MFG: Manufacturing Supervisor

Overhead Door Corporation; Lewistown (Mifflin County); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Overhead Door Corporation in Lewistown, PA is seeking a Manufacturing Supervisor to help plan, organize, and monitor production across departments while ensuring daily standards, product quality, and accurate inventory reporting.

The role oversees a single shift of up to 40 employees, coordinating daily activities to meet on-time production goals, and driving continuous improvement with lean/six sigma methods. Safety training and adherence are essential.

Qualifications

• 2–3 years supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment
• Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs
• Occasional bending, pushing/pulling, and reaching

Responsibilities

• Proficient level of department product knowledge
• Manages a single shift of up to 40 employees
• Supervise daily activities of production employees
• Send employee time off records daily to payroll
• Plan and coordinate daily production activities to ensure on time completion of product.
• Drive continuous improvement efforts to create a world class operation
• Ensure compliance with all safety procedures and regulations
• Ensure that product quality standards are maintained.
• Oversee training and coaching of all employees to ensure adequate understanding of safety, quality and production procedures.
• Ensure that departmental production goals are efficiently met.
• Apply lean/six sigma tools to eliminate process waste and variation.
• Report performance metrics and improvement activities.
• Engage employees in improvement activities

Skills

Supervisory experience

People management

Lean/Six Sigma knowledge

Production planning

Quality assurance

Education

BS in Management or related field

Tools

MS Word/Excel

Kronos

Oracle

JD Edwards

Job description

The Position

This position reports to the Manufacturing Production Mgr and will assist in the planning, organizing, and monitoring of assigned departments. The manufacturing supervisor works across all lines/departments to ensure that production meets or exceeds the minimum daily standard, ensuring quality of product being produced and/or packaged and ensuring on-hand inventory reporting accuracy for both raw material and finished product.

Job Description

This position reports to the Manufacturing Production Mgr and will assist in the planning, organizing, and monitoring of assigned departments. The manufacturing supervisor works across all lines/departments to ensure that production meets or exceeds the minimum daily standard, ensuring quality of product being produced and/or packaged and ensuring on-hand inventory reporting accuracy for both raw material and finished product.

Responsibilities

• Proficient level of department product knowledge
• Manages a single shift of up to 40 employees
• Supervise daily activities of production employees
• Send employee time off records daily to payroll
• Plan and coordinate daily production activities to ensure on time completion of product. Complete necessary daily production reports
• Drive continuous improvement efforts to create a world class operation
• Ensure compliance with all safety procedures and regulations
• Ensure that product quality standards are maintained.
• Oversee training and coaching of all employees to ensure adequate understanding of safety, quality and production procedures.
• Ensure that departmental production goals are efficiently met.
• Apply lean/six sigma tools to eliminate process waste and variation.
• Report performance metrics and improvement activities.
• Engage employees in improvement activities

Qualifications

• 2-3 years supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment
• Computer literate: MS Word/Excel, Kronos, Oracle, JD Edwards
• Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs
• Occasional bending, pushing/pulling, and reaching

Education

• BS in Management or other related field or equivalent experience