Production Supervisor
Tenneco · Smithville, TN
- Level
- Supervisor
- Team
- Production
- Degree
- Required (or equivalent experience)
- Experience asked
- 1+ years
- Industry
- Automotive
- Posted
- 16 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A supervisor production role at Tenneco (automotive) in Smithville, TN. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
- They ask for
- 1+ years · degree required (or equivalent experience)
- Tools it names
- Lean, OEE, Root cause, IATF 16949, Welding, SAP
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From the plant jobs report · week of November 9, 2026
Production Supervisor roles in Tennessee: typical posted base $73k–$118k.
Median of the low and high ends of 4 live postings that list pay, out of 53 production supervisor openings in Tennessee, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Tennessee plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 49 other live production postings in Tennessee.
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (1+ vs 4+)
Similar roles usually ask 4+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Team leadership 88%
- ✓ Lean 42%
- 5S 22%
- ✓ Root cause 22%
- Cost reduction 20%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for OEE, IATF 16949, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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This plant: Tenneco in Smithville
2 other open roles at this site · 3 people we found in production roles at Tenneco.
- Quality Manager · Quality · Manager
- Maintenance Technician · Reliability · Technician
Production Supervisor at Tenneco in other locations
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Job summary
The Production Supervisor Is responsible for supervising team members in the production of quality products to meet customer order
requirements
and ensures compliance with all safety and health, environmental quality, quantity, and housekeeping standards.
JOB
Responsibilities
- ◆To assure the availability and efficient assignment of resources
- ◆Assure the correct execution of processes (Safety, Quality, etc)
- ◆Assure a clear communication of priorities and tasks
- ◆Lead and communicate the correct escalation process
- ◆Responsible of achievement of the Production plan
- ◆Coordinate activities related to gaps or deviations of production consumables
- ◆Achievement of established goals and KPI´s
- ◆Initiate and Lead corrective actions vs deviations ”Problem Solving”
- ◆Execute improvements on multiskills/training matrix from his/her area.
- ◆Follow up and execution of our defined systems
- ◆Production report at the end of the shift.
- ◆Manage Shift schedule from Start to end, meetings, priorities, leading support areas according to the area needs.
JOB
Education
- ✓Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience.
Experience
- ✓1 year leadership in a manufacturing environment
Requirements
- ✓Knowledge of Problem Solving, Proven skill on driving problems solving based on at least one methodology such as A3, 8D’s, 5Shy’s, Shiny, etc.)
- ✓Welding & Bending basic processes (Desirable)
- ✓Efficiency (Labor Efficiency, OEE metrics knowledge)
- ✓Basic SAP & Scrap reporting knowledge (preferred)
- ✓Knowledge of behavioral based Safety practices
- ✓Basic Quality System (ISO-IATF) (Experience managing Departments under these requirements).
- ✓Lean Principles knowledge ( Basic knowledge using them or being part of implementation Teams)
- ✓Waste knowledge (3M Muri-muda-mura)
- ✓Understanding of principles of 5´s
- ✓Computer basics Software knowledge ( Excel, PPT, Word)
- ✓Conflict Management
- ✓Analysis capacity
- ✓Planning and organization.
- ✓Setting discipline by a positive Leadership.
- ✓Lead by the example
responsibilities
that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
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Physical demands
(The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)
- •Often required to sit and use their hands and fingers, to handle or feel.
- •Frequently required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl and lift up to 50 lbs.
- •Vision abilities required include close vision
Work environment
(The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- •Exposed to moving mechanical parts and vehicles 90% of the time.
- •The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to high.
Other Duties: Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or