Assembly Supervisor (MAP26406)

Socket.dev; Brookshire (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

TMEIC Corporation Americas seeks a skilled supervisor to oversee assembly operations in Brookshire, TX, ensuring production goals are achieved while maintaining safety and quality. The role focuses on guiding a team, optimizing processes, and ensuring 6S compliance and ERP-enabled workflows.

You will plan schedules, interview candidates, train staff, verify tool calibration, address quality issues, and coordinate with managers to prevent interruptions.

Qualifications

• 2 years’ experience in a supervisory or lead role.
• Working knowledge of manufacturing operations and production processes.
• Proficiency with hand tools and power tools.
• Proven ability to lead teams to achieve business goals.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Experience with an ERP system.
• Proficiency in MS Word, Excel and Outlook.
• Ability to lift, push, and pull up to 40 lbs.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 5%.

Responsibilities

• Supervise assembly operations to meet production goals with safety and quality.
• Plan work schedules and manage employee hours to sustain line continuity.
• Identify factors affecting productivity and notify manager to mitigate delays.
• Interview and evaluate candidates to fill assembly positions.
• Assess skill levels and coordinate training for the team.
• Verify tool calibration requirements per schedules.
• Investigate part discrepancies and coordinate resolutions.
• Provide temporary coverage to maintain production continuity.

Skills

Team leadership

Problem-solving

Communication

ERP system

MS Word, Excel, Outlook

Safety awareness

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Associate’s degree in manufacturing or related field

Tools

ERP system

Hand tools & power tools

Job description

General Role Description

Supervise assembly operations to ensure production goals are met while maintaining quality and safety standards

Role Accountabilities

• - Implement, manage, and monitor assembly processes to maintain efficient and reliable production operations
• - Plan work schedules and manage employee hours, reallocating staff as needed to sustain production line continuity
• - Identify factors that may impact on-time productivity and notify the manager promptly to mitigate delays
• - Interview and evaluate candidates to select qualified personnel for assembly positions
• - Assess skill levels and coordinate training to maintain a capable and effective assembly team
• - Verify tools and equipment calibration requirements are met according to established schedules
• - Investigate part discrepancies and coordinate resolution to prevent production interruptions
• - Provide temporary coverage for absent team members to maintain production continuity
• - Investigate and address quality non-conformances, notifying quality control and/or quality assurance
• - Issue work orders, schematics, specifications, and instructions to team leads
• - Troubleshoot assembly issues and resolve, escalating to manager as necessary
• - Identify and report production constraints related to equipment, staffing, or capacity to the manager
• - Conduct random inspections of assembly lines to verify adherence to established processes and procedures
• - Monitor work areas for unsafe practices, equipment issues, and PPE compliance and address concerns promptly
• - Verify daily completion of 6S standards to maintain organized and efficient work areas

General Employee Accountabilities

• - Bring full effort to bear on tasks assigned by manager
• - Give manager best advice
• - Give earliest notice when work cannot be delivered as specified
• - Cooperate and collaborate with peers and interact cross-organizationally as specified by manager
• - Exemplify Company Core Values: Integrity, Client Focus, Team Orientation, and Personal Commitment
• - Comply with all Company policies, practices, and procedures and all regulations and laws
• - Recommend viable improvements proactively
• - Ensure effective utilization of business tools and processes

Manager Accountabilities

• - Build and lead a team of committed and capable employees
• - Plan for, appropriately assign, resource, and integrate the work of the team
• - Lead, expect, and implement continuous improvement
• - Own the output of the team
• - Ensure team members fulfill functional and general employee accountabilities
• - Exercise effective managerial leadership to include
• - Two-way managerial team working
• - Fair and just treatment of direct reports
• - Context setting
• - Planning
• - Task assignment
• - Ongoing performance management
• - Coaching
• - Selection and orientation
• - De-selection and dismissal

Manager-Once-Removed Accountabilities

• - Ensure effective leadership and fair and just treatment for their direct reports once removed
• - Ensure talent pool development at the direct report once removed level

Requirements

• - High school diploma or equivalent
• - 2 years’ experience in a supervisory or lead role
• - Demonstrated working knowledge of manufacturing operations and production processes
• - Proficiency using hand tools and power tools
• - Demonstrated success leading teams to accomplish business goals
• - Strong problem-solving skills
• - Demonstrated successful working relationships with clients, suppliers, and other internal and external contacts
• - Demonstrated successful and positive personal leadership, interpersonal, organizational, administrative, and communication skills
• - Demonstrated continuous improvement in areas of responsibility
• - Proficiency working with an ERP system
• - Proficiency in MS Word, Excel and Outlook
• - Ability to lift, push, and pull up to 40 lbs.
• - Availability to travel domestically and internationally, up to 5%, sometimes with limited notice

Preferred Qualifications

• - Associate’s degree in manufacturing, industrial technology, or a related field
• - 4 years' experience in a supervisory or lead role
• - 2 years' power electronics manufacturing experience
• - Working knowledge of lean manufacturing and continuous improvement practices
• - Proficiency working with an ERP system
• - Demonstrated ability to perform quality checks and inspections in a production environment
• - Demonstrated experience working in a business with foreign ownership, preferably Japanese
• - Proficiency working with Oracle

Link to TMEIC Corporation Americas website: https://www.tmeic.com/. To be considered an applicant for any available positions, individuals must complete an online job application for each posting. A resume may be attached to the online application but is not considered a substitute for the information in the application. Applications will be considered only for the specific position for which the application is submitted.

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