Battery Manufacturing Operations Supervisor

Torrey Holistics; Mason (OH); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Torrey Holistics in Mason, Ohio seeks an experienced manufacturing supervisor to lead hourly teams on the floor, ensuring safety, quality, and throughput while upholding standardized work.

You will coach operators, align shift goals, monitor metrics, and collaborate with maintenance, quality, logistics, engineering, and planning to keep lines running. This role emphasizes lean, continuous improvement and hands-on floor presence.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3–7 years of manufacturing leadership or supervision of hourly production teams.
• Experience with safety procedures and quality systems in production.
• Hands-on, floor-based leadership in fast-paced environments.
• Experience with lean and continuous improvement practices.

Responsibilities

• Supervise daily production areas and shifts.
• Maintain safety, quality, and throughput standards and standardized work.
• Manage material flow and line readiness for production continuity.
• Lead process changes and continuous improvement activities.
• Contribute to building a high-performance manufacturing culture and scalable operations.

Skills

Leadership

People Management

Time Study Analysis

Labor Management Systems

Continuous Improvement

Kaizen

Lean Manufacturing

Production Planning & Scheduling

Operational Metrics

Problem Solving

Cross-functional Collaboration

Coaching

Tools

ERP Software

PLC (Fanuc, Allen Bradley)

Vision System

Conveyor Systems

Industrial Robot (Fanuc)

Job description

About the role

At our advanced battery module manufacturing and battery pack assembly facility in Mason, Ohio, you will be the hands-on leader who keeps production moving safely, smoothly, and on target. In a fast-paced startup setting, you’ll set the tone for a high-performance culture built on safety, quality, accountability, and continuous improvement.

A day in the life

• Start with a floor walk to assess line readiness, material flow, and safety conditions.
• Align operators and manufacturing technicians around shift goals; coach, support, and remove roadblocks.
• Ensure standardized work and manufacturing procedures are followed to meet safety, quality, and production targets.
• Track output, efficiency, scrap, downtime, and other operational metrics; take action on trends.
• Escalate production, quality, or equipment issues quickly and coordinate resolutions.
• Collaborate constantly with maintenance, quality, warehouse/logistics, engineering, and production planning to keep lines running.
• Drive process improvements and lean initiatives; help define workflows, standards, and processes as volumes scale.
• Model operational discipline, teamwork, accountability, and clear communication across the floor.
• Support onboarding, training, and performance development for hourly production personnel.

What you'll own

• Day-to-day supervision of assigned production areas and/or shifts.
• Adherence to safety, quality, and throughput standards and standardized work.
• Material flow and line readiness to maintain production continuity.
• Implementation of process changes and continuous improvement activities.
• Contributing to the build-out of high-performance manufacturing culture and scalable operations.

What you bring

• 3–7 years of manufacturing leadership or supervisory experience leading hourly production teams.
• Strong grasp of manufacturing operations, safety procedures, and quality systems.
• Calm, decisive leadership in fast-paced production environments; strong coaching and problem-solving skills.
• Hands-on approach with a willingness to spend significant time on the floor.
• Experience with lean and continuous improvement preferred.
• Background in automotive, battery, electronics, advanced manufacturing, or other high-volume production preferred.
• Outstanding organizational skills, operational discipline, and cross-functional collaboration (engineering, operations, quality, logistics, maintenance).

You should be proficient in:

• Leadership / People Management
• Time Study Analysis
• Labor Management Systems Knowledge
• Continuous Improvement
• Manufacturing Instruction (MI)
• Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
• Supervisory Experience
• Kaizen
• Lean Manufacturing Principles
• ISO 9001 Certification Experience
• Operational Metrics & KPI Management
• Production Planning & Scheduling
• Non-standard practice ID
• Product optimization

Machines & technologies you'll use:

• ERP Software
• Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) (Fanuc, Allen Bradley)
• Vision System
• Conveyor Systems
• Industrial Robot (Fanuc)