Production Manufacturing Supervisor -12 Hour Nights

Web Industries; Fort Wayne (IN); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Web Industries in the United States seeks a Production Supervisor to lead and supervise manufacturing operations, ensuring safety, productivity, and quality targets are achieved. The role requires coordinating daily production activities and directing a team of direct reports.

You will drive continuous improvement initiatives, manage staffing levels, onboarding, and training while fostering engagement and accountability across shifts.

Qualifications

• Associates degree or equivalent supervisory experience is required.
• Minimum 5 years of manufacturing operations experience.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and develop others in a manufacturing setting.
• Strong interpersonal, verbal, teambuilding and conflict resolution skills.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving abilities.
• Willingness to work varying schedules to meet business needs.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily production activities and interdepartmental coordination.
• Enforce safety rules and maintain a clean work environment.
• Drive quality improvement initiatives and ensure product quality.
• Meet production targets by effective personnel allocation.
• Onboard, train, and manage direct reports; coordinate staffing levels.

Education

Associates degree or equivalent experience in a supervisory role

Minimum 5 years’ experience in manufacturing operations

Demonstrated ability to lead and develop others

Excellent interpersonal, verbal, teambuilding, and conflict resolution skills

Strong analytical and problem solving skills

Flexibility to work different schedules to accommodate business needs

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

ERP systems

eQMS

Job description

This position will be 6p-6a on a 2/2/3 rotation.

OSITION SUMMARY

The Production Supervisor is responsible for assigning and supervising activities in a manufacturing environment, including setting and evaluating expectations on an ongoing basis. This includes safety policy compliance, maintaining productivity, and meeting quality requirements. The Production Supervisor models employee ownership behaviors, promotes engagement of their direct reports, and focus on enhancing our customers’ experience.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Safety and Environmental Compliance:

• Enforce compliance to safety rules, standards and reporting requirements.
• Immediately documents and reports any unsafe conditions to management.
• Responsible for implementing relevant emergency response procedures: accident, fire, power outage, spills, etc. Call the appropriate authorities (911) and company managers and secure the building (if appropriate).
• Maintain a clean work environment

Quality

• Verifies employees have completed quality control checks and production lines are running quality product.
• Support and drive quality improvement initiatives

Delivery:

• Ensure compliance with schedule by staying on or ahead of production targets, through effective allocation and utilization of personnel
• Communicate potential issues that could result in late shipments

Cost:

• Monitor and improve on process yields
• Reduce and minimize material and other wastes
• Support and sustain continuous improvement initiatives

Supervision/Training:

• Oversight of daily production activities, including interdepartmental communication and coordination
• Drives a culture of high engagement, accountability, and operational excellence
• Responsible for onboarding, training, development, and administrative tasks (e.g. time cards) related to production personnel (direct reports).
• Coordinate staffing levels with management to meet production and continuous improvement (i.e. kaizen, 6s) needs subject to the annual business plan

Performs any other function or responsibility as assigned

Additional REQUIRED Qualifications/Skills:

Associates degree or equivalent experience in a supervisory role

Minimum 5 years’ experience in manufacturing operations.

Demonstrated ability to lead and develop others.

PC Skills - Microsoft Office suite, ERP systems, eQMS.

Excellent interpersonal, verbal, teambuilding, and conflict resolution skills.

Strong analytical and problem solving skills

Other market specific requirements

Additional PREFERRED Qualifications/Skills:

Bachelor’s Degree

Previous supervisory experience

10 Hour OSHA Certificate

Ability to write professional communication and documentation

Flexibility to work different schedules to accommodate business needs