Production Supervisor, Generator Exciter - Weekend Day Shift (Fri-Sun 5:30 AM to 6 PM)

Siemens Energy•Charlotte, NC

70d•Onsite

About The Position

As the Weekend Day shift Supervisor (Fri-Sun 5:30 AM to 6 PM) for Exciters/Electrical Test Department in the Generator Operations business you will lead people & projects to completion for critical customer outages that help 'keep the lights on'. The shift you will be supporting will be 5:30 AM to 6 PM from Friday to Sunday. As the supervisor, you will sync up with the night shift Supervisor to turnover any project and task items. You will lead daily toolbox meetings at the start of shift each day, focusing on Safety, Quality and assignments for the shift. At times, you may find it necessary to assist your employees in completing a task. If any of the areas need assistance, you would help them or call for help as needed. It is important that you be visible on the floor to make sure things run efficiently. You will be expected to perform safety observations and provide positive coaching to get the operators to not only enforce to safe working practices but empower them to coach other employees.

Requirements

A bachelor's degree with 2 or more years of relevant experience or an associate's degree with 4 or more years of relevant experience, or a high school degree with 8 or more years of experience in manufacturing operations.
Applicants must be legally authorized for employment in the United States without need for current or future employer-sponsored work authorization.
Siemens Energy employees with current visa sponsorship may be eligible for internal transfers.
Offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of a criminal background check, pre-employment drug screen, and any other test(s) required for the role.

Nice To Haves

2+ years of manager/supervisor/team lead experience is preferred
Experience with lean manufacturing principles
Knowledge of brushless excitation systems is a plus

Responsibilities

Ensure safe work practices are followed by all manufacturing personnel. Inform the employees of deficiencies, violations, and take corrective action, if necessary, to ensure that procedures and practices are being followed.
Study daily operating results, meet daily with direct reports, and consult with other supervisors or Manufacturing Engineer(s) on solutions to production problems. Ensure that problems have been corrected. Maintain cooperation between departments.
Continuously coach and develop production team to ensure maximized training and flexibility.
You will promote and participate in continuous improvement/lean activities that meet operational excellence expectations.
Motivate operators to hit or exceed hours targets and work with them to generate ideas to further reduce the time needed to build the units.