Production Supervisor

Viant Medical; Brimfield (MA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision on first day

401(k) on first day

11 paid holidays

On-Demand Pay

Growth opportunities

Job summary

Viant Medical Inc. is seeking a 2nd shift Operations Supervisor to lead frontline teams across multiple production lines. You will drive lean initiatives, mentor Team Leads and Operators, and partner with Engineering, Quality, and Supply Chain to meet quality, cost, and delivery goals.

The role emphasizes building a culture of ownership, improving throughput, and using visual factory practices to sustain performance gains in a high‑volume medical device environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in frontline supervision of manufacturing teams.
• Strong problem-solving and data-driven decision making.
• Familiarity with Six Sigma and Lean principles.
• Proficient with MS Office suite.

Responsibilities

• Act as business owner for departments with 25+ team members across all shifts.
• Adjust staffing to meet tact times while minimizing overtime and reallocations.
• Lead, develop and motivate product teams to deliver optimized performance.
• Identify, understand, and improve manufacturing variances.
• Interface with Customer Solutions and key customers regarding delivery commitments.
• Lead daily performance reviews with Team Leads and Operators and drive actions.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality, Finance, and Maintenance to improve performance.
• Ensure goals for Quality, Cost and Delivery are met and align with lean initiatives.

Skills

Problem solving

Six Sigma

Lean manufacturing

MS Word

MS Excel

MS Project

Education

Bachelor's/degree in engineering or technical field

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

MS Project

Job description

Looking for 2nd shift Production Supervisor
New employees are eligible for the following benefits effective date of hire!

• Full Medical, Dental & Vision, 401(k), effective on your 1st day
• Generous paid time off benefits and 11 paid Holidays
• Growth Opportunities
• On-Demand Pay: Access your pay as soon as you have earned it!

We offer market competitive compensation. Potential salary range for this role is $80,000-$95,000 annual salary. Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors permitted by law.

Summary

The Operations Supervisor provides front line leadership and direction, supervision, operations performance measurement, problem solving direction and attention to assigned production areas within the facility. In addition, the supervisor mentors and supports Team Leads and Operators regarding development of a lean environment including visual factory on each of the respective production lines.

Responsibilities

• Act as the business owner for specific departments (with a minimum of 25 team members) across all shifts
• Adjust operator according to scheduled requirements, training needs and limitations, and established crewing models for desired tact times. Incumbent will make decisions regarding team member flexibility and reallocation in such a way that minimizes overtime and maximizes utilization of team members
• Build, lead, develop and motivate product teams. Create the culture of ownership within and across product teams that delivers optimized performance across all shifts
• Identify, understand, report, and improve manufacturing variances
• Know each customer and interface with Customer Solutions and key customers regarding delivery commitments and processing capabilities. Attend customer meetings at the facility
• Lead daily performance reviews with the Team Leads and Operators. Manages performance boards along with Team Leads. Drive actions with Team Leads according to metrics posted
• Work daily as team member with Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality, Finance, and Maintenance, to improve performance, address issues, and solve root cause problems
• Ensure Team Leads understand and meet facility related goals for Quality, Cost and Delivery, the Viant Focus Document and their own team objectives, Interpret goals to provide meaningful daily direction to Teams.
• Drive process change resulting in efficiency improvements of >5% using lean manufacturing and six sigma techniques
• Develop and own Team based training matrices. Oversee training of new Team Leaders and operators. Ensure training records of team members are current and correct. Ensure each team has a current training matrix posted at all times
• Protect assigned teams from interruption for any reason and maximize team focus on building quality product; recommend improvements to the production process, equipment uptime and product quality. Closely monitor and reduce amount of indirect activities performed by Teams through active engagement with support team (engineering, supply chain, quality, finance, maintenance)
• Lead compliance to Good Manufacturing Practices and Good Documentation Practices through demonstration of compliance and clear communication to Team Leads and Operators
• Oversee all production personnel directly and through Team Lead input. Oversee all personnel actions – hiring, disciplinary measures, promotions, wage increases, transfers and timely performance appraisals.
• Follow and adhere to standard work
• Support and Participate in the lean manufacturing cultural change to drive out waste in manufacturing processes
• Support and Participate in Continuous Improvement activities
• Support and Participate in activities that increase the ratio of value added to non-value added processes
• Manage all time off requests for assigned lines; assure production needs are met while honoring approved time off requests
• Manage time clock punches ensuring all labor is accurately recorded and reported and complete timecard corrections required by payroll in a timely fashion
• Manage daily expectations of Standard Work as outlined by Operations Management
• Other duties as required

Qualifications

• Management or technical degree is desirable. Experience may be considered in lieu of a degree for a candidate who can demonstrate the combination of experience, training and education to be capable of successfully fulfilling all duties and responsibilities of the position.
• Ability to problem solve and understand problem solving methodologies
• Understanding of and demonstrated use of Six Sigma (problem solving and variation elimination) and Lean Principles (waste elimination)
• Ability to utilize computer software such as MS Word, MS Excel, and MS Project, and to effectively provide guidance to others in the use of such software

Viant is a global medical device design and manufacturing services provider that partners and innovates with customers to provide the highest quality, life enhancing medical devices. We do this through our depth and breadth of capabilities, end-to-end integration, technical expertise, and relentless focus on our customers and on operational excellence. With nearly 6,000 associates across 24 locations worldwide, we offer a unique combination of small-company service and attention with big-company resources. For more information, visit viantmedical.com or follow us on LinkedIn.

Viant provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Viant complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.