Building Future Leaders Program – Production Supervisor

IKO•Kankakee, IL

2d•$75,000 - $75,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Building Future Leaders Program (BFL) is an integral part of IKO’s succession planning strategy and has successfully been in place since 2022. We are seeking recent engineering graduates (or similar) to bring into our organization as Production Supervisors. The Production Supervisor role will focus on producing a high-quality product by leading employees to maintain a high level of awareness on safety, environmental and process compliance. While fulfilling the role of Production Supervisor at one of our manufacturing locations, participants will simultaneously participate in the 24-month BFL Program. Through this program, incumbents will collaborate with fellow BFL members, gain exposure to all facets of the IKO business, meet with key executives and be assigned an executive mentor, tour several IKO manufacturing plants and participate, participate in career mapping workshops, and participate in numerous professional development initiatives, including all 10 modules of IKO’s Supervisor Essentials Program. This is a full-time permanent role. Once the 24 month program period has been completed and the incumbent has completed the BFL Program, they will be eligible to move to other relevant roles that match their interests within IKO.

Requirements

Senior (Expected May 2026 Grad) or Recent Graduate (within 12 months) specializing in Industrial, Mechanical, Electrical, or equivalent Engineering program.
Proficient in MS Excel (advanced functionality), MS Word, MS Power Point & Adobe Acrobat.
Critical thinking skills, and high degree of organization are a must.
Must be able to stand and walk frequently.
Must be comfortable working at heights occasionally.
Must be able to lift up to 30 lbs unassisted.
Fluent in English (spoken and written).
Must be authorized to work in the United States
Must be able to travel freely to Canada for trainings and site visits.

Nice To Haves

Leadership experience preferred
Troubleshooting capability is a plus.

Responsibilities

Actively participate in BFL offerings, courses, meetings and other activities.
Lead a positive change effort to improved performance by motivating, recognizing and inspiring others to be effective and efficient in their activities
Maintain a high level of awareness on safety, environmental and process compliance
Champion hazard identification, evaluation and control through the behavior based safety and risk assessment programs
Lead and direct all production operations for the duration of your shift ( This will include rotating shift work)
Increase employee engagement and improve the labor relations climate through participation in continuous improvement (get suggestions, report problems, participate in team problem solving sessions)
Drive accountability for both results and actions of direct reports through education, motivation, documentation and behavior-based coaching
Increase operator involvement in maintenance
Participate in Root cause analysis (5 why, fishbone, etc.) with team members, maintenance and engineering
Continually improve the operational efficiency of the plant
Work with and support other department goals
Ensure proper documentation and complete reports (compliance, checklists, production reports, spreadsheets, metrics, incident investigations, etc.)
Facilitate effective meetings and team discussions
Effectively communicate with all levels both internal and external to the organization
Job training with STD work description, SOP and WI Safety training, STOP. FLRA and all others safety programs
Resolve any conflict immediately and assure that behavior is in line with IKO values, ask for help if needed
Ensure a rigorous follow-up of all 5S