Production Supervisor

Johnson Controls International; Marinette (WI); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson Controls, Inc. is seeking a Production Supervisor to lead a work team in assembling and fabricating sub-assemblies, ensuring production schedules are met while upholding safety and quality standards.

The role requires coordinating with multiple departments and managing shift activities. You will oversee training, assignments, and documentation, drive continuous improvement, and maintain on-time shipping goals.

Qualifications

• This position requires an Associate’s degree and five years of manufacturing experience.
• In the absence of a 2-year degree, eight to ten years of related experience are required.
• Strong mechanical and analytical abilities and good communication skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Maintains productivity levels to meet plant goals.
• Coordinates daily/weekly production plans with Department Leaders in assigned work areas.
• Works with management to ensure safe attitudes, surroundings and equipment.
• Responsible for job assignments and time management for indirect projects within areas.
• Provides and/or requests skills training for newly hired employees and refresher training; updates training records.
• Maintains proper housekeeping in assigned work areas.
• Ensures employees follow plant rules and disciplinary processes.
• Completes final quality inspections prior to Quality Department Final Inspection.
• Provides required documentation for Final Quality Inspection.
• Identifies material requirements according to workload and coordinates.
• Maintains on-time shipping goals based on start dates.
• Ensures employees follow construction and quality standards.
• Maintains daily labor and attendance records.
• Controls manufacturing coded warranty within plant goals.
• Identifies materials variances and works to reduce them.
• Interviews, hires, trains, and evaluates employees; addresses complaints.
• Drives safety performance to achieve gold safety status; conducts safety observations/inspections.
• Supports continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Mechanical ability

Analytical ability

Communication skills

Education

Associate’s degree

Job description

Johnson Controls, a global leader in thermal management, mission-critical building systems, energy efficiency, and decarbonization, helps customers use energy more productively, reduce carbon emissions, and operate with the precision and resilience required in rapidly expanding industries such as data centers, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, advanced manufacturing, and higher education.
For more than 140 years, Johnson Controls has delivered performance where it really matters. Backed by advanced technology, lifecycle services and an industry-leading field organization, we elevate customer performance, turn goals into real-world results and help move society forward."

What you will do:

The Production Supervisor is accountable for directing the activities of a work team to meet daily production schedules in the assembly/fabrication of sub-assemblies, parts, or units within an assigned area while upholding a strong commitment to production goals, efficiency, quality, and safety standards.

RESPONSIBILITY LEVEL:

Manages the production employees functions in assigned work areas to assure support of all components of manufacturing required to meet the needs and requirements of internal and external customers with established specifications with scheduled completion dates. The incumbent is responsible for ensuring the team achieves goals in safety, quality, cost, and delivery. Works closely with other departments as well as coordinating activities across all shifts. Handles administrative tasks as necessary such as payroll, vacation management, production reporting, small projects, etc.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES:

• 1. Maintains productivity levels according to plant goals.
• 2. Coordinates daily or weekly production plans with Department Leaders in assigned work areas.
• 3. Works with management in a joint effort to provide the worker with a safe attitude, safe surroundings and safe equipment.
• 4. Responsible for job assignments and time management for indirect projects within assigned areas
• 5. Provides and or request skills training for all newly hired employees and refresher training for all employees on an as required basis, as well as updating employee training records.
• 6. Maintains proper housekeeping in assigned work areas
• 7. Assures employees follow all rules and regulations for the plant, and to follow disciplinary processes as required.
• 8. Completes final quality Inspections of manufactured units prior to call for Quality Department Final Inspection.
• 9. Provides all required documentation to file prior to Final Quality Inspection.
• 10. Identifies employee resource requirements according to workload in assigned areas.
• 11. Maintains on-time shipping goals based upon on-time unit start dates.
• 12. Assures that assigned production employees are trained to and do follow written construction standards.
• 13. Assures that assigned production employees are trained to and do follow all Quality standards.
• 14. Maintains daily labor and attendance records.
• 15. Controls manufacturing coded warranty on assigned units – not to exceed plant goals.
• 16. Identifies materials variances and work with appropriate personnel to reduce such variances.
• 17. Interviews, hires, and trains employees as well as appraises their performance, disciplines, addresses complaints and resolves problems.
• 18. Responsible for driving safety performance within the plant to achieve the JCI gold safety status (goal: no recordables or lost time injuries).
• 19. Perform safety observations/inspections as required.

REQUIREMENTS:

This position requires an Associate’s degree and five (5) years of experience in a manufacturing environment. In the absence of a 2-year degree in an appropriate field of study, formal certification a total of eight (8) to ten (10) years of related experience is required. Normal mechanical and analytical ability is needed as well as good communication skills.