Manufacturing Supervisor

Dorman Products; Harrisburg (Dauphin County); On-site; USD 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Production Supervisor to lead 2nd shift operations at a bustling manufacturing facility. This role involves overseeing a team, ensuring safety and quality standards, and driving continuous improvement in production processes. You'll be at the forefront of maintaining operational excellence while fostering a collaborative environment. If you thrive in fast-paced settings and have a passion for manufacturing, this opportunity offers the chance to make a significant impact on production efficiency and team performance.

Qualifications

• Ability to read and interpret safety rules and operating instructions.
• Effective communication skills for training and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Supervises 2nd shift production operations and coordinates workflow.
• Trains workers and ensures safety compliance in operations.

Skills

Team Leadership

Safety Compliance

Problem Solving

Communication Skills

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Related Experience

Job description

Job Summary

Directly oversees 2nd shift production operations at the Dayton Parts Manufacturing Plant, leading a team of manufacturing employees to meet and exceed safety, quality, and production targets. Responsible for coordinating workflow, maintaining high operational standards, and ensuring timely delivery of heavy-duty truck components. Acts as a hands-on leader focused on driving continuous improvement, fostering teamwork, and supporting company-wide performance goals in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Primary Duties

• Supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in shearing, punching, forging, tempering, heating, peening, assembling and painting of leaf springs for automotive industry.
• Scheduling of employees for daily production as determined by production schedulers.
• Trains new workers in job duties.
• Trains all workers in safe operation of equipment.
• Inspects work in progress and finished product.
• Keeps a record of employee attendance, disciplinary issues and general employee information. Updates records as needed.
• Assists workers with minor maintenance repairs.
• Attends company and departmental meetings as scheduled.
• Reviews production schedules and estimates work requirements for job completion.
• Interprets company policies to workers and enforces safety/OSHA regulations.
• Completes supervisory reports for work related accidents.
• Analyzes and resolves work/employee problems.
• Recommends or initiates personnel actions such as promotions, transfers, discharges and disciplinary measures.
• Maintains time and production records.
• Completes daily paperwork as assigned.
• Prepares annual employee performance reviews.
• Responsible for general plant housekeeping.
• Performs security function as needed.

Qualifications

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, percent and to draw and interpret graphs.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.

Education / Experience

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); OR
• One to three months related experience and/or training or equivalent combination of education and experience.