Production Supervisor

Autokiniton•Belleville, MI

20d

About The Position

The Production Supervisor oversees production activities for AUTOKINITON’s Belleville 2 team. The role educates associates on company policies, safety, quality, and production requirements; promotes housekeeping improvements using 5S; and supports efficient production, quality, and shipping schedules. It administers payroll and timekeeping, monitors quality documentation, inventories, production plans, machinery, and equipment, and takes corrective action when needed. The supervisor leads department meetings and quality problem-solving teams, communicates information and staffing needs, helps hire associates, oversees work-center setups, and supports implementation of new systems and operations. This is a full-time, salaried role reporting to the Operations Manager. The employee must be able and willing to work any assigned shift, weekends, and overtime, and maintain regular, predictable attendance.

Requirements

Able and willing to work any shift assigned, weekends, and overtime.
Regular and predictable attendance required.
Operate machinery and equipment according to MIOSHA standards and company procedures, using required safety equipment.

Responsibilities

Educate associates on proper company procedures, policies, safety and quality issues, and production requirements.
Continue housekeeping focus and improvements through 5S.
Administer payroll daily before and after each shift, including auditing timekeeping records, correcting missing punches, entering bluelines, adjusting employee schedules, and reviewing and approving or denying EPT/PTO requests within 24 hours.
Monitor quality documentation at each operation and ensure inspection sheets, SPC charts, and other applicable checks are properly completed with required notations or comments.
Eliminate waste through safety, quality, and production improvements.
Conduct daily department meetings on quality, attendance, safety, housekeeping, and production requirements; answer associate questions and note suggestions.
Perform duties and operate machinery and equipment according to MIOSHA standards and company procedures, using required safety equipment.
Communicate staffing needs to supervision.
Monitor production plans and provide corrective action as necessary.
Monitor, adjust, and report inventories.
Monitor machinery and equipment and write work orders when necessary.
Resolve problems logically and effectively; lead CPR teams in resolving quality issues.
Communicate necessary information to associates.
Implement new systems and operations.
Participate in corrective-action activities as needed for plant and customer requirements.
Maintain work-center schedules in accordance with production and shipping schedules.
Oversee work-center setups, ensuring quality performance and proper documentation.
Complete daily production reports for all work centers or train operators to do so.
Assist in hiring new associates.
Handle a variety of issues from all areas of the plant.
Attend all required training.
Work any assigned shift, including weekends and overtime, and maintain regular, predictable attendance.
Assume other duties as directed by the supervisor.