Production Supervisor (3rd Shift)

Marmon Holdings, Inc.•East Granby, CT

17h

About The Position

Marmon Industrial Energy & Infrastructure (MIEI) – East Granby is one of six specialty wire, cable, and tubing solution manufacturing companies located throughout North America. The Production Supervisor is responsible for employee safety and supervising production or operational departments and work centers. The role ensures compliance with daily planning, manufacturing, and shipment schedules while maintaining quality, specification, cost, productivity, and safety standards. It includes providing employee training and maintaining compliance with established rules, regulations, practices, and contractual provisions. The position works from 11:00 PM to 7:00 AM, Sunday night through Friday morning. The supervisor staffs and organizes work centers, trains and coaches operators, tracks performance and attendance, coordinates schedules with Planning, addresses scrap and production problems, and works with Operations, Human Resources, Engineering, and Maintenance as appropriate. The role also monitors labor efficiency, capacity, delivery performance, downtime, housekeeping, and material handling, and participates in committees addressing strategic operational issues. Additional duties may be assigned as business demands change.

Requirements

At least 3–5 years of equivalent experience in an industrial manufacturing environment in a supervisory capacity.
Strong conceptual and analytical skills.
Strong organizational and problem-solving ability.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Excellent interpersonal skills.
Ability to be a team player and develop teamwork in supervised areas.

Nice To Haves

Direct wire and cable experience.
Strong mechanical and process aptitude and working knowledge of wire and cable machinery.
A two- to four-year degree in engineering or manufacturing technology; equivalent proven work experience may be considered.

Responsibilities

Identify unsafe conditions, eliminate safety hazards, investigate incidents, take corrective action, and ensure incident reports are reviewed by the Director of Operations.
Coach and monitor employees for compliance with safety rules and practices.
Staff work centers according to workload, assign employees to meet demand, and make staffing recommendations to the Director of Operations.
Train and cross-train operators to meet schedules established by Planning.
Participate in committees with the Director of Operations to address issues such as OSR and scrap reduction, material usage, and safety.
Measure operator efficiency, communicate progress and challenges, track attendance, recognize quality performance, and coach employees.
Consult the appropriate Human Resources Representative about employee and labor relations, benefits, and related matters.
Measure achieved schedules against planned schedules by work center and coordinate with the Planning supervisor to ensure schedules are accurate and realistic.
Ensure scrap is reported by work center, analyze OSRs, identify contributing factors, and implement corrective actions to reduce scrap.
Collaborate with operators, engineers, and maintenance personnel to resolve process and equipment problems.
Regularly review operator performance and ensure productivity levels are met through coaching, collaboration, and training.
Organize work centers for efficiency, hold team meetings to develop solutions, provide required tools and resources, and maintain good housekeeping.
Reduce material handling between and within departments and improve material staging to eliminate time spent searching for reels or materials.
Achieve a minimum earned labor efficiency of 70% and reduce indirect labor through improved material handling, less rework, and work flexibility as outlined in the contract.
Ensure available work-center capacity meets or exceeds actual capacity.
Monitor late orders, measured as due an operation plus five days, and on-time delivery for stock and special orders according to the monthly forecast.
Reduce downtime through efficient setups, material availability, staging, and scheduled preventive maintenance.