Production Supervisor - 3rd Shift

ABB•Columbus, MS

7d•Onsite

About The Position

This position reports to the Production Manager and is an onsite role. The Production Supervisor ensures efficient and cost-effective production results that meet order demand, specifications, quality, and planning targets through the coordination and management of plant equipment, personnel, and production processes (quantity, quality, budgeted costs, and proper productivity level). The role involves ensuring production schedules and plans meet demand volume requirements and inventory service levels, preparing and maintaining departmental schedules, acting as backup supervisor when needed, and managing timekeeping and HR-related tasks for assigned employees. It also includes identifying deficiencies in production areas, recommending technical equipment or facility improvements, and overseeing implementation of actions to improve productivity, quality, and overall performance. The supervisor will maintain employee confidence through fairness, integrity, and consistency, facilitate training, enforce company policies, and foster a professional, collaborative environment. Additionally, they will ensure compliance with safety, housekeeping, and quality standards, and collaborate with internal teams to resolve critical product or equipment issues and drive problem-solving initiatives to achieve plant goals.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree with minimum 2 years experience OR Associate’s Degree with minimum 4 years experience OR High School Diploma / GED with minimum 6 years experience.
Work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US.

Nice To Haves

Supervisory experience working in a manufacturing environment
Lean 6 Sigma and/or PMP Certifications
Shopfloor Display
Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint
SAP, Workday, Kronos

Responsibilities

Ensure production schedules and plans meet demand volume requirements and inventory service levels.
Prepare and maintain departmental schedules.
Act as backup supervisor when needed.
Manage timekeeping and HR-related tasks for assigned employees.
Identify deficiencies in production areas.
Recommend technical equipment or facility improvements.
Oversee implementation of actions to improve productivity, quality, and overall performance.
Maintain employee confidence through fairness, integrity, and consistency.
Facilitate training.
Enforce company policies.
Foster a professional, collaborative environment.
Ensure compliance with safety, housekeeping, and quality standards.
Collaborate with internal teams to resolve critical product or equipment issues.
Drive problem-solving initiatives to achieve plant goals.

Benefits

Choice between two medical plan options: A PPO plan called the Copay Plan OR a High Deductible Health Plan (with a Health Savings Account) called the High Deductible Plan.
Choice between two dental plan options: Core and Core Plus
Vision benefit
Company paid life insurance (2X base pay)
Company paid AD&D (1X base pay)
Voluntary life and AD&D – 100% employee paid up to maximums
Short Term Disability – up to 26 weeks – Company paid
Long Term Disability – 60% of pay – Company paid. Ability to “buy-up” to 66 2/3% of pay.
Supplemental benefits – 100% employee paid (Accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance)
Parental Leave – up to 6 weeks
Employee Assistance Program
Health Advocate support resources for mental/behavioral health, general health navigation and virtual health, and infertility/adoption
Employee discount program
401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions
Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP)
11 paid holidays
Vacation under a permissive time away policy