Production Superintendent (2nd Shift)
Nidec · Tennessee
- Level
- Supervisor
- Team
- Production
- Degree
- Required (or equivalent experience)
- Experience asked
- 5+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level production role at Nidec (industrial) in Tennessee. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers.
- They ask for
- 5+ years · degree required (or equivalent experience)
- Tools it names
- EHS / safety
- Openings
- 2 with this title at this site
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How this role compares
Against 28 other live production postings in Tennessee.
- Experience asked
- More than usual (5+ vs 4+)
Similar roles usually ask 4+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Team leadership 100%
- Lean 41%
- 5S 41%
- Root cause 38%
- Six Sigma 28%
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How to get in at this plant
Five moves over a week or two. The first one takes ten minutes.
- 1
Pick 2–3 people on the Production team at Nidec
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- 2
Send a short, curious note
One real question about their work. No favors yet. Each person gets a different note, written for this role.
- 3
Turn a reply into a short call
Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
- 4
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If the call went well, ask whether they’d pass your résumé to the hiring manager. Send your résumé link, apply that day, and let them know.
- 5
Bring proof to the interview
One page of before-and-after numbers from projects you led: scrap, OEE, cycle time, cost. Plant managers hire on results.
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Job Summary
Job Description
Plant Superintendent supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in all phases of a plant operation. Typically reporting directly to plant operations manager, prepares operation schedules and coordinates manufacturing activities to ensure production and quality meet specifications.
& Duties
- ◆Maintain compliance to all production schedules. Analyze all customer
requirements
and maintain optimal level of quality for all production activities according to required ISO standards.
- ✓Manage all work and ensure compliance to safety rules for plant and monitor all labor agreements and coordinate with direct sales team to perform all customer visits.
- ✓Design all plant skills for subordinates and develop and implement all plant policies and achieve all objectives and coordinate for various productions and maintenance activities.
- ✓Analyze and maintain budgets.
- ✓Prepare sales reports and establish all required changes for various programs and operations.
- ✓Collaborate with plant manager to recommend all operational improvements to processes and facilitate reduction in cost and ensure efficiency of all programs and adhere to all safety programs according to Federal and State regulations.
Knowledge & Experience
- ✓Requires practical knowledge in leading and managing the execution of processes, projects and tactics within one job area
- ✓Typically has advanced knowledge and skills within a specific technical or professional discipline with understanding of the impact of work on other areas of the organization
- ✓Typically has a bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional certification and 5 years of prior relevant experience
Work Shift Schedule
Second Shift (United States of America)
No Soliciting
Nidec will not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third party recruiting agencies in response to Nidec job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers. Pre-approval from the Nidec Talent Acquisition team is required before any external candidate can be submitted and such candidate must be submitted to the Nidec Talent Acquisition team.
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Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- •5 years of relevant experience
- •1 – 3 years supervisory experience may be required
- •Bachelor's Degree
- •Manages subordinate staff I the day-to-day performance of their jobs.
- •True first level manager.
- •Ensures that project/department milestones/goals are met and adhering to approved budgets.
- •Extensive knowledge of department processes.
Additional Job Details
Management – M2
Organizational Impact
- •Works to achieve operational, functional, and/or business targets within team with direct impact on departmental or job family results
- •Delivers operational results that have impact on the immediate or short-term results (e.g., less than 1 year) for the department and/or job family group
- •Plans and establishes goals and objectives for a team typically comprising of intermediate-level professionals and entry level professionals
Communication & Influence
- •Communicates with parties within and occasionally outside of own department or job family, which may include external clients or partners depending upon the job area
- •Requires ability to influence others outside of own job area on policies, practices and procedures
Innovation & Complexity
- •Responsible for making moderate improvements of processes, systems, or products to enhance performance of the job area
- •Problems are difficult and moderately complex and typically impact multiple departments or job family
- •Problems are typically solved through drawing from prior experience and analysis of issues
Leadership & Talent Management
- •Manages a team typically comprising of intermediate-level professionals and entry level professionals
- •Leads, directs and reviews the work of team members in order to accomplish operational plans and results
- •Typically has hiring, firing, promotion, and reward authority within own area, in accordance with manager review and approval