Industrial Coating Shop Supervisor
About The Position
The Industrial Coating Shop Supervisor directs daily coating shop operations to meet production schedules, customer commitments, and safety and quality requirements. The role plans and prioritizes work, makes day-to-day decisions about staffing, schedules, workflow, production priorities, and resource allocation, and coordinates personnel, equipment, materials, and coating processes to maintain workflow and maximize throughput. The supervisor monitors production performance, addresses operational inefficiencies, and implements process improvements. The role also collaborates across departments and escalates significant operational, quality, staffing, or customer concerns as appropriate. The supervisor leads and develops employees by setting clear expectations, holding employees accountable, identifying training and development needs, and encouraging initiative and improvement ideas. The role fosters teamwork, respect, engagement, accountability, and continuous improvement, while modeling professionalism, integrity, a positive attitude, and a strong work ethic. Other duties may be assigned.
Requirements
- High school diploma or high school equivalency.
- 3–5 years of supervisory or management experience in manufacturing, industrial coatings, fabrication, or a related production environment.
- Knowledge of computer systems and Microsoft Office applications.
- Ability to read and interpret structural steel drawings and coating specifications.
- Knowledge of lean principles and Kaizen events.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to stand and walk for 10 hours at a time.
- Ability to bend, squat, and kneel for varying lengths of time.
- Ability to fully articulate the shoulder, elbow, hand, and wrist.
- Ability to occasionally push, pull, lift, or carry up to 75 pounds.
- Ability to work in loud, hot, dusty, and cold environments.
Nice To Haves
- Current AMPP Level I or higher certification.
Responsibilities
- Direct daily coating shop operations to meet production schedules, customer commitments, and safety and quality requirements.
- Plan and prioritize production work to achieve or exceed daily, weekly, monthly, and annual goals.
- Make day-to-day decisions about staffing, schedules, workflow, production priorities, and resource allocation.
- Coordinate coating processes, personnel, equipment, and materials to maintain workflow, maximize throughput, and minimize idle time.
- Monitor production metrics and take corrective action to address delays, bottlenecks, downtime, material shortages, and operational inefficiencies.
- Identify and implement process improvements to increase throughput, reduce cycle times, improve efficiency, and eliminate non-value-added activities.
- Collaborate across departments to maintain efficient organizational workflow.
- Escalate significant operational, quality, staffing, or customer concerns as appropriate.
- Motivate employees and establish clear expectations for safety, quality, productivity, attendance, and professional conduct.
- Identify employee strengths and development needs, and implement training plans for skill development, cross-training, and career advancement.
- Recognize employee achievements, encourage initiative, and invite ideas for operational improvement.
- Foster accountability, teamwork, respect, engagement, and continuous improvement.
- Model professionalism, integrity, a positive attitude, and a strong work ethic.
- Develop and maintain a skilled, productive workforce focused on company objectives.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
High school or GED
