Production Supervisor

Purpose/Scope

This position is responsible for improving the Company’s profitability by implementing Lean principles and practices to improve the operation’s Safety/5S, Quality, Delivery and Cost (SQDC). The Production Supervisor provides all necessary direction to support groups and those within his/her area of responsibility to insure the proper fulfillment of customer orders. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Manages customer orders to insure proper fulfillment 


• Insures that all required resources are present to produce the required output 


• Communicates progress toward order fulfillment 


• Manages for daily improvement 


• Establishes a lean vision for his/her processes, sets SQDC improvement goals, and takes the proper action to achieve these goals 


• Posts and monitors SQDC measurements to provide visual trend of progress against goals and objectives, and to identify/seek opportunities for improvement 


• Eliminates problems by taking immediate stop-gap measures, employing required support groups, recording critical data and driving root-cause elimination 


• Insures that all members adhere to standard work and implements improvements to standard operations daily 


• Provides strong leadership 


• Conducts daily startup meetings to review SQDC performance, establish short and long term performance goals, review initiative status, present company issues, and build a winning team spirit 


• Provides continuous feedback to members regarding their personal performance and rewards or disciplines accordingly 


• Increases the team’s skill depth through use of cross-training matrices, development goal setting, and task rotation 


• Interviews, hires and trains employees 

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or the equivalent in experience 


• Two years of demonstrated experience leading a team to achieve objectives in a manufacturing or similar environment 

Other Required Qualifications

• Demonstrate strong leadership, training and mentoring skills and will communicate in a way that builds understanding and dedication through use of presentations as well as verbal and written communications 


• Flexibility, results orientation, and commitment to promote and achieve business goals are essential 

Preferred Qualifications

• Four plus years of supervisory experience in a production or similar environment  

Physical Requirements

• Ability to spend long durations standing/walking in a manufacturing environment with steep ladders and catwalks. 


• Plant/Yard: Move minimum of 50lbs., spatial awareness/depth perception, walk, climb, bend at the waist, reach, forceful use of hand tools, vocal projection 


• Office: Move 25lbs (not for all jobs, reasonable accommodations will be made), work with a computer for extended periods of time 

Work Environment

• 50% of time will be spent in a loud, dusty manufacturing environment with wide variations in ambient conditions. The remainder will be spent in an office environment. 


• Plant/Yard: All types of weather conditions (year-round, Mid-west and Northeast), dirt/dust, noise from heavy machinery/vehicles, vibrations from machinery and vehicles, loud noises, little to no climate control, varying amounts of light, stairs, narrow walkways 


• Office: Quiet with some ambient noise, climate controlled, fluorescent lighting