The Production Supervisor oversees daily operations on the production floor to ensure efficiency, quality, and safety standards are met, leading a team of production employees and coordinating workflow, resolving issues in real time, and ensuring production targets and deadlines are consistently achieved.
Requirements
- Supervise and coordinate the daily activities of production employees to meet production schedules and quality standards.
- Monitor workflow, assign tasks, and manage labor to optimize efficiency and minimize downtime.
- Maintain a safe, clean, and organized work environment; enforce safety protocols and conduct regular safety checks.
- Provide on-the-floor coaching, direction, and feedback to production staff; assist in performance evaluations and disciplinary actions when necessary.
- Troubleshoot production issues, equipment breakdowns, or delays in coordination with maintenance and engineering teams.
- Ensure accurate reporting of production metrics, downtime, scrap, and other operational data.
- Lead start-of-shift meetings and communicate daily goals and expectations clearly to the team.
- Partner with Quality Assurance to uphold product standards and quickly address quality concerns.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives and encourage team engagement in problem-solving.
- Manage timekeeping, attendance, and basic administrative tasks for team members.
- Develop and execute daily production plans in alignment with overall schedules and priorities.
- Manage short-term staffing levels based on production forecasts, shift requirements, and workload variations.
- Oversee accurate and timely completion of shift reports, capturing key production data, downtime, quality issues, and safety concerns.
- Monitor and analyze key performance indicators—Safety, Quality, On-Time Delivery (OTD), and Output—to ensure operational targets are achieved.
- Ensure that in-process and final quality checks are consistently performed and documented.
- Promote and monitor the application of Lean Manufacturing tools and principles (such as 5S, Kaizen, Value Stream Mapping, and Standard Work) to eliminate waste, improve process efficiency, and sustain continuous improvement initiatives.
- Coordinate with the Supply Chain and Warehouse teams to ensure timely availability of raw materials and consumables.
- Lead or participate in Quick Response Quality Control (QRQC) sessions to promptly address and resolve production issues.
- Track and analyze hourly production performance to ensure alignment with established UPH targets.
- Oversee onboarding and training of new employees to ensure they understand safety, quality, and operational standards.
Benefits
- Medical (PPO and HDHP with HSA)
- Dental
- Vision
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Holidays
- 401K w/ employer match
- Short/long term disability
- Life insurance
- Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending
- EAP
- Commuter benefits
- Education assistance
- Pet insurance
- Legal
