Production Supervisor - 1st Shift

TriMas Corporation•Auburn, IN

61d•$29 - $35•Onsite

About The Position

The Production Supervisor oversees the daily activities and employee performance during their shift. This role is responsible for maximizing employee satisfaction by handling requests and complaints, and reporting the collective shift output. The supervisor is tasked with maintaining a safe and organized work environment while ensuring smooth production operations. They are also responsible for engaging and motivating the manufacturing team, which can include up to 45 resources, to achieve hourly and/or daily business targets.

Requirements

3-5 years of supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment required.
Proven people management skills and ability to develop and/or maintain a team.
Excellent English verbal and written communication skills.
Computer skills (ERP, Microsoft Office Outlook, Word, Excel)

Nice To Haves

Technical background in injection molding, steel manufacturing, paint lines and/or high-speed assembly is highly preferred.
Lean or Six Sigma qualification is preferred.

Responsibilities

Ensures a safe work environment and that all PPE is available and used by all team members.
Ensures team members are properly trained for their work and production targets, monitors and reports on the on-the-job training process, and makes recommendations for cross-training.
Acts as the voice and face of leadership, ensuring respectful communication with a focus on safety, and confers with management and team members to resolve personnel issues and support coaching/development.
Communicates product quality and productivity performance to team members for self-correction, and supports and communicates with HR and Management on situations requiring corrective action.
Ensures accurate hourly/daily production reporting and achievement of daily product quality and production goals.
Works with maintenance to address machine/tool/die issues impacting the production schedule.
Ensures smooth transition between shifts and communicates resource issues to HR and Management.
Ensures the production schedule is completed as scheduled and reports issues impacting the schedule to the Buyer/Planner and Management.
Ensures completion of daily job orders, employee assignments, and time-off requests.
Maintains a “visual workplace” using production boards, equipment status boards, etc.
Immediately addresses and/or resolves off-schedule situations, lost time, and off-standard production targets.
Communicates opportunities for improvement to Engineering and/or Management.
Performs other duties as assigned by the Manager.