Production Supervisor - Production

Ford • Dearborn, MI

3d • $72,480 - $141,360 • Onsite

About The Position

The Production Supervisor is a supervisory leadership role supported by on-the-job training, development, and opportunities for career progression. The role oversees an hourly manufacturing team and organizes workflow to meet quality and daily productivity requirements. The supervisor helps ensure operations are safe, smooth, and produce quality parts, while using coaching and standardized work to meet safety, quality, and productivity objectives.

The position calls for a resilient, detail-oriented, ambitious, high-integrity, and process-driven leader who builds strong relationships with hourly team members, union representatives, and management. The supervisor is expected to demonstrate servant leadership, uphold high performance standards, foster continuous improvement, and apply workplace policies consistently.

The role requires rotating shifts and hours, including nights and weekends. Ford describes a range of employee benefits, including health coverage, family and parental support, family-building benefits, vehicle discounts, tuition assistance, community-service time off, paid holidays, and paid time off. The stated salary range is $72,480–$141,360. Visa sponsorship is not available, and candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• At least 2 years of supervisory and/or manufacturing experience.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Ability to work rotating shifts and hours, including nights and weekends.
• Ability to maintain professionalism in difficult and stressful situations.
• Ability to communicate in both directions and actively listen to team members, leaders, business partners, and customers.
• Commitment to continuous improvement and a customer-first mindset.
• Ability to create a culture of safety and apply and implement workplace policies.
• Ability to administer a collective bargaining agreement consistently and effectively.
• Legally authorized to work in the United States; employment eligibility verification is required at hire.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Safety and quality experience.
• Six Sigma Black Belt or Green Belt certification.
• Knowledge of constraint management principles.
• Prior experience managing a unionized workforce.
• Stamping experience.

Responsibilities

• Supervise, evaluate, and empower an hourly team producing manufactured products, and organize workflow to meet quality and daily productivity requirements.
• Meet safety, quality, and productivity objectives by coaching standardized work and verifying production lines operate safely and smoothly and produce quality parts.
• Use servant leadership and high performance standards to drive personal, team, and company goals.
• Build strong interpersonal relationships with hourly team members, union representatives, and management teams.
• Communicate actively and listen to hourly team members, leaders, business partners, and customers.
• Create a culture of safety and apply and implement workplace policies.
• Administer the collective bargaining agreement consistently and effectively.
• Pursue continuous improvement and apply innovative solutions with a customer-first mindset.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage.
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, and subsidized backup childcare.
• Family-building benefits, including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement and fertility treatments.
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, and management leases.
• Tuition assistance.
• Established and active employee resource groups.
• Paid time off for individual and team community service.
• Paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day.
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: High school or GED