The Production Supervisor oversees plant operations and guarantees that manufacturing remains efficient by monitoring employees, organizing workflows, and optimizing day-to-day activities. Duties and Responsibilities
- Train/develop/lead/supervise employees on work duties, objectives, and standards.
- Work to reduce/eliminate sources of scrap/defects from the process. Including minimizing sources of waste.
- Drive workflow by assigning responsibilities and preparing schedules to maximize efficiency.
- Develop long-and short-term plans pertaining to staff, equipment, and maintenance project needs.
- Submit reports on performance and progress.
- Maintain quality of all products and prepare appropriate budgets/reports to be submitted to management in order to ensure optimal level of profitability for the plant.
- Identify issues in efficiency and suggest improvements.
- Enforce safety guidelines and company policies and standards including preventative maintenance on all equipment.
- Maintain optimal quality of all products and recommend improvements to production.
- Manage inventory of all plant supplies.
- Submit requests for repair and modification of plant equipment and systems; determine the cause(s) of malfunctions, the extensiveness of repair needs, and the procedures for corrective actions.
- Maintain compliance to all local, state, and federal safety regulations.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Job Requirements Education and Experience: The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
- Bachelor of Science degree or equivalent in manufacturing or equivalent experience.
- 3 years leadership experience
- 1 year heavy industrial experience
- OSHA experience preferred
Essential Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to prepare and deliver clear, concise reports that are understandable by the target audience
- Capable of driving for the achievement of business results
- Ability to meet deadlines in a fast-paced quickly changing environment
- Time management skills
- Familiarity with safe work practices, including OSHA 10 and general industry safety
- Demonstrated ability to read and utilize mechanical & electrical schematics
- Responsiveness and sense of urgency
- Proven ability to build relationships, communicate effectively, and present ideas confidently and persuasively
- Strong computer skills that include proficiency with MS Office (Word, Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint) and Dropbox
Language Skills:
- Ability to read, write, and speak English
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.
- The employee possesses the ability to fulfill and any all office activities normally expected in an office setting, to include, but not limited to: remaining seated for periods of time to perform computer entry, participating in filing activity, lifting and carrying office supplies (paper reams, mail, etc.).
- The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20-25 pounds.
- This position wears common protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hearing protection, hard hats, or life jackets as required.
- May require more than 40 hours per week to perform the essential duties of the position.
- The individual possesses fine hand manipulation (keyboarding) skills.
Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- This position operates in an office and manufacturing environments.
- The noise level is usually moderate to loud.
- This position may work near airborne particles.
- This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as a computer, phone, printer/scanner, and filing cabinets.