Production Supervisor

Jobtailor; Erial (NJ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in New Jersey is seeking a Production Manager to oversee manufacturing and assembly operations, ensuring on-time delivery within budget. You will coordinate production planning, drive efficiency, and mentor teams across departments.

You will develop KPIs, analyze performance, and partner with engineering, purchasing, and sales to optimize workflows while maintaining quality and safety standards.

Qualifications

• Thorough understanding of practices, theories, and policies involved metal fabrication and manufacturing.
• Excellent organizational and analytical skills.
• Prolonged periods of walking, sitting, and working at a computer.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that the production of manufactured and assembled products starts and finishes within budget and on time.
• Develop KPI’s for leadership and team members that measures success and daily goal achievement.
• Participates in the hiring and training of team members within each department.
• Creates daily schedule for production, measures actual results vs plan.
• Conducts performance evaluations that are timely and constructive.
• Maintain product quality guidelines as set by engineering and management.
• Motivate and mentor employees, providing support and guidance.
• Establishes quantitative and qualitative metrics, guidelines, and standards by which each department’s efficiency and effectiveness can be evaluated; identifies opportunities for improvement.
• Reviews, analyzes, and evaluates process flows within each department and coordinating functional areas.
• Implement and maintain inventory control metrics, cycle count tracking, as well as disposition of drop material and scrap.
• Implements policies and procedures that will improve day-to-day production.
• Ownership of production schedule coordinating efforts between engineering and purchasing, and communication with sales.
• Ensures work environments are adequate and safe.
• Communicates and explains new directives, policies, or procedures to team and supervisors.
• Monitor production and resolve issues as they arise, reporting metrics weekly to the management team.
• Improves customer service and satisfaction through quality and on time delivery.
• Leads coordination and integration of efforts among production control, purchasing, engineering, technology, and customer service to produce smoother workflow and more cost-effective business processes.
• Projects a positive image of the organization to employees, customers, industry, and community.

Skills

Production Management

KPI Development

Team Leadership

Data Analysis

Problem-Solving

Communication

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

• Ensure that the production of manufactured and assembled products starts and finishes within budget and on time.
• Develop KPI’s for leadership and team members that measures success and daily goal achievement.
• Participates in the hiring and training of team members within each department.
• Creates daily schedule for production, measures actual results vs plan.
• Conducts performance evaluations that are timely and constructive.
• Maintain product quality guidelines as set by engineering and management.
• Motivate and mentor employees, providing support and guidance.
• Establishes quantitative and qualitative metrics, guidelines, and standards by which each department’s efficiency and effectiveness can be evaluated; identifies opportunities for improvement.
• Reviews, analyzes, and evaluates process flows within each department and coordinating functional areas.
• Implement and maintain inventory control metrics, cycle count tracking, as well as disposition of drop material and scrap.
• Implements policies and procedures that will improve day-to-day production.
• Ownership of production schedule coordinating efforts between engineering and purchasing, and communication with sales.
• Ensures work environments are adequate and safe.
• Communicates and explains new directives, policies, or procedures to team and supervisors.
• Monitor production and resolve issues as they arise, reporting metrics weekly to the management team.
• Improves customer service and satisfaction through quality and on time delivery.
• Leads coordination and integration of efforts among production control, purchasing, engineering, technology, and customer service to produce smoother workflow and more cost-effective business processes.
• Projects a positive image of the organization to employees, customers, industry, and community.
• Performs other related duties and assigned.

Requirements

• Thorough understanding of practices, theories, and policies involved metal fabrication and manufacturing.
• Superior verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills.
• Superior managerial and diplomacy skills.
• Extremely proficient in Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent analytical, decision‑making, and problem‑solving skills.
• Prolonged periods of walking, sitting, and working at a computer.
• Must be able to lift up to 50lbs.
• Must be able to work weekends as needed.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in production management, including scheduling, KPI development, and performance evaluation, while ensuring adherence to quality standards and effective communication across departments. Proven ability to mentor and motivate teams, implement process improvements, and maintain a safe work environment.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Production Management
• KPI Development
• Metal Fabrication
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Performance Evaluation

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Production Scheduling
• Inventory Control
• Process Flow Analysis
• Quality Assurance
• Data Analysis

Soft Skills

• Verbal Communication
• Written Communication
• Interpersonal Skills
• Organizational Skills
• Problem-Solving

Industry Keywords

• Manufacturing
• Metal Fabrication
• Team Leadership
• Customer Service
• Safety Standards