Operations Supervisor

Linde•Indianapolis, IN

11d•Onsite

About The Position

The Operations Supervisor serves as the primary front-line leader for an assigned production area, providing visible shop-floor leadership and employee support throughout onboarding, training, development, performance management, and offboarding. The role leads daily operations to meet safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity, and people objectives, ensuring production schedules, customer commitments, and operational targets are achieved. The supervisor coordinates staffing, work assignments, overtime, equipment utilization, and material availability; leads daily management systems; and monitors operational metrics. The role develops recovery plans for performance gaps and operational constraints, ensures compliance with safety, quality, regulatory, export-control, and company requirements, and partners with Human Resources on employee relations. It also leads talent development and continuous improvement in collaboration with Quality, Engineering, and Maintenance. This is a night-shift role on a Panama schedule, 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m.; training takes place on day shift. Work is performed in a production environment, potentially involving noise, dust, vibration, heat, cold, and industrial chemicals, with required personal protective equipment.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations, Business, Manufacturing, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
At least five years of manufacturing experience, including meaningful experience as a supervisor, team leader, or other front-line leader.
Ability to stand, walk, bend, reach, and perform manual tasks for extended periods.
Ability to perform repetitive hand and arm movements while processing, masking, demasking, loading, unloading, inspecting, and packaging customer hardware and materials.
Ability to safely lift and carry up to 40 pounds, with or without reasonable accommodation.
Ability to visually inspect parts, materials, and process conditions for defects, damage, contamination, or other nonconforming conditions.
Ability to wear required safety glasses, hearing protection, gloves, respirators, protective clothing, and other PPE.
Must be a U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident (green card holder), or otherwise classifiable as a U.S. person under applicable export-control regulations.

Nice To Haves

Experience in aerospace, defense, advanced production, precision manufacturing, or special processes.
Experience with Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Flight Deck, Daily Management, or another continuous improvement operating system.
Previous supervisory experience in a multi-shift or 24/7 manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

Provide visible shop-floor leadership and clear direction for an assigned production area.
Support employees across onboarding, training, development, performance management, and offboarding.
Lead daily operations to achieve safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity, and people objectives.
Ensure production schedules, customer commitments, and operational targets are consistently met.
Coordinate staffing, work assignments, overtime, equipment utilization, and material availability.
Lead tier meetings, visual management, standard work, and performance reviews; monitor key metrics and escalate risks.
Develop and execute recovery plans for performance gaps, quality concerns, equipment downtime, staffing shortages, and other constraints affecting production or customer commitments.
Ensure compliance with environmental, health, and safety requirements, quality standards, process specifications, training expectations, company procedures, and applicable regulatory and export-control requirements.
Coach employees and hold them accountable for performance, attendance, behaviors, and company expectations.
Partner with Human Resources on employee relations, investigations, corrective actions, hiring, engagement, and retention.
Lead cross-training, succession planning, Lean initiatives, and root-cause problem solving.
Collaborate with Quality, Engineering, and Maintenance to improve process capability, equipment reliability, productivity, and operational performance.