Operations Supervisor (2nd shift)

Woodward L'Orange • Fort Collins, CO

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Operations Supervisor leads and supports front-line teams to achieve daily production, quality, safety, and delivery goals. This role works closely with cross-functional partners to manage resources, solve operational challenges, and drive continuous improvement in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. This is a 2nd shift position, Monday to Friday, starting at 2:30pm.

Requirements

• Leadership: The ability to guide, motivate, and inspire teams to achieve goals while fostering collaboration, accountability, and a positive work environment.
• Critical Thinking: The ability to analyze situations, evaluate options, and develop effective solutions using logic, creativity, and sound judgment.
• Operational Management: The ability to oversee daily operations, optimize processes, allocate resources effectively, and ensure productivity while meeting organizational goals and maintaining quality standards.
• Adjust resources and priorities based on capacity, material availability, and customer demand.
• Time Management: Ability to identify critical tasks and allocate time and resources accordingly.
• Lean Mindset: Follows lean practices such as 5S and waste reduction.
• Team Focus: Ability to effectively lead team through 5S, Visual Management, standardized work, and Daily Management System.
• Computer Skills: Strong skills in Excel, Power BI, or Tableau for operational reporting.
• Proficiency in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems like SAP.
• Basic understanding of Material Requirements Planning (MRP) for inventory and production scheduling.
• Emotional Intelligence: The ability to recognize, understand, and manage your own emotions while effectively perceiving and responding to the emotions of others. This includes skills such as empathy, self-awareness, emotional regulation, social awareness, and relationship management to foster positive interactions and resolve challenges constructively.
• Collaboration: Works collaboratively with team members to support overall team objectives and workflow.
• All applicants must be U.S. Persons within the meaning of the ITAR and EAR, or eligible to obtain all required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State and/or the U.S. Department of Commerce. The ITAR defines a U.S. Person as a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident (i.e., 'Green Card holder'), or a protected person (e.g., asylee, or refugee).

Nice To Haves

• Preferred experience in a manufacturing or machining environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct support to front line team members in meeting their daily production targets to ensure customer expectations are met.
• Allocates and coordinates resources effectively to meet operational objectives.
• Conducts performance evaluations, provides feedback, manages member development, recognition and ensures accountability and policy adherence.
• Identifies and resolves day-to-day technical and operational issues and coaching and mentoring team's problem-solving capabilities.
• Collaborates with key stakeholders to enhance operational efficiency and effectiveness to improve the production system and meet customer demand.
• Sets example and models excellent communication skills with internal stakeholders, support teams, and with own team.
• Balances urgent production needs with short-term improvement initiatives.
• Consistently meets production and delivery targets.
• Manages competing priorities without compromising quality or safety.
• Follows lean practices such as 5S and waste reduction.
• Participates and support continuous improvement activities.
• Effectively lead team through 5S, Visual Management, standardized work, and Daily Management System.
• Analyzes production data to identify trends, bottlenecks, and improvement opportunities.
• Works collaboratively with team members to support overall team objectives and workflow.
• Ensuring team members are trained and certified.
• Collaborates across teams, shares knowledge, and supports team goals.
• Builds strong cross-functional relationships and fosters a collaborative culture.

Benefits

• Long-term incentive compensation in the form of equity
• All members included in annual cash bonus opportunity
• 401(k) match (4.5%)
• Annual Woodward stock contribution (5%)
• Tuition reimbursement and Training/Professional Development opportunities for all members
• 12 paid holidays
• Industry leading medical, dental, and vision Insurance upon date of hire
• Vacation / Sick Time / Vacation Buy-up / Short Term Disability / Bereavement leave.
• Paid parental leave
• Adoption Assistance
• Employee Assistance Program, including mental health benefits
• Member Life & AD&D / Long Term Disability / Member Optional Life
• Member referral bonus
• Spouse / Child Optional Life / Optional AD&D / Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending
• Voluntary benefits, including: Home / Auto Insurance discounts
• Whole Life Insurance / Critical Illness Insurance / Legal Assistance / Military Leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed