Production Supervisor

include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• ◆Lead daily production activities to achieve established safety, quality, delivery, cost, and productivity targets.
• ◆Execute the daily and weekly production schedule and maintain clear accountability for schedule attainment, including development and execution of recovery actions when commitments are missed.
• ◆Plan and allocate labor based on production requirements, employee qualifications, constraints, and priorities; manage staffing and overtime within established guidelines.
• ◆Lead daily production and tier meetings, review performance against key metrics, assign actions, and ensure timely escalation of issues.
• ◆Monitor and improve key operating measures including safety performance, schedule attainment, labor efficiency/productivity, first-pass yield, rework/scrap, backlog, and other assigned KPIs.
• ◆Identify production constraints, material shortages, equipment issues, quality concerns, and other barriers to execution; coordinate with appropriate support functions to drive timely resolution.
• ◆Ensure employees follow approved standard work, work instructions, fabrication drawings, specifications, welding procedures, quality requirements, and safety procedures.
• ◆Conduct skills assessments and maintain training, qualifications, certification, and skills-matrix records; develop cross-training plans to improve workforce flexibility.
• ◆Coach employees and manage performance, attendance, conduct, development, and accountability in accordance with company policies and applicable requirements.
• ◆Partner with Quality and Engineering to resolve manufacturing and welding-related issues, perform structured root-cause analysis, and implement sustainable corrective actions.
• ◆Drive continuous improvement through standard work, 5S, visual management, waste elimination, problem solving, flow improvement, and Kaizen activities.
• ◆Ensure welding equipment, tooling, fixtures, and measurement equipment are properly used, maintained, calibrated, and available to support production requirements.
• ◆Maintain accurate and timely production, labor, training, certification, quality, and other required manufacturing records and system transactions.
• ◆Promote a proactive safety culture through hazard identification, employee engagement, incident investigation, corrective action, and consistent enforcement of safe work practices.
• ◆Develop workforce capability and succession through coaching, cross-training, qualification, certification, and identification of future team leaders.

• ✓High school diploma, GED, or equivalent required; technical school, Associate’s degree, or Bachelor's degree preferred.
• ✓Minimum 3-5 years of manufacturing experience in a fabrication or welding environment, including 2+ years of direct supervisory or production leadership experience preferred.
• ✓Strong working knowledge of applicable welding processes, fabrication methods, manufacturing drawings, and quality requirements.
• ✓Experience leading production teams in a schedule-driven manufacturing environment with accountability for safety, quality, delivery, and productivity performance.
• ✓AWS (American Welding Society) certification or equivalent professional credential preferred but not required unless specifically needed for assigned technical responsibilities.