Production Supervisor – 2nd shift

Production Supervisor 2nd shift

Summary

The Production Supervisor will direct and coordinate operations team and activities in support of production assembly. Continually optimize processes to predictably produce existing customers’ products ensuring cost, quality and delivery goals are achieved.

Reports to the Operations Manager.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Plan and execute the production schedule based on the MRP.
• Work with Planners / Production Control, Quality Engineers, Manufacturing Engineers, Program Managers and other members of cross-functional team to continually improve Safety, Quality, Delivery, Inventory, and Productivity.
• Ensures that the department is properly staffed to hit delivery / productivity goals.
• Meets required customer demand by scheduling the staff and equipment.
• Work closely with Human Resources and Operations Management to achieve accurate direct labor staffing levels.
• Work with engineering to ensure that procedures and training are made available to employees.
• Manage and analyze production capacity vs. demand.
• Generate and report all labor efficiency data.
• Capable of analyzing daily operating reports and shifting resources as needed.
• Assist in providing product / process training to Operations team.
• Helps enforce and maintain daily management systems, pareto charts, HRXHR, and participates / drives Gemba.
• Assure that all pieces of equipment have up to date PM’s as needed.
• Participate on new product introduction (NPI) teams and ensure the successful start-up of those processes.
• Drive cross functional resolution of all issues that impact manufacturing.
• Prepare work-in-process status reports.
• Helps initiate requests and justification of capital equipment, employee requisitions, and purchase orders.
• Develop and maintain a working knowledge of our product to hold productive conversations around availability, quality and any process problems with cross-functional team.
• Conducts root cause analysis (5 Why’s) to determine reasons for unstable processes and develops corrective action with cross-functional team.
• Other responsibilities as directed and necessary for the business.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Employee development and performance assessment in conjunction with Human Resources.
• Provide direct supervision to all levels and disciplines assigned to specific production lines.
• Interpret company policies for workers, enforce safety regulations, and maintain housekeeping guidelines.

Qualifications

• Must be available for 2nd shift (Mon-Fri, 3 : 00pm 11 : 30pm) with some OT required
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering discipline preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in manufacturing environment; high-volume, system level, mechanical assembly and / or SMT manufacturing preferred.
• Demonstrated supervisory and leadership skills.
• Knowledge of ISO9001 and IPC Standards preferred.
• Intermediate business tools / applications knowledge (i.e. Email, Excel, MS Word, etc.)
• Experience in a variety of technical disciplines and product technologies.
• Exceptional leadership, interpersonal, organizational and team building skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, along with organizational and time-management skills.
• Background in Lean / Continuous Improvement methodologies; Six Sigma Green Belt or higher preferred.
• Ability to motivate employees and build a strong team atmosphere.
• Ability to communicate effectively and collaborate with cross functional groups.
• US Person as defined in 22 CRF Part 120.15 (U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, refugees and those given asylum in the United States, and temporary residents granted amnesty) since work includes ITAR controlled technical data.
30+ days ago