Production Supervisor- 3rd shift

Cox Machine•Wichita, KS

8d•Onsite

About The Position

The Production Supervisor is responsible for planning, organizing, and controlling production to ensure efficient, timely, and budget-compliant output of goods that meet quality standards. This role involves directly supervising and coordinating the activities of production machine operators, managing daily production schedules, and ensuring proper inventory levels. The supervisor will oversee the day-to-day workflow of production staff, manage production operators, and handle disciplinary actions in accordance with company policy. They will collaborate with department leaders to monitor performance and recommend improvements. Key responsibilities include overseeing the production process to ensure high-quality product delivery, maintaining appropriate production rates to avoid delivery delays, and collaborating with Customer Service and sales to resolve quality concerns. The role also involves identifying and resolving production bottlenecks by ensuring the availability of necessary resources, using production planning to limit material shortages, and ensuring machinery complies with safety standards. Effective communication of potential risks, resolution of employee, customer, or contractor issues, and coordination with internal and external parties are crucial. The supervisor will prepare staff schedules, determine work assignments, and represent the organization in external relations and negotiations. They will act as a liaison between departments to improve function and performance, review and update organizational policies, and ensure Corrective Action Reports (CARs) are submitted with proper resolutions.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent
Minimum of 3 years of knowledge and experience in production and manufacturing processes and techniques
2-3 years of manufacturing experience required

Responsibilities

Oversee the production process to ensure delivery of high quality products that meet the customers’ needs
Ensures appropriate production rate to reduce delivery delays
Collaborates with Customer Service and sales departments to identify and resolve quality concerns.
Identifies any bottlenecks or delays in production; ensures necessary labor, materials and other resources are available to relieve production bottlenecks and delays
Uses production planning and scheduling to limit material shortages
Ensures production machinery complies with professional and safety standards
Effectively and clearly communicates potential risks in a timely manner.
Resolve employee, customer or contractor issues.
Coordinate with internal and external parties to exchange relevant information.
Prepare staff schedules and determine work assignments including timeline completions for projects.
Represent the organization in external relations including negations.
Act as liaison between departments or other groups to improve function, performance or communication.
Review applicable organizational policies and procedures ensuring accuracy and relevance, communicate said policies and procedures, updating as necessary.
Ensure CAR’s (Corrective Action Reports) are submitted on time with proper resolutions
Enforce safety and health regulations.
Direct and coordinate the activities of employees engaged in the production or processing of goods, such as operators, or general production workers.
Confer with other supervisors to coordinate operations and activities within or between departments.
Plan and establish work schedules, assignments, and production sequences to meet production goals.
Inspect materials, products, or equipment to detect defects or malfunctions.
Observe work and monitor gauges, dials, and other indicators to ensure that operators conform to production or processing standards.
Conduct employee training in equipment operations or work and safety procedures, or assign employee training to experienced workers.
Interpret specifications, blueprints, job orders, and company policies and procedures for workers.
Keep records of employees' attendance and hours worked.
Read and analyze charts, work orders, production schedules, and other records and reports to determine production requirements and to evaluate current production estimates and outputs.
Requisition materials, supplies, equipment parts, or repair services.
Maintain operations data, such as time, production, and cost records, and prepare management reports of production results.
Determine standards, budgets, production goals, and rates, based on company policies, equipment and labor availability, and workloads.
Confer with management or subordinates to resolve worker problems, complaints, or grievances.
Set up and adjust machines and equipment.
Recommend or implement measures to motivate employees and to improve production methods, equipment performance, product quality, or efficiency.
Recommend or execute personnel actions, such as hirings, evaluations, or promotions.
Implement corrective actions to address organizational or departmental issues.
Establish departmental responsibilities and coordinate functions.
Ensure efficient collaboration and coordination between relevant departments including procurement, distribution and management.
Interpret and explain policies, rules, regulations and document poor performance
Monitor and review the performance of staff
Implement and review standard operating procedures and ensure all procedures are being followed.
Implement and enforce quality control to detect and correct problems
Act as liaison between organization and management
Performs other duties as assigned