Manufacturing Supervisor - Night Shift

Superior Essex Inc.; Brownwood (TX); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Superior Essex Inc. is seeking a Production Supervisor to oversee the assigned production area in the wire and cable manufacturing process. The role requires supervising staff, coordinating shift activities, and ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards.

The position involves reviewing schedules, prioritizing operations, and directing work to meet customer delivery dates while maintaining efficient production and inventory control.

Qualifications

• One year certificate from college or technical school and/or three to four years related experience and/or training or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Directly supervises employees in the assigned production area.
• Experience applying safety and quality standards in a manufacturing setting.

Responsibilities

• Reviews production schedules to ascertain product data and delivery dates.
• Plans production operations and prioritizes manufacturing tasks.
• Assigns personnel, maintains housekeeping and safety standards, and evaluates performance.
• Reviews reports and resolves operational, manufacturing and maintenance problems to avoid delays.
• Inspects machines and equipment to ensure optimal operation and train staff on proper use.
• Coordinates with engineering on new processes and designs.
• Enforces rules and resolves worker issues, escalating to management as needed.
• Completes and forwards production data and assists with monthly inventory.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Leadership

Safety compliance

Communication

Reading & interpretation

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Education And Experience Requirements

One year certificate from college or technical school and /or three to four years related experience and /or training or equivalent combination of education and experience

Education And Experience Requirements

One year certificate from college or technical school and /or three to four years related experience and /or training or equivalent combination of education and experience

Directly supervises employees in the assigned production area.

Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organizations' policy and applicable laws. Responsibilities include: interviewing, hiring and training employees; planning, assigning and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems

Essential Purpose Of This Position

Supervises and coordinates all shift activities of assigned production area(s) engaged in the manufacture of wire and cable products by performing the following duties personally or through employees

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Reviews production schedules to ascertain product data such as: types, quantities, specifications and scheduled delivery dates in order to meet customer requirements and assists in establishing necessary revisions
• Plans production operations, establishing priorities and sequences for manufacturing products in assigned area
• Makes personnel assignments, maintains housekeeping and safety standards, interprets policies and procedures, observes assigned employees to ensure compliance with production and quality standards and conducts employees performance appraisals
• Reviews production and operating reports and resolves operational, manufacturing and maintenance problems to ensure minimum costs and prevent operational delays and executes instructions from production management
• Inspects machines and equipment to ensure specific operational performance and optimum utilization as well as provided instructions on proper operations
• Assists engineering personnel with new process and designs
• Enforces rules, resolves worker complaints and problems and submits unresolved situations to production management for action
• Completes, maintains and forwards relative productions data and assists with monthly inventory

Skills And Abilities Required

• To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
• In order to perform this job satisfactorily, applicant must be able to:
• 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 or organization
• Ability to add and subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals. Ability to compute rates, ratios and percentages and to draw and interpret bar graphs
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standard situations
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
• While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to finger; handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit, climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; and taste and smell
• The employee must occasionally lift and /or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and /or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distant vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus
• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities the essential functions
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works near moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles and risk of electrical shock
• The noise level in the work environment is usually loud

Computer Equipment And Software Requirements

• Able to use Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.