Production Supervisor

Bull Moose Tube•Sinton, TX

About The Position

The Production Supervisor manages all aspects of plant operations and workflow, including production steps, processes, personnel, and resources. The role champions the plant’s Safety and Quality programs and oversees secondary-floor activities such as slitting, shipping, receiving, galvanizing, and stenciling. The supervisor maintains production reporting and shift summaries, ensures equipment repairs and maintenance corrections are coordinated, and oversees mill tooling status, rolls, and dies. The role also interprets customer and ASTM specifications and implements the rolling schedule from Shop Floor. The Production Supervisor supports production goals and standards for speeds, changeover times, uptime, yields, and mill specifications. The position leads shift employees, handles hiring and training, maintains timekeeping and payroll, and administers the Collective Bargaining Agreement, safety rules, and conduct rules. The role organizes monthly safety meetings, enforces safety policies, assures product quality to ASTM and BMT requirements, and supports adherence to the ISO program. Other duties may be assigned by the Operations Manager or other leadership.

Requirements

Analytical ability, good judgment, strong operational focus, and critical-thinking skills, including the ability to assess and resolve complex and/or technical problems effectively.
Ability to work cooperatively with others to support constructive and productive business relationships, business coordination, and staff development.
Strong leadership and communication skills, flexibility, and effectiveness in a union environment.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, business partners, plant personnel, and others.
A minimum of 3–5 years of demonstrated manufacturing operations supervisory experience.
Solid understanding of business planning and operational, quality, and safety matters.
Strong mechanical background.
Computer competency.

Nice To Haves

Manufacturing operations supervisory experience in the metal tubing industry.

Responsibilities

Supervise secondary-floor activities, including slitting, shipping, receiving, galvanizing, and stenciling.
Maintain reporting procedures and shift production summaries, including reconciliation of coils consumed and bundles produced.
Ensure equipment operation by requesting repairs and facilitating maintenance corrections for process malfunctions.
Oversee mill tooling status, rolls, and dies; read and interpret customer and ASTM specifications; understand and use Shop Floor; and implement and maintain the rolling schedule from Shop Floor.
Administer and enforce the Collective Bargaining Agreement, safety rules, and conduct rules, and determine and discipline infractions in accordance with their terms.
Support and ensure adherence to company standards for production goals, speeds, changeover times, uptime, yields, and mill specifications.
Organize and conduct monthly safety meetings and enforce in-house and regulatory safety policies and procedures to reduce the potential for employee injuries.
Supervise shift employees by communicating expectations, planning and monitoring work, appraising results, coaching, counseling, disciplining, and enforcing systems, policies, and procedures.
Recruit, select, orient, and train new employees.
Maintain and apply timekeeping and payroll procedures.
Assure product quality in accordance with ASTM and BMT requirements and ensure adherence to the ISO program.
Perform other duties assigned by the Operations Manager or other leadership.