Production Control Supervisor

Thermoflex Corporation; Waukegan (IL); In loco; USD 65.000 - 90.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Thermoflex Corporation is seeking a Production Control Supervisor for a high-volume injection molding environment. You will lead manufacturing support, ensure schedules, material availability, inventory accuracy, and optimal labor utilization to meet customer requirements.

This role requires a strong manufacturing leader who can balance priorities, analyze performance data, and make timely decisions across three shifts to achieve safety, quality, productivity, and OEE targets.

Competenze

• 3–5+ years in a manufacturing environment.
• 2+ years in supervision or team lead roles.
• Experience coordinating schedules, materials, inventory, and resources.
• Bilingual English/Spanish required and usable on the floor.

Mansioni

• Lead, coach, and hold accountable staff to safe, efficient production.
• Review schedules, staffing, machine availability, and material needs daily.
• Monitor production and address material shortages, downtime, and quality issues.
• Coordinate with scheduling, quality, maintenance, tooling, and other departments.
• Track OEE and production reporting; drive corrective actions for downtime and scrap.
• Investigate and resolve inventory variances and ERP transactions.
• Ensure accurate recording of transactions, movements, and quantities.
• Participate in daily production meetings and communicate status and priorities.
• Adjust labor assignments as conditions change; escalate issues when needed.

Conoscenze

Production scheduling

Leadership

ERP systems

OEE & productivity

Bilingual EN/ES

Problem solving

Strumenti

IQMS ERP

Microsoft Excel

Descrizione del lavoro

Position Title: Production Control Supervisor Reports To Manufacturing Manager

Department: Manufacturing Direct Reports (if applicable): Manufacturing Support

Summary

The Production Control Supervisor is responsible for the day-to-day execution and control of production activities within a high-volume injection molding manufacturing environment. This position provides hands-on leadership to manufacturing support while ensuring production schedules, material availability, inventory accuracy, labor resources, and equipment utilization are effectively managed to meet customer and operational requirements.

This role requires a strong manufacturing leader who can effectively balance production priorities, troubleshoot operational issues, analyze performance data, and make timely decisions in a fast-paced environment. The Production Control Supervisor is accountable for achieving established targets for safety, quality, productivity, schedule attainment, OEE, scrap, downtime, and labor efficiency.

We are hiring for all 3 shifts!

1st Shift: 6:55am - 3:00pm

2nd Shift: 2:55pm - 11:00pm

3rd Shift: 10:55pm - 7:00am

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and hold accountable manufacturing staff to ensure safe, efficient, and consistent execution of daily production requirements
• Review production schedules, work orders, staffing levels, machine availability, and material requirements to accomplish daily priority schedules
• Monitor production throughout the shift and proactively address conditions that could impact schedule attainment, including material shortages, equipment downtime, staffing constraints, and quality concerns
• Coordinate closely with production scheduling, manufacturing, quality, maintenance, tooling, and other departments to resolve issues and maintain production flow
• Monitor Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) and real-time production reporting; identify performance gaps and drive corrective actions related to downtime, cycle efficiency, scrap, and production output
• Investigate and resolve production reporting errors, inventory variances, material discrepancies, and inaccurate transactions within the ERP System
• Ensure production transactions, material movements, scrap reporting, and completed quantities are recorded accurately and timely
• Participate in daily production meetings and clearly communicate production status, constraints, priorities, and required corrective actions
• Adjust labor assignments and production priorities as operating conditions change throughout the shift
• Escalate significant production, quality, equipment, or material issues to appropriate leadership while taking immediate action to minimize disruption
• Ensure employees follow established work instructions, safety requirements, quality standards, and company policies
• Will be directly and indirectly overseeing a shift of roughly 150 direct laborers and 50 – 60 indirect laborers
• Maintain effective shift-to-shift communication to ensure continuity of production priorities and unresolved issues
• Other duties as assigned by management

Skills, Knowledge, & Abilities

• 3-5+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment
• 2+ years of supervisory, team lead, or production leadership experience strongly preferred
• Demonstrated experience coordinating production schedules, materials, inventory, and manufacturing resources
• Experience working with an ERP system required; IQMS strongly preferred
• Demonstrated ability to lead employees and establish clear performance expectations
• Strong sense of urgency and ability to make sounds decisions in a fast-paced and dynamic production environment
• Bilingual proficiency in English and Spanish required. Must be ablet o effectively communicate, provide direction, coach employees, and address workplace and productions-related issues in both languages

Working Conditions & Physical Requirements

• This position works primarily in a manufacturing environment and requires regular presence on the production floor. The employee must be able to move throughout the facility, communicate with employees in an active manufacturing environment, and work around operating machinery and equipment.
• Must be able to work a flexible schedule as required to support production operations, including occasional extended hours, early starts, weekends, or coverage outside the employee’s normally scheduled shift
• Must be able to lift to 45lbs
• May be required to obtain forklift certification

THESE MAY NOT BE THE ONLY DUTIES YOU WILL BE ERQUIRED TO PERFORM. THE REQUIREMENTS DESCRIBED HERE ARE REPRESENTATIVE AND MAY VARY FROM WHAT IT DESCRIBED. PURSUANT TO COMPANY POLICY, ACCOMMODATIONS MAY BE MADE TO ENABLE YOU TO PERFORM THE FUNCTIONS DESCRIBED HEREIN. NOTHING IN THIS DOCUMENT ALTERS YOUR AT WILL EMPLOYMENT STATUS AND NOTHING HEREIN ESTABLISHES A CONTRACT FOR EMPLOYMENT. THIS JOB DESCRIPTION IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT THE SOLE DISCRETION OF MANAGEMENT