Plant Superintendent B Shift
Lear · Duncan, SC
- Level
- Supervisor
- Team
- Production
- Industry
- Automotive
- Posted
- Recently
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level production role at Lear (automotive) in Duncan, SC.
- Tools it names
- Lean, Six Sigma
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How this role compares
Against 24 other live production postings in South Carolina.
- Experience asked
- Not stated
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Team leadership 92%
- ✓ Lean 44%
- 5S 32%
- EHS / safety 24%
- SAP 20%
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Stands out: this posting asks for New product launch, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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Pick 2–3 people on the Production team at Lear
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Send a short, curious note
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This plant: Lear in Duncan
1 other open role at this site.
- Plant Quality Engineer · Quality
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requirements
and to evaluate current production estimates and outputs.
- ✓Confers with senior management to coordinate operations and activities within or between departments.
- ✓Plans and establishes work schedules, assignments, and production sequences to meet production goals.
- ✓Inspects materials, products, or equipment to detect defects or malfunctions.
- ✓Demonstrates equipment operations and work and safety procedures to new employees or assign employees to experienced workers for training.
- ✓Observes work, and monitor gauges, dials, and other indicators to ensure that operators conform to production standards.
- ✓Confers with management or subordinates to resolve worker problems and complaints.
- ✓Interprets specifications, blueprints, job orders, and company policies and procedures for workers.
- ✓Analyzes information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
- ✓Provides guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
- ✓Monitors and reviews information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
- ✓Develops specific production goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and meet customer requirements.
- ✓Encourages and builds mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
- ✓Develops budgets and approves expenditures for supplies, materials, and human resources, ensuring that materials, labor, and equipment are used efficiently to meet production targets.
- ✓Reviews processing schedules and production orders to make decisions concerning inventory requirements, staffing requirements, work procedures, and duty assignments, considering budgetary limitations and time constraints.
- ✓Reviews operations and confers with technical or administrative staff to resolve production or processing problems.
- ✓Sets and monitors product standards, examines samples of raw products to ensure finished products are of prescribed quality.
- ✓Develops and implements production tracking and quality control systems, analyzing production, quality control, maintenance, and other operational reports, to detect production problems.
- ✓Monitors the production run to make sure that it stays on schedule and correct any problems that may arise.
- ✓Devises ways to make the production process more efficient.
- ✓Recommends training programs or reorganization techniques for the manufacturing process.
- ✓Serves as Emergency IT Backup and System Administrator in absence of other IT personnel (if previously trained while acting as IT Specialist)
- ✓Provide strategic leadership and direction to ensure plant operations align with company goals, customer requirements, and financial targets
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Lear For You
We work hard for the people who work for us. We champion our teams. We foster collaboration, inclusion, respect and excellence. What we are trying to say is we want to be more for you.
We are your path to a better career, a better future, and a better you.
Our teams have invented groundbreaking technologies, flawlessly manufactured millions of products and earned a long list of awards. Year after year, we are one of the World's Most Admired Companies.
Our teams are the secret to our success. They are empowered, inventive and inclusive. Passionate about their craft. Driven to succeed. Because we all understand that we must work together to win.
Are you ready for a better career? A better future?
We're Lear For You.
Lear For You
We work hard for the people who work for us. We champion our teams and foster collaboration, inclusion, respect and excellence. Because we want to be more for you.
A path to a better career. A better future.
Our teams have invented groundbreaking technologies, manufactured millions of products and earned a long list of awards. Year after year, we’re named one of the World’s Most Admired Companies.
They’re the secret to our success—empowered, inventive and inclusive. Passionate about their craft. Driven to succeed. Because we win together.
Are you ready for a better career? A better future?
Job Description
Duncan south carolina, duncan plant
The Plant Superintendent is responsible for the production department of their assigned shift at Lear Montgomery Plant. Incumbents in this classification are primarily responsible for coordinating all activities related to the planning, directing, and overseeing of the production process and for analyzing the plant’s personnel and capital resources to select the best way of meeting the production goals, reducing costs wherever possible, and ensuring products are produced on time and correctly meeting all Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) specifications.
Your work will include, but not be limited to
- •Enforces health, safety, and environmental regulations.
- •Directs and coordinates the activities of employees engaged in the assembly of seats.
- •Reads and analyzes charts, work orders, production schedules, and other records and reports to determine production
Continued
- •Drive operational excellence by monitoring KPIs such as safety, quality, cost, delivery, and employee engagement.
- •Foster a culture of accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvement across all shifts and departments.
- •Champion Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and other continuous improvement initiatives to increase efficiency and reduce costs.
- •Develop and execute succession planning and talent development strategies for future leadership roles.
- •Serve as a key liaison with executive leadership, customers, and regulatory agencies, providing updates on plant performance.
- •Oversee new product launches, equipment installations, and major process changes, ensuring seamless integration with existing operations.
- •Ensure the plant consistently meets or exceeds budget, productivity, and customer satisfaction targets.
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