08 - Production Supervisor (2nd Shift)
About The Position
This is a first-level supervisory position in a large manufacturing site, providing direct supervision to semi-skilled employees within a single function or work group. The role typically reports to a second-level manager and is accountable for setting annual plans and objectives, interpreting functional-area policies, contributing to policy development, and meeting unit goals through established processes and standards. The position executes budgets, develops schedules, enforces policies and procedures, and assigns and checks employees’ work. It participates in interviewing and hiring, reviews employee performance, recommends compensation and disciplinary action, and approves overtime schedules and working hours. The role also interacts routinely with direct reports and peer groups, while any applicable external interactions are monitored. The Production Team Leader contributes to monthly forecasts and owns daily and weekly output and quality targets. The role manages team performance, motivation, satisfaction, training, and skill development, while controlling operating expenses such as scrap and consumables. Work takes place in a manufacturing environment and may involve occasional exposure to noise, dust, chemicals, operating machinery, and temperature extremes. Occasional travel may be required.
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 the production process and the tools and equipment used in it.
- 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 high production levels under 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 performance, motivation, and satisfaction to meet quality, output, and efficiency targets.
- Manage employee training, skill development, and growth to build multiskilled capability.
- Conduct return-to-work interviews and first-level disciplinary hearings promptly, consistently, and professionally.
- Manage controllable operating expenditure, including scrap and consumables.
- Establish annual plans and objectives and interpret functional-area policies.
- Execute budgets, develop schedules, and enforce policies and procedures.
- Assign tasks and check employees’ work at regular intervals.
- Participate in interviewing and hiring; review employee performance and recommend compensation or disciplinary action as appropriate.
- Approve overtime schedules and working hours.
- Coordinate resources to meet production quality and quantity metrics.
- Control more than one production line and/or customer.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
