Manufacturing Supervisor — Quality, Safety & CI Lead

Tenneco; Athens (AL); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Tenneco is seeking a frontline supervisor for our Alabama site to lead Group Leaders and ensure quality, delivery, and compliance with ISO 14001 and IATF 16949 standards.

The role requires 3–5 years in a warehouse or manufacturing environment with prior supervisory experience, and a high school diploma or equivalent. Technical degree is a plus; on-site work with HR collaboration for onboarding and training.

Qualifications

• High School graduate or equivalent; Technical degree preferred.
• Minimum 3-5 years experience or training in a warehouse or manufacturing environment.
• Previous experience in supervision role preferred.

Responsibilities

• Supervises and coordinates activities of the Group Leaders to produce a quality part to satisfy our customers.
• Responsible for quality and delivery performance.
• Ensures policies and procedures are followed.
• Responsible for site accuracy of reporting, root cause investigations and solutions including inventory reduction.
• Resolve employee conflict and coordination with HR for support as needed.
• Execute onboarding and training for new employees in collaboration with HR.
• Prepares accurate reports for scrap, hours, overtime, safety, piece per labor hour metric, plex inventory and quality.
• Responsible for 8D problem solving, Kaizen activities, continuous improvement and GP12/Safe Launch monitoring.
• Manages overtime and monitors the Critical 40 in the department.
• Enforces and maintains a safe workplace in accordance with corporate values and 5SP3 standardization.
• Responsible for conducting and submitting Reviews for Increase and Annual Reviews in a timely manner as detailed in a monthly Calendar; non-compliance may violate IATF 16949 clause 7.3.2.
• May be given authority within job scope by Manager.
• Each employee has the authority to initiate action to prevent a violation of the Tenneco Integrity Policy.
• All employees will abide by plant safety policy, ensure compliance with legal requirements, and adhere to ISO 14001; report any non-conforming activity.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Warehouse/manufacturing experience

Leadership

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Technical degree preferred

Job description

Tenneco is seeking a frontline supervisor for our Alabama site to lead Group Leaders and ensure quality, delivery, and compliance with ISO 14001 and IATF 16949 standards.

The role requires 3–5 years in a warehouse or manufacturing environment with prior supervisory experience, and a high school diploma or equivalent. Technical degree is a plus; on-site work with HR collaboration for onboarding and training.