Manufacturing Team Leader: Safety, Quality & Lean

Sargent Metal Fabricators; Anderson (SC); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Sargent Metal Fabricators in Anderson, SC seeks a Manufacturing Supervisor to lead daily shop floor operations, ensuring safe, efficient, and high-quality production.

You will provide direct leadership to the manufacturing team, support continuous improvement, and drive productivity while fostering a positive, accountable culture. This role emphasizes Lean/Six Sigma practices and adherence to safety policies.

Qualifications

• Experience supervising team members across varying skill levels.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and communication skills with exceptional follow-through.
• High integrity, reliability, and time-management skills.
• Excellent judgment, decision-making, and communication skills.
• Strong work ethic and willingness to support team success across departments.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee daily manufacturing operations to ensure production schedules are met safely, efficiently, and in alignment with quality standards and company objectives.
• Provide technical leadership and operational support by troubleshooting production issues, balancing workflow and productivity, maintaining production flow, and communicating necessary production or process changes to the Engineering and Operations teams.
• Drive quality performance and continuous improvement initiatives by supporting corrective actions, participating in root cause analysis, implementing Lean/Six Sigma principles, and reporting production metrics and operational performance.
• Supervise and develop manufacturing team members through proper onboarding and training, cross-training initiatives, 1:1 meetings, annual performance reviews, corrective discipline, and ongoing coaching to foster accountability and a positive team culture.
• Promote and enforce a safe, organized, and compliant work environment by ensuring adherence to safety procedures, proper PPE usage, and company policies.
• Support company annual objectives and departmental KPIs while contributing to broader organizational goals.
• Maintain punctual, regular, and predictable attendance and provide occasional off shift support to ensure operational continuity.
• Uphold and model the company’s Core Values in all leadership activities.
• Perform additional duties as assigned to support business needs and operational success.

Skills

Supervising teams

Organizational skills

Communication

Time management

Integrity/ethics

Decision making

Job description

Sargent Metal Fabricators in Anderson, SC seeks a Manufacturing Supervisor to lead daily shop floor operations, ensuring safe, efficient, and high-quality production.

You will provide direct leadership to the manufacturing team, support continuous improvement, and drive productivity while fostering a positive, accountable culture. This role emphasizes Lean/Six Sigma practices and adherence to safety policies.