Production Supervisor

Swegon North America•Murfreesboro, TN

11d•Onsite

About The Position

Swegon North America is hiring a Production Supervisor for a full-time, on-site day-shift role in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Reporting to the Plant Manager, the supervisor leads hourly employees and team leads in a unionized manufacturing environment, translating production plans into daily results while supporting a safe, organized, and accountable workplace. The role focuses on developing people and improving safety, quality, productivity, and customer delivery through hands-on floor leadership and problem-solving. The supervisor owns execution within an assigned day-shift area, including employee direction, immediate containment, communication, and follow-through on actions. The Plant Manager retains plant-wide accountability for safety, production, staffing strategy, customer commitments, and the operating system. Routine issues are to be resolved locally, with significant risks escalated promptly. The position is primarily based on the plant floor, with regular walking, standing, and direct observation, plus administrative duties. The work environment includes manufacturing noise, moving equipment, forklifts, metal edges, and welding or fabrication activities. Required protective equipment and site safety rules apply. The schedule is Monday through Thursday, 6:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Fridays may be required as overtime. Flexibility is required for overtime, weekends, training, shutdowns, and urgent operational issues. Reliable commuting to 971 Esther Ln, Murfreesboro, TN 37129 is required. Essential duties must be performed safely, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Requirements

3–5 years of manufacturing experience, including at least two years leading hourly employees, a production area, shift, or team.
Hands-on experience in sheet metal fabrication or a comparable manufacturing environment.
Working knowledge of manufacturing safety, quality controls, production planning, maintenance coordination, inventory, and continuous improvement.
Ability to set expectations, coach constructively, reinforce accountability, and make timely decisions in a fast-moving plant.
Ability to read drawings, instructions, and production schedules, and use data to prioritize and solve problems.
Clear written and verbal communication skills.
Practical proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, and manufacturing information systems.
Ability to reliably commute to 971 Esther Ln, Murfreesboro, TN 37129.
Ability to move safely through production areas and perform essential duties, with or without reasonable accommodation.
Ability to work the stated day-shift schedule and flexibility for overtime, weekends, training, shutdowns, and urgent operational issues when needed.

Nice To Haves

Experience supervising employees in a unionized manufacturing environment.
Postsecondary education in operations, industrial or engineering technology, business, or a related field; equivalent technical training and progressive manufacturing leadership experience may be considered.
Knowledge of shearing, press brakes, spot and MIG welding, light assembly, and material handling.
Lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, safety, first-aid, or leadership training.

Responsibilities

Lead hourly employees and team leads with clarity, fairness, and respect; assign work, confirm understanding, verify completion, and address missed expectations.
Coach and recognize employees, support onboarding, cross-training, and skills development, and recommend training or staffing actions.
Partner with the Plant Manager and HR to document and address recurring attendance, conduct, or performance concerns.
Lead daily huddles covering safety, production, quality, staffing, and risks; encourage employee ideas and follow through on concerns.
Ensure trained, qualified employees follow current drawings, specifications, and approved methods, and document first-piece, in-process, and final inspections.
Contain nonconforming work, preserve traceability, involve Quality promptly, and support root-cause analysis and lasting corrective actions.
Use standard work, visual controls, mistake-proofing, Lean methods, 5S, plant data, and employee ideas to reduce scrap, rework, downtime, bottlenecks, waiting, and unnecessary movement.
Lead assigned improvements from problem definition through implementation and verification of measurable results.
Support kaizen events, layout changes, time studies, capacity trials, and new-product or process introductions as directed by the Plant Manager.
Verify pre-use checks and safe readiness of equipment, tooling, fixtures, and work areas; reinforce proper use, storage, and control of tools, consumables, and material-handling equipment.
Escalate breakdowns, coordinate maintenance priorities, communicate production impacts, support preventive maintenance access and equipment trials, and verify safe restarts.
Allocate labor to the approved plan, employee qualifications, and workload; identify overtime needs before delivery is at risk.
Control work in process, material movement, scrap, rework, and consumables, and maintain accurate, timely production, labor, and inventory transactions.
Explain gaps against plan and improve productivity without compromising safety or quality.
Maintain visual boards and daily reporting on safety, quality, delivery, labor, downtime, and improvement results.
Escalate emerging risks promptly with clear facts, including containment, impact, action owner, timing, and support needed.
Attend production meetings and weekly reviews prepared with current results and outstanding actions.
Rebalance labor, workflow, job sequencing, and break coverage within the approved day-shift plan; stop unsafe work and hold nonconforming product pending Quality involvement.
Initiate containment, short-term recovery, and problem-solving within established policies; recommend overtime, staffing, training, tooling, maintenance, layout, and process changes based on operational needs.
Escalate serious injuries, high-risk safety conditions, environmental events, potential customer delays, significant quality escapes, repeat defects, extended downtime, shortages, and matters requiring formal discipline, HR involvement, unapproved spending, permanent staffing, major schedule changes, customer communication, or specification deviations.