Material Processing Supervisor

FIDELITY MANUFACTURING•Ocala, FL

13h•Onsite

About The Position

The Steel Processing Supervisor leads day-to-day steel processing operations to ensure safe, on-time, quality-compliant production with minimal downtime. The role coordinates people, materials, and equipment; communicates production status and constraints; and drives continuous improvement. In collaboration with other supervisors and plant leadership, the supervisor ensures products meet print specifications and applicable safety and industry requirements while maintaining an organized, efficient work area. The supervisor assigns and coordinates work for operators and leads within aluminum processing, supports training and cross-training, and helps the team meet production priorities and ship dates. The role partners with Quality, Engineering, Scheduling, Materials, and Maintenance to address nonconformances, equipment issues, inventory needs, and production constraints. It also supports audits and compliance activities and maintains required records. This position is performed in a manufacturing, production, and warehouse environment that may include indoor and outdoor areas, some of which are not fully covered. Conditions may include fluctuating temperatures, weather, elevated noise, airborne particles, fumes, moving machinery, and hard or uneven walking surfaces. Employees may work near heavy equipment, tools, forklifts, and production machinery. Safety training, PPE, and safety procedures are provided and must be followed in production and warehouse areas.

Requirements

Excellent communication skills and strong computer and ERP literacy.
Effective people leadership, coaching, and conflict-resolution skills.
Ability to identify problems, analyze data, and implement preventive strategies to reduce risk and downtime.
Detail-oriented, with strong organizational skills and an eye for visual management.
Ability to build trust and productive working relationships across departments, including Quality, Engineering, Scheduling, and Materials.
Strong problem-solving skills and comfort facilitating structured problem-solving and continuous improvement.
Customer and end-user mindset; results- and deadline-driven.
Ability to plan, prioritize, and maintain an organized shop to meet deadlines.
Ability to coach and drive performance, set direction for goals, and hold the team accountable.
Ability to speak and listen effectively and facilitate shift meetings, training, and on-the-spot problem-solving.
Ability to work in a manufacturing environment and support continuous improvement initiatives.
Frequent standing and walking for extended periods.
Repetitive use of hands, arms, and upper body; frequent bending, stooping, crouching, and reaching.
Ability to push, pull, lift, and carry materials weighing up to 50 pounds.
Ability to operate tools, machinery, and equipment safely.
Ability to read and interpret measurements using a ruler or measuring tools.
Ability to work in elevated-noise environments while wearing PPE.
Visual and auditory ability to identify safety hazards and operational issues.

Responsibilities

Communicate the production schedule to department leads and operators, maintaining visibility into ship dates and priorities.
Provide daily updates to plant and production leadership on schedule attainment, throughput, and constraints, and escalate risks early.
Plan short-term efficiency gains and support long-term capacity and capability growth within aluminum processing.
Ensure department leads and operators have the information, tools, and support needed to succeed.
Coach team members, reinforce effective communication, set expectations for teamwork and accountability, recognize achievements, and address performance concerns.
Enforce company policies and uphold safety, quality, and housekeeping standards.
Maintain a clean, organized, visually managed work area and ensure materials and work in progress are stored in designated locations.
Coordinate ordering and staging of materials for upcoming jobs to prevent shortages and delays.
Ensure material consumption and movement are accurately recorded through required inventory transactions.
Verify operators complete pre-shift preventive maintenance checklists and confirm machines are ready before production starts.
Ensure operators cut material accurately to print specifications, including dimensions, tolerances, and orientation as applicable.
Ensure accurate job clocking and labor and production transactions in the ERP system.
Lead root cause analysis and corrective actions when failures occur, targets are missed, or nonconformances are identified.
Build productive working relationships across Quality, Engineering, Scheduling, and Materials.
Train and reinforce safe work procedures, proper PPE use, and safe material handling practices.
Ensure team members understand and follow applicable work instructions, SOPs, prints, and quality requirements.
Identify, correct, and report unsafe work habits and conditions, and stop work when needed for safety.
Apply procedures and quality standards to ensure cutting and processing meet specifications.
Ensure measuring tools and inspection methods are used correctly and verify first-piece, last-piece, and in-process checks as required.
Coordinate tools, blades, consumables, fixtures, gauges, and supplies needed by operators.
Assign work and supervise and coordinate operators and leads within aluminum processing.
Make manufacturing decisions related to safety, production priorities, housekeeping, and continuous improvement.
Support training plans and cross-training to improve flexibility and coverage, and document training progress as required.
Partner with Quality to address nonconformances, ensure containment, and follow through on corrective actions.
Partner with Maintenance to resolve equipment issues, ensure preventive maintenance completion, and coordinate timely work orders and downtime documentation.
Maintain material traceability where required and ensure scrap is identified, segregated, and recorded according to procedure.
Support safety, quality, and inventory audits and compliance activities, and maintain required records.