2nd Shift Manufacturing Supervisor
About The Position
Sumitomo is seeking an experienced Manufacturing Supervisor to lead its second-shift team in New Berlin, Wisconsin. The supervisor oversees manufacturing activities and production goals, while coaching and developing employees, addressing workplace and production challenges, and supporting continuous improvement. The role requires a hands-on leader who can promote accountability and collaboration in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. The position also involves interpreting production documents and engineering specifications, communicating department goals, resolving employee issues, and completing performance reviews for second-shift production team members. The work environment is a well-lit, temperature-controlled machine shop.
Requirements
- Proven ability to lead a production team.
- Hands-on leadership experience in fast-paced, evolving settings.
- Strong background in continuous improvement and ability to apply its concepts.
- Ability to navigate personalities, drive accountability, and promote open communication.
- Supervisory experience, including coaching, directing, and motivating a diverse group of employees.
- May require in-depth ability to read, interpret, and explain blueprints, engineering drawings, work orders, and specifications.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Advanced ability to solve practical problems and handle personnel and production challenges.
- Five years of related experience in a manufacturing environment.
Responsibilities
- Supervise and coordinate second-shift manufacturing activities to meet production goals efficiently and safely.
- Train, cross-train, coach, and develop team members.
- Support continuous improvement through lean manufacturing and 5S principles.
- Serve as a backup for team leads.
- Understand and communicate department goals and objectives to team members.
- Resolve employee issues through problem and conflict resolution, and communicate issues with managers.
- Address real-time production challenges.
- Read and interpret engineering drawings, blueprints, work orders, and engineering specifications to determine production processes and tolerance limits.
- Complete performance reviews for the second-shift production team.
Benefits
- Medical insurance, including a $0 deductible option
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Paid vacation
- Paid personal time
- Paid holidays
- 401(k) employer match, dollar for dollar up to 4%
- Company-paid short-term disability insurance
- Company-paid long-term disability insurance
- Company-paid basic life insurance
- $2,000 hiring bonus
Stand Out From the Crowd
Upload your resume and get instant feedback on how well it matches this job.
What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
