Quality Supervisor 3rd Shift

US Farathane•Port Huron, MI

9d•Onsite

About The Position

US Farathane is seeking an experienced Quality Supervisor to oversee quality across parts and production-floor processes. The role manages the Quality Team and works closely with Production Supervisors, Quality Engineers, and the Quality Manager to track and report daily quality issues. The supervisor helps ensure quality policies and procedures are followed, supports employee training and accountability, and communicates quality concerns across the shift. The position supports production launches and current jobs through inspections, operator training, startup and restart verification, audits, containment of suspect product, and review of documentation and work-cell setup. It also addresses scrap, equipment, labeling, safety, and environmental concerns and completes a detailed shift rundown. This is a third-shift role; employees may be required to work up to seven days per week.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED, or one to three years of related experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience; preferred.
Ability to perform the essential duties satisfactorily, with reasonable accommodations where applicable.
Ability to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach, and talk or hear regularly; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl frequently; and sit, climb, or balance occasionally.
Ability to regularly lift and/or move up to 45 pounds from the floor to approximately three feet high about 60 times per shift.
Close, distance, color, peripheral, and depth vision, and ability to adjust focus.
May be required to work up to seven days per week.

Nice To Haves

Supervisory experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Manage and supervise Quality Inspectors, Quality Zone Leaders, and Quality Auditors, including performance, quality, and discipline.
Work with Production Supervisors, Quality Engineers, and the Quality Manager to track and report daily production-floor quality issues and provide a shift summary.
Ensure quality policies and procedures are followed on the production floor.
Monitor new Quality Department hires and assist with evaluations, training, and accountability.
Visually inspect parts, understand part function, and contact the Quality Inspector or Shift Supervisor when defective parts are found.
Understand secondaries for new launches and current jobs, including proper reset methods.
Assist with training operators on new-launch and current production jobs and explain good-part and bad-part criteria.
Ensure operator instructions, packaging instructions, first-shot information, and visual-standard boards or pictures are at the press at the start of each shift, including 6S requirements.
Verify that operator and packaging instructions provide clear direction and that work-cell layouts are set up correctly.
Report operator performance issues to the Shift Supervisor and report scrap, quality, and safety concerns as appropriate.
Review operator scrap records to ensure scrap is recorded on the Daily Production sheet and the defect location is China marked.
Document assembly equipment fixture issues and immediately report safety issues to the Shift Supervisor.
Assist in containing suspect product and communicate known or potential quality issues to operators.
Ensure operators sign off on Internal Deviations and Quality Alerts and complete required training.
Confirm secondary-operation counters are correct, explain their importance and the reaction plan if they are off, and audit counters daily for compliance.
Assist Quality Inspectors with Startup/Restart Verification Audits, ensure inspectors follow the quality control plan, and verify that items on the audit list are audited.
Conduct dock audits of finished-goods quality, including shipping labels, finger labels when applicable, and LPA.
Review the Hold Area to ensure product is properly identified and dispositioned in a timely manner, and provide feedback on possible improvements.
Complete a detailed shift rundown.
Cooperate with environmental action-team directives, know evacuation plans and environmental plant postings, and complete training in cleanup modules.
Assist with first-piece approval when needed to avoid startup delays.
Assist operators who are behind, using shutdowns only as a last resort.
Audit daily to ensure the Zone Leader follows labeling procedures.