Lean Assembly Supervisor - Lead Quality & Efficiency

Specialized Talent Acquisition Recruiting Team (START); Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Specialized Talent Acquisition Recruiting Team (START) in Detroit seeks a Production Supervisor to lead a unionized shop floor, plan workloads, monitor quality and safety, and drive Lean improvements. The role requires coordinating materials, scheduling, and guiding teams to meet production targets while maintaining standards.

You will oversee training, timecards, and performance, balance cost and productivity, and ensure safe operations with strong teamwork and continuous improvement mindset.

Qualifications

• 5 years in material handling and/or manufacturing plant supervision.
• 2 years in supervisory roles overseeing teams.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and specs.
• Lean / Continuous Improvement experience.
• Strong attention to detail and problem-solving abilities.
• MIG welding preferred and forklift proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate, direct and lead production employees to meet or beat budget.
• Determine schedules and expedite workflow to maintain throughput.
• Coordinate materials and maintain inventory for jobs.
• Inspect work for quality and policy conformance.
• Supervise to achieve high quality, efficiency, teamwork.
• Implement Lean layouts, techniques and tools.
• Balance quality, productivity, cost and safety.
• Train, motivate and evaluate employee performance.
• Control and minimize labor hours and ensure safety reporting.
• Perform incident investigations and maintain shop floor organization.
• Minimize rework and shop expenses; communicate priority projects.

Skills

Material handling

Manufacturing supervision

Reading engineering drawings

Lean / Continuous Improvement

Attention to detail

Problem solving

MIG welding

Forklift operation

Job description

Specialized Talent Acquisition Recruiting Team (START) in Detroit seeks a Production Supervisor to lead a unionized shop floor, plan workloads, monitor quality and safety, and drive Lean improvements. The role requires coordinating materials, scheduling, and guiding teams to meet production targets while maintaining standards.

You will oversee training, timecards, and performance, balance cost and productivity, and ensure safe operations with strong teamwork and continuous improvement mindset.