Manufacturing Assembly Supervisor

Flex-N-Gate; Covington (IN); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) match

Tuition reimbursement

Paid holidays and vacation

Job summary

Flex-N-Gate is seeking a Manufacturing Supervisor to ensure safe, efficient and timely production. This role will lead shift activities, manage schedules, and provide hands-on support to improve product quality and delivery performance.

The supervisor will mentor staff, drive continuous improvement initiatives, and align with cross-functional teams to meet production goals and ISO/TS standards.

Qualifications

• Experience supervising a manufacturing shift and coordinating daily production schedules.
• Familiarity with ISO 14001 and TS16949 quality systems is preferred.
• Evidence-based approach to safety, quality, and on-time delivery.

Responsibilities

• Supports production schedules and daily work assignments.
• Provides hands-on product and process support for reports.
• Drives process safety, quality, delivery and morale improvements.

Skills

Leadership

Team coordination

Continuous improvement

Training & development

Communication

Problem solving

Job description

Flex-N-Gate is a leading manufacturer and supplier of components for the automotive industry, recently ranked 10th of the 150 Top North American Suppliers in “Automotive News.” A growing and vital company, Flex-N-Gate provides a great opportunity for hard-working and skilled individuals.

The Manufacturing Supervisor is responsible for the facility operations to ensure production is operating in a safe, efficient and timely manner. Responsible for production schedules and posting of daily work assignments based upon production needs. Must be shop-floor orientated and provide "hands-on" product and process support for all reports. This individual will be the driver behind product process safety, quality, delivery and morale. This individual will be accountable for continuous improvement for assigned department as well as training and development of direct reports.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Supports facility with continuous improvement process (5’S, Kaizen, Safety Audits)
• Communicates, trains, guides and coach employees to achieve operational initiatives that optimize team efforts in the manufacturing of quality parts
• Assesses training needs and supports employee training, including communication of procedures and work practices to employees
• Mentors and develops personnel. Evaluates interpersonal skills, provides feedback and recommends methods to improve skills
• Schedules and assigns personnel to work activities
• Continuously monitors and tracks output, manufacturing processes, labor efficiencies, and quality indicators for assigned department
• Measures performance and quality
• Drives positive results in operational Key Process indicators
• Establishes and builds working relationships with other departmental personnel, such as Materials, Maintenance, Automation and Quality to meet production schedules
• Meets daily with the Management Team to review production results and improvement priorities
• Ensures adequate product is available for on-time shipment. Strives to meet production schedules so as to keep overtime requirements to a minimum and is able to communicate to Management Team the reasons the production schedule is not met
• Determines the cause of production problems and resolves the issues directly or by assigning appropriate resources
• Assists in determining root cause pf PPM's and non-conforming product and helps come up with corrective actions
• Accurate and prompt completion of all necessary data entry, spreadsheets, log books, etc.
• Follows ISO 14001 and TS16949 requirements
• Supervise direct and indirect employees on shift
• Performs other duties as assigned

What We Offer

• Medical, dental, prescription, vision, life and disability insurance; and a flexible spending account
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match
• Extensive safety training, new hire orientation, continuous learning and development programs and tuition reimbursement
• Paid holidays and vacation time

What do our employees have to say?

“It engages you professionally, and provides learning opportunities.”

“Lots of growth opportunity.”

“The company’s young enough to be exciting, but old enough to be stable.”

Not just a job—a great place to work!

Flex-N-Gate is an equal opportunity employer. EEO/Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabled.