifications established by the engineering division.
Utilizes the machines, materials, services, reports and recommendations provided by the various staff functions to control both detailed operations and overall performance in the department.
Using the production schedules and daily status report furnished by the Production Control function to control the production and prevent delinquencies.
Approving and applying promptly all-time standards by the Manufacturing Engineering function and seeing to it that they are properly administered and used.
Keeping abreast of all method changes in the department, regardless of where initiated, and being fully responsible for reporting all such changes promptly to the Manufacturing Engineering function.
Using the variance reports form Data Processing as a guide to take necessary corrective action to keep costs in line with the budget.
Makes every effort to overcome obstacles, such as material shortages or machine and tooling breakdowns, which may interfere with meeting schedules or maintaining quality; uses their best judgment in these cases, going to the Superintendent only when he cannot get help, action or results unaided. Can enlist the aid of Tooling and Engineering, Production Control, Manufacturing Engineering and other departments.
Trains and assists their workers to: Maintain product quality in accordance with specifications. Keep scrap at the lowest practicable level. Maintain high productivity, without lowering quality standards. Maintain a smooth flow of work within the department and into the departments to which the department supplies parts. Control costs to meet the budget. Work safely. Maintain good housekeeping throughout the department.
Carries out special projects in the department. Such projects may result from employee suggestions; better method proposals by lead persons; suggestions from the Manager - Manufacturing Engineering and others.
Consults with Human Resources regarding Grievances.
Assume full responsibility for the quality of parts leaving the department and for the accuracy of all production counts. May delegate, but is still fully responsible.
Maintain such records as may be prescribed by their superintendent and others.
Keeps the Superintendent informed verbally and makes reports only upon special request by authorized individuals.
Provides supervisory direction to all assigned personnel; selects personnel; prepares performance review; administers discipline; makes recommendations regarding compensation, promotion, demotion and termination of employees.
To conduct regular department inspections to ensure cleanliness and safety. To arrange for proper maintenance, operation, and orderliness of working area, machinery, equipment, facilities, and material in process within the area of their jurisdiction.
Performing personnel functions such as recommending the selection, hiring, change in status, or termination of assigned hourly employees. Observing qualifications of employees for selection as Foreman. Assisting in administering the provisions of the labor agreement and/or corporate policies and procedures.
Follow all Senior policies and procedures.
Other duties with the work as assigned.
Maintain an organized, clean and safe work area using safety standards and expectations while adhering to all quality practices.