Production Supervisor

Wabtec•Erie, PA

19h•Onsite

About The Position

The Production Supervisor of Light Fabrication provides frontline leadership for a team of highly skilled Technicians. In this role, you will utilize your experience and expertise to solve problems, drive process adherence, and develop and execute objectives for yourself and others. As a Leader in manufacturing, you will handle day-to-day activities in which you will provide direction to accomplish operational objectives as well as timekeeping, maintaining schedules and leading the hourly workforce. Wabtec is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services. Our team is focused on continually improving our best-in-class production capabilities. We combine deep domain expertise and tenured experience to deliver unparalleled products for our customers. Here you’ll interact daily with team members during the problem resolution process and will partner with other key stakeholders to support our internal customers and their responsibilities. You will join some of the most talented and passionate professionals in the locomotive and off highway mining vehicle industry.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or a high school diploma/GED with at least 4 years of experience in manufacturing
Prior experience with locomotive assembly
Proficient skills in Microsoft Office applications
Strong oral and written communications skills
Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
Ability to influence others and lead small teams
Ability to lead initiatives of moderate scope and impact
Ability to coordinate one to two projects simultaneously
Strong and effective problem identification and solution skills
Proven analytical and quality/process improvement skills
Willingness to take on tough challenges and grow professionally

Responsibilities

Monitor and maintain safety procedures and conditions to prevent accidents and provide a safe workplace
Support and meet production schedules, drive productivity and quality initiatives, and manage the area within budget; utilize data analysis to identify and execute improvement projects
Provide technical assistance and leadership to the Operations team including operations, equipment troubleshooting, and repair.
Drive customer satisfaction through detailed focus on product reliability.
Provide direction and support for an assigned hourly production team encompassing EHS, Quality, Material, Process, and Delivery
Help motivate all employees in his/her production team to perform their duties using established procedures to meet or exceed goals
Work with the Team Leads to develop and execute training plans for all operators to ensure they have the skills needed to do their jobs and are sufficiently cross trained to optimize resource usage safely and correctly
Identify opportunities to increase employee engagement, motivation, and collaboration across work group
Responsible for all Time and Attendance functions