2nd Shift PDU Cable Production Lead

Engineered-Products-Co; Minnetonka (MN); On-site; USD 73,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Engineered-Products-Co, located in Minnetonka, MN, seeks a Production Supervisor for the PDU Cables 2nd Shift to lead daily production operations, ensuring safety, quality, and on‑time delivery. This salaried role supervises a shift of 15–30 employees and collaborates with cross‑functional teams to drive continuous improvement.

You will manage line readiness, material flow, and compliance with customer specifications, while coaching staff and optimizing labor use.

Responsibilities

• Supervise manufacturing employees within the assigned PDU Cables shift and location, generally overseeing approximately 15-30 employees depending on staffing levels, product mix, and business needs.
• Provide visible, consistent shift leadership by setting daily expectations, assigning work, monitoring productivity, addressing barriers, and ensuring smooth handoffs between shifts.
• Oversee production of PDU cable assemblies, including line readiness, work order prioritization, material availability, tooling, labeling, testing requirements, quality checkpoints, packaging, and shipment readiness.
• Monitor production schedules, labor capacity, customer priority orders, and material constraints; partner with Scheduling, Purchasing, Warehouse, and Manufacturing leadership to resolve issues quickly.
• Maintain, monitor, and improve production processes, safety requirements, equipment, fixtures, tools, and work instructions within the assigned PDU Cables area.
• Ensure employees follow documented build instructions, customer specifications, electrical safety requirements, quality standards, and proper handling practices for cable assemblies and related components.
• Create, implement, and maintain effective on-the-job training for employees, including safe tool use, assembly methods, inspection expectations, ERP transactions, quality procedures, and cross‑training needs.
• Work with Human Resources and Manufacturing leadership to support staffing needs, onboarding, attendance management, employee relations, performance coaching, corrective action, and retention efforts.
• Monitor labor costs, attendance, overtime, timecards, labor allocation, and staffing coverage to support business needs while maintaining accountability and consistency.
• Use company systems to conduct employee reviews, process time‑off requests, manage labor reporting, review production activity, and run reports as needed.
• Ensure product quality standards are met for internal and external customers; identify defects, trends, rework drivers, and process gaps, and assist with corrective action.
• Partner with the Manufacturing Manager to meet key performance indicators, including safety, quality, delivery, productivity, efficiency, labor utilization, rework, and schedule attainment.
• Conduct regular 5S activities and continuous improvement projects within the assigned PDU Cables production area to support organization, efficiency, safety, and standard work.
• Act as a liaison among Production, Quality, Warehouse, Scheduling, Customer Service, Sales, and other departments to communicate order status, production concerns, material shortages, and process updates.
• Supervise planning and coordination of production line setups, changeovers, job staging, equipment readiness, and shift start‑up activities within assigned areas.
• Track actual performance against planned performance, analyze variances, identify root causes, and support practical solutions that protect safety, quality, delivery, and customer commitments.
• Partner with Maintenance, Engineering, and Manufacturing leadership to improve production methods, tooling, fixtures, equipment, ergonomics, standards, and documentation.
• Lead shift meetings, production huddles, and employee communications; share priorities, safety topics, quality alerts, staffing plans, and key production updates.
• Maintain accurate production reports, shortage logs, shift notes, escalation updates, and other documentation needed to support continuity across Minnesota and Iowa operations.
• Promote a respectful, accountable, safety‑focused culture where employees understand expectations, receive timely feedback, and are encouraged to identify improvement opportunities.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Job description

Engineered-Products-Co, located in Minnetonka, MN, seeks a Production Supervisor for the PDU Cables 2nd Shift to lead daily production operations, ensuring safety, quality, and on‑time delivery. This salaried role supervises a shift of 15–30 employees and collaborates with cross‑functional teams to drive continuous improvement.

You will manage line readiness, material flow, and compliance with customer specifications, while coaching staff and optimizing labor use.