Onsite - Automotive Shift Supervisor

Formel D; United States; On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Formel D seeks an On-Site Supervisor to support the Project Manager, coordinating engineers and technicians on location for OEM automotive clients. You will lead quality improvement projects, manage containment of parts, and ensure accurate invoicing by verifying payroll hours.

This role requires hands-on leadership, a background in automotive quality, and strong communication, with travel as needed to support client sites.

Qualifications

• Must have leadership and direction of assigned team, including scheduling, training and safety.
• Hands-on project experience in automotive quality, rework, and retrofit.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with clients and teams.
• Ability to travel as required to support field operations.
• Proficiency with MS Office tools and related software.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate, organize and implement quality improvement projects for OEM client; plan and execute action plans.
• Lead project meetings with colleagues and customers.
• Set up project teams for containment of automotive parts and ensure only approved components are sent to client for assembly.
• Verify weekly payroll hours for accurate client invoicing.

Skills

MS Office

Communication skills

Teamwork

Decision-making

Organizational skills

Travel flexibility

Education

High school diploma

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Tools

MS Office

Job description

The role of an On-Site Supervisor includes assisting the Project Manager in the support and development of customers, the coordination of engineers, and technicians who work on location with our customer. They routinely coordinate and organize different projects in the automotive industry in the quality management department.

They are the first contact if there are any problems and interface between our company and internal and external customers.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Coordination, organization and implementation of quality improvement projects in assigned area in support of the OEM automotive client; project planning and implementation of action plans.
• Lead and attend project meetings with your colleagues and customers.
• Project team setup of containments of automotive parts, ensuring that only approved components will be sent to the OEM customer for vehicle assembly.
• Verify weekly payroll hours to ensure accurate client invoicing of hours worked.

Leadership Role:

• Maintains open communications between adjoining shift supervision to insure smooth transition of operation from shift to shift. Communicates with support departments as needed; conducts pre-shift meetings.
• Problem solving in support of issue resolution (entire process).
• Coaching sessions for tactical, day-to-day observations and behavior modification; conflict resolution.
• Ensure delivery and understanding all required training and communication for team members.
• Ensures completion of all forms, paperwork and time-sheet records on a timely basis.
• Responsible for the implementation of and adherence to the customer safety program for their respective shift.

Qualification/Requirement:

• This position is responsible for leadership and direction of assigned team to include timing, discipline, safety, training, work schedules, assignments and positive moral.
• Hands-on project experience in automotive service industry fields of Quality, Re-work and Retrofit.
• Decision-making authority, good organizational skills, self-initiative, negotiating skills, ability to work in a team, high flexibility and readiness to travel.
• Strong knowledge of MS Office tools.
• Experience with suppliers and customers in the automotive industry.
• Good written and oral communication skills to communicate with the client and all levels of your organization.

Experience/Education:

• High school diploma; bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Minimum of 1 to 2 years of experience in a project supervisory role.

Environmental Requirements:

• Will be exposed to extreme temperature changes and noise.
• Some duties performed outside in all weather conditions.
• This is a physically demanding position.
• Must be able to lift, push, pull, move product, equipment and supplies up to fifty pounds and twenty pounds.
• Must be able to work at heights up to 20-25 feet.
• Regularly stands, bends, lifts and moves intermittently during shifts of 8+ hours.