Production Supervisor (2nd Shift)
About The Position
The Production Supervisor is a first-level supervisor in a manufacturing environment who directly supervises semi-skilled employees within a function or work group. The role oversees production team performance and processes, supporting quality, output, efficiency, and delivery targets. It contributes to monthly forecasts, owns daily and weekly output and quality targets, manages controllable operating expenses, and coordinates resources across more than one production line and/or customer. The position also supports employee development, performance management, hiring, work scheduling, and compliance with established policies and procedures. The supervisor manages training and skill development to build a multi-skilled team, conducts return-to-work interviews and first-level disciplinary hearings, and coaches employees to improve performance. The role works within established professional standards and practices and communicates with employees, peers, and internal and external customers. Duties are performed in a manufacturing environment and may involve occasional travel and exposure to common manufacturing conditions.
Requirements
- Four to six years of relevant experience.
- Bachelor's degree in a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- In-depth knowledge of production processes and the tools and equipment used in those processes.
- Knowledge of the business unit and how decisions affect customer satisfaction, product quality, on-time delivery, and profitability.
- Ability to coordinate a wide variety of resources to meet production quality and quantity metrics.
- Ability to communicate effectively with a wide variety of internal and external customers.
- Ability to lead, manage, train, and motivate a diverse group of employees to achieve production levels within tight deadlines in a dynamic manufacturing environment.
- Ability to use some or all of the following PC applications: Word, Lotus Notes, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to monthly forecasts and own daily and weekly output and quality targets.
- Manage team and process performance, motivation, and satisfaction to meet quality, output, and efficiency targets.
- Manage staff training, skill development, and growth to support multi-skilled capability.
- Conduct return-to-work interviews and first-level disciplinary hearings in a timely, consistent, and professional manner.
- Manage controllable operating expenditure, including scrap and consumables.
- Coordinate resources to meet production quality and quantity metrics.
- Lead, manage, train, and motivate employees to achieve production levels and deadlines.
- Supervise employees, assign tasks, and check work at regular intervals.
- Participate in interviewing and hiring; review employee performance, recommend compensation, coach employees, and recommend disciplinary action as needed.
- Approve overtime schedules and working hours.
- Control more than one production line and/or customer.
- Execute budgets, develop schedules, and enforce policies and procedures.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
